NTLDR missing

techteen143 · October 12th, 2002, 04:06 PM

Bios settings are fine and no I couldn't wait.
Does anyone have an idea of what caused this?
I tried to access the c drive and I could not find any directories, is this normal?

*edit*
and I have already tried all that

Richard Cranium · October 12th, 2002, 04:46 PM

It is in bad taste to ask for more assistance then not waiting for us to research.

It would have been better to repost and state you're gonna format.

If you've booted with a floppy and find no directories, then I'd say you need to fdisk, or whatever it's called in the XP world.

kjg · October 12th, 2002, 05:39 PM

This is freaky as I was going to post a similar problem. A friends comp had trouble with the ntldr. The interesting thing is that after 3 reinstalls the ntldr file continues to go missing, the last time was after a few hours. Nothing else was put on the system and I have checked ram and used a maxtor utility to check the hd to no avail, also reset the bios. Dont know what else to check the system had been running well until recently with these errors.

techteen143 · October 12th, 2002, 05:45 PM

Same thing happened here

TOAD6147 · October 12th, 2002, 05:46 PM

If you don't wait for people to do research for the pupose of trying to help you then your odds of getting good help will diminish as people see that you're in too big of a hurry to respect their time. You obvioulsy don't like wasting time. Neither does anyone else.

Richard Cranium · October 12th, 2002, 05:49 PM

kjg
The BIOS and RAM have nothing to do with missing info on the HD {AFAIK}

This is basic boot info for the o/s {AFAIK}

Hey Guys, does the HD setup vary according to NTFS or FAT32 in regards to using the Recovery Console ?

techteen143 · October 12th, 2002, 05:56 PM

alright forget it. the damn thing is so *deleted* anyway

Richard Cranium · October 12th, 2002, 05:56 PM

Did you try this->>

To restore Windows XP Professional versions of Ntldr and Ntdetect.com on x86-based systems

1. Start Recovery Console by using the Windows XP Professional operating system CD.
Navigate to the system partition root and type the following commands from the Recovery Console prompt:
copy drive:\i386\ntldr

2. copy drive:\i386\ntdetect.com

In the preceding two commands, drive represents the letter of the CD-ROM that holds the Windows XP Professional installation files.

3. Answer the Overwrite system? (Yes/No/All): prompts by pressing Y.

4. Restart the computer.

One more question, are you Multi-Booting this machine ?
Like maybe Linux on a partition ?
If you have multiple Windows O/S's on it you MUST install in this order or XP will not start;

1. Windows 95, Windows 98, or Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition (Windows Me)
2. Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation version 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or later
3. Microsoft® Windows NT® Server version 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or later
4. Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional
5. Windows XP Professional

Richard Cranium · October 12th, 2002, 05:58 PM

That's the spirit techteen, just cuss it out, that'll fix anything, RIGHT ?

OH, BTW, you NOW are on my very short list of people who I IGNORE !!!!!

mpc · October 12th, 2002, 07:05 PM

He wasn't going to be able to fix it without reinstalling anyway, due to the fact that he did not have a Windows XP disk or Recovery disk, nor did he I doubt have the Revovery Console installed on his machine.