i have an problem of ntlrd missing press ctrl+alt+del but when press that same error show again and again

[Rafiq32]

ntlrd missing ctrl+alt+del

 

[ahmeday2012]

I'm assuming you are trying to install new Windows software. Am I right?

 

[DeathAndPain]

Your windows installation is messed up. Could also be related to faulty hardware. Either way, you are screwed big time.

 

[ahmeday2012]

Your windows installation is messed up. Could also be related to faulty hardware. Either way, you are screwed big time.

Not yet! I was able to get myself out of this situation before. Let him answer my question first please.

 

[DeathAndPain]

Your first question would mean his hdd is still empty. I have seen this error message occur with already installed windows installations that could no longer boot, e.g. due to a messed-up MBR. Or he really deleted the ntldr, because he displayed hidden and system files, saw it sitting in C:\ and saw no purpose for it.

I see hardly any way to remotely help a computer newbie like him pinpoint such an error and its exact cause.

 

[stillblue]

I see hardly any way to remotely help a computer newbie like him pinpoint such an error and its exact cause.

So don't. Let ahmeday2012 do it. OP may need to simply copy a couple of files and be good to go.

 

[ahmeday2012]

What I did was set the DVD Drive as the First Boot Priority with harddrive being second. I had to install new windows because the hard drive was messed up. So I put the windows cd and switched on my computer. My dvd drive then asked me to click any button to install in which I did and I gracefully installed Windows and everything was turned out OK. The annoying message never came back to me ever again.

 

[DeathAndPain]

If ahmeday2012 can do it, he is welcome to. However, I am afraid he will not be able to track down the exact cause either. This requires a proper analysis, nothing that can be performed by exchanging forum messages with an inexperienced user.

What I did was set the DVD Drive as the First Boot Priority with harddrive being second. I had to install new windows because the hard drive was messed up. So I put the windows cd and switched on my computer. My dvd drive then asked me to click any button to install in which I did and I gracefully installed Windows and everything was turned out OK. The annoying message never came back to me ever again.

That will certainly work if he decides to reinstall Windows. However, I have a feeling he does not plan on doing so. His windows has worked all the time, and he just wants it to work again without much hassle.

 

[ahmeday2012]

You can't tell if stillblue is inexperienced or not. I am just giving my tutorial because this has worked out for me. It is his choice if he is going to do it or not based on his experience.

 

[DeathAndPain]

You can't tell if stillblue is inexperienced or not.

stillblue is not the thread creator.

 

[ahmeday2012]

You can't tell if stillblue is inexperienced or not.

stillblue is not the thread creator.

Sorry I meant Rafiq32. Wrong person

 

[stillblue]

OP this is from an earlier thread about your problem by mbarnes

You need to borrow a Windows XP CD (prefferably with Service pack 3)

boot up laptop from XP CD go to emergency command consul
(google for a faq on using it)
the type dir c:\ /p
look for
ntldr
(dated 3 August 2004) note lower case
if it does not exist you need to copy it to C:\
if it does exist look at c:\boot.ini
does it exist ?
is it corrupt ?

typical version of c:\boot.ini
---------------------------------
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Home Edition" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT

-----------------------------------


from another web site

1. Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer.
2. When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.
3. Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.
4. Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.
5. You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password.
6. Copy the below two files to the root directory of the primary hard disk. In the below example we are copying these files from the CD-ROM drive letter, which in this case is "x."
[ This letter may be different on your computer if XP SP0 or SP1 but from SP2 boot CD is X:]

copy x:\i386\ntldr c:\

[copy x:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\] if required

7. Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.


alternative (1) find these files on another XP system
put on USB memory stick

find a live linux CD ISO on internet such as:-
gparted, emergency rescue CD , ubcd, Parted Magic etc
burn ISO to cd using ImgBurn
(most other software too difficult to find correct option to burn iso image intead of putting gparted-1234-x86.iso as a file on CD)

and boot up from linux cd and use file manager to copy missing files from usb memory stick to c:\

alternative (2)
remove hard drive from laptop put in usb tray and attach to another XP PC
run chkdsk on usb hard disk
then copy missing files from c:\ of XP PC to usb hard disk
return hard disk to laptop

Some laptop hard disks are easy to extract google for instructions

regards

Mike Barnes

 

[DeathAndPain]

That will do if it is really only that file missing. Unfortunately I have seen this message in all sorts of contexts (and all sorts of Windows versions. It can easily occur as early as Windows NT 4.0).

You can't tell if stillblue is inexperienced or not.

stillblue is not the thread creator.

Sorry I meant Rafiq32. Wrong person

I can tell Rafiq32 is inexperienced, because an experienced Windows user would be wise enough to provide more information. Does not seem as if Rafiq would return to this thread anyway. Keying in those few words did not cost him much work after all.

 

[Saga Lout]

In these circumstances it's always best to wait until the OP comes back to respond with what he's tried and what else he's yet to. Arguing among yourselves is only going to confuse him or her.

This problem is happening with alarming regularity in the last month - in my own business has seen seven of them and I've fixed them all in a different method to all those posted, and which I've posted in this sub-Forum. I believe they're Update related and hopefully not too closely linked to the forthcomng EOS of XP.

Let's just cool things down and wait for Rafiq32 to reappear.

 

[Saga Lout]

DeathAndPain - your post was removed for obvious reasons.

Stillblue - posting advice from another Forum isn't such a good idea whenit's wrong. You cannot copy the files straight from a CD like that - they aren't in the root of the ROM, they're in i386 and might even need expanding. His No. 1 alternative is similar to my own fix - Linux and a flash drive.

In a post this morning, I advised all XP users to have a flash drive folder named NT Stuff containing all the files that may be necessary:-
iosys, config.sys, BOOT.INI, NTDETECT.COM, NTLDR.