home hardware prices news articles forums photos user reviews
Go Back   Tech Support Forums - TechIMO.com > PC Hardware and Tech > Technical Support
Ask a Tech Support Question (free)!

HELP: NTLDR Missing! (WinXP)

Reply
Get bargains at  »  Dealighted.com
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Currently Active Users: 2076
Discussions: 200,919, Posts: 2,379,069, Members: 246,287
Old February 10th, 2004, 09:41 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2
HELP: NTLDR Missing! (WinXP)

HELP: NTLDR Missing! (WinXP)

okay yes i searched the net and this forum but none have helped me fix my problem.

Specs:
WinXP
Single HD Transfer

What im trying to do is move my old harddrive to another newier computer but when i do this it gives me a error message
'NTLDR Missing'
'Press Any Key To Restart'

i did the recovery console comands like:
fixboot
fixmbr
copy X:\i386\ntldr

none of them have worked please help me....all the ones that people have posted on this forum has been trying to do this with multiboot but thats not wut im doing.....................
diabloroker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old February 10th, 2004, 10:31 PM     #2 (permalink)
A hero in training
 
GroundZero3's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 26,820
Blog Entries: 15
"What im trying to do is move my old harddrive to another newier computer but when i do this it gives me a error message"

do you mean you are trying to copy the old hard drive to the new hard drive?

or put the old hard drive with the new hard drive, and use the old one as a storage drive?
GroundZero3 is online now   Reply With Quote
Old February 10th, 2004, 10:42 PM     #3 (permalink)
Ultimate Member
 
Ryanoffski's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: West Valley City, Ut
Posts: 1,202
Send a message via MSN to Ryanoffski
have you tried chkdsk /p in the recovery console? That's how I fixed mine.
Ryanoffski is offline   Reply With Quote
Old February 10th, 2004, 10:51 PM     #4 (permalink)
Ultimate Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 10,821
maybe boot off the cd and do a repair install
__________________
"Even a fool is thought to be wise if he is silent"
John Prophet is offline   Reply With Quote
Old February 10th, 2004, 10:55 PM     #5 (permalink)
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 80
A repair istallation from the recovery console almost always fixes this problem. Just put the CD in and select R when prompted.
kranich is offline   Reply With Quote
Old February 11th, 2004, 12:45 AM     #6 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2
No im not trying to copy harddrives % yes i did uuse chkdsk /p & yes i did do the Recovery thingy....
diabloroker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old February 11th, 2004, 12:51 AM     #7 (permalink)
Fur ballin
 
Sixpac_XP's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Victoria, BC
Posts: 4,371
It mostly likely means your new computers hard drive controllers are not compatible with the old controllers you had in your older system.

When Windows loads it trys to load the IDE controllers you have setup in the registry and the bios. Since the new controllers don't match the old controllers that is why your system won't boot.

Also....... and more then probably your system boot.ini does not show up properly now in your new system.

One caveate when you are swichting systems is to back up your info and reinstall Windows (any version) FRESH!

Have you tried booting your system in (F8) safe mode? It probably doesn't give you a chance does it?
__________________
--- Standby to receive our transmission ---

Last edited by Sixpac_XP : February 11th, 2004 at 12:53 AM.
Sixpac_XP is offline   Reply With Quote
Old February 11th, 2004, 01:01 AM     #8 (permalink)
I am a banana!
 
originel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas Tech
Posts: 3,921
Send a message via AIM to originel
quick question...are you trying to get your install of windows from your old comp to work with your new one without reinstalling windows? if so in my experience this is incredibly difficult and rarely works. i would recommend just reinstalling windows personally. it will definitely fix your problem.

as to the problem at hand my guess is that the new IDE controller works differently enough that it can't access the install correctly which was configured to work with your old controller. just a guess tho.
originel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old February 11th, 2004, 11:35 AM     #9 (permalink)
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 80
After giving it some thought- even if it is not the IDE controller issue you still need to do a clean install if you expect this to work without many bugs and errors.
kranich is offline   Reply With Quote
Old February 11th, 2004, 04:19 PM     #10 (permalink)
Ultimate Member
 
nukes's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Scotland, UK
Posts: 3,221
Send a message via AIM to nukes Send a message via Yahoo to nukes
You can do a number of things before you remove the hard disk to help along, like remove everything from device manager and delete the enum key. However, chances are you'll still need to reformat. (well, you don't actually need to reformat, but you will need to reinstall)
__________________
_____
NuKeS
nukes is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Most Active Discussions
Is It Just Me? (2850)
Obama the Muslim (12)
Why is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed even .. (9)
Is the PSU I received dead? (10)
windows vista security holes (8)
Foreign voltage (10)
HIS HD5770 graphic card question (15)
Install XP pro and a Vista laptop ?.. (9)
Print spooler problem (12)
Dept. of HS: NSA 'Helped' Develop V.. (15)
A good PSU? (10)
New Computer wont recognize XP disc (7)
Ideal cheap graph card for PC-Gamin.. (15)
EVGA 9800 gtx help with finding a g.. (8)
Recent Discussions
Display shows 3x5 inch in middle of s.. (3)
windows vista security holes (8)
monitor will not turn on at all, (1)
Print spooler problem (12)
[F@H SPAM 11/16/09] ! 1/2 months to r.. (33)
World's largest Monopoly Game using G.. (331)
Foreign voltage (10)
FiOS modem/router interfering with ne.. (7)
Browsers wont load websites (2)
Virus Doctor Popup? (1)
Help getting around port 80 for camer.. (1)
Dept. of HS: NSA 'Helped' Develop Vis.. (15)
Install XP pro and a Vista laptop ?? (9)
EVGA 9800 gtx help with finding a goo.. (8)
Modern Warfare For the PC (32)
Problem with speed step/turbo boost? (1)
Modern Warfare 2: Who Bought It? (61)
SIS 740 and Widescreen (8)
Baffling Problem with my CPU/MoBo's. .. (0)
HIS HD5770 graphic card question (15)
Best file format to play on Windows H.. (0)
PSP Go bought in Japan (0)
Asus P4G8X Mobo (3)
Need hard disk drivers (4)
windows 7 internet problem (4)


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:03 PM.
TechIMO Copyright 2009 All Enthusiast, Inc.



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28