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i built a new computer, was ready to install windows xp professional, put the
disk in, and now it says that NTLDR is missing
 
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Hi

Try this:

Boot with your XP CD in the cd drive. Select 'To repair..' by pressing 'R'.
When in the Recovery Console type the following:

"copy X:\i386\ntldr C:\" - without the quotes. Where X is the letter of
your
CD drive and C is the letter of your system drive. Take the XP CD out
of the cd drive and reboot into XP normally.

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"john" <john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i built a new computer, was ready to install windows xp professional, put
>the
> disk in, and now it says that NTLDR is missing
 
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Do you have the BIOS set to boot off the CD before booting your hard drive?
You must also ensure that when you boot the CD you press a key when prompted
to do so. You only have a few seconds to press a key before the boot
sequence moves to the next device.
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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"john" <john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| i built a new computer, was ready to install windows xp professional, put
the
| disk in, and now it says that NTLDR is missing
 
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"john" <john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:00909486-762E-489C-9B2F-3F2B3845A98E@microsoft.com...
>i built a new computer, was ready to install windows xp professional,
>put the
> disk in, and now it says that NTLDR is missing


Did you leave a non-bootable diskette in the floppy drive?

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i typed what you told me to put into the recovery console and then it told me
access was denied, thanks for your help so far.

"Will Denny" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Try this:
>
> Boot with your XP CD in the cd drive. Select 'To repair..' by pressing 'R'.
> When in the Recovery Console type the following:
>
> "copy X:\i386\ntldr C:\" - without the quotes. Where X is the letter of
> your
> CD drive and C is the letter of your system drive. Take the XP CD out
> of the cd drive and reboot into XP normally.
>
> --
>
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
> "john" <john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:00909486-762E-489C-9B2F-3F2B3845A98E@microsoft.com...
> >i built a new computer, was ready to install windows xp professional, put
> >the
> > disk in, and now it says that NTLDR is missing
>
>
>
 
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Hi

Are you using FAT32 or NTFS? If the former, there may be a way round it.

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"john" <john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A2C9EA1A-46C3-499E-93BE-2AE12A11CD62@microsoft.com...
>i typed what you told me to put into the recovery console and then it told
>me
> access was denied, thanks for your help so far.
>
> "Will Denny" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Try this:
>>
>> Boot with your XP CD in the cd drive. Select 'To repair..' by pressing
>> 'R'.
>> When in the Recovery Console type the following:
>>
>> "copy X:\i386\ntldr C:\" - without the quotes. Where X is the letter of
>> your
>> CD drive and C is the letter of your system drive. Take the XP CD out
>> of the cd drive and reboot into XP normally.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Will Denny
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>> Please reply to the News Groups
>>
>>
>> "john" <john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:00909486-762E-489C-9B2F-3F2B3845A98E@microsoft.com...
>> >i built a new computer, was ready to install windows xp professional,
>> >put
>> >the
>> > disk in, and now it says that NTLDR is missing
>>
>>
>>
 
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On 05/01/2005 ~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:

>
> "Harry Ohrn" <harry---@webtree.ca> wrote in message
> news:ObzPZBo8EHA.3012@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Do you have the BIOS set to boot off the CD before booting your hard
> drive?
> > You must also ensure that when you boot the CD you press a key when
> prompted
> > to do so. You only have a few seconds to press a key before the boot
> > sequence moves to the next device.
> =========================
> On my HP PC that screen goes my so fast we can't even start to read
> it to see what Key to press. How else is the BIOS accessed on most
> commercial PCs?

Computers are only for young people with quick reactions 🙂

The most common keys are 'Delete' and 'F1'.

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"~ FreeSpirit ~" <spammenot@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:%23Ti%23Ln38EHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
> "Harry Ohrn" <harry---@webtree.ca> wrote in message
> news:ObzPZBo8EHA.3012@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Do you have the BIOS set to boot off the CD before booting your hard
> drive?
>> You must also ensure that when you boot the CD you press a key when
> prompted
>> to do so. You only have a few seconds to press a key before the boot
>> sequence moves to the next device.
> =========================
> On my HP PC that screen goes my so fast we can't even start to read it to
> see what Key to press. How else is the BIOS accessed on most commercial
> PCs?
>
> FS~
> FREE SOFTWARE:
> http://www.pricelessware.org
> http://www.pricelesswarehome.org
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Check your motherboard manual for the key combo to press. Once you do get in
see if there is an option for Fast Boot. Temporarily disable it and also
temporarily display any option that refers to showing the Logo on boot. This
should then let you see the POST screen and should also slow the process
down so you can see the message "press any key to boot cd...." when you have
the Windows XP CD in the drive.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
 
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"~ FreeSpirit ~" <spammenot@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:OFqvOvC9EHA.1228@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
> "Harry Ohrn" <harry---@webtree.ca> wrote in message
> news:OjYT5l$8EHA.936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > =========================
>> > On my HP PC that screen goes my so fast we can't even start to read it
> to
>> > see what Key to press. How else is the BIOS accessed on most
>> > commercial
>> > PCs?
>> >
>> > FS~
>> > FREE SOFTWARE:
>> > http://www.pricelessware.org
>> > http://www.pricelesswarehome.org
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Check your motherboard manual for the key combo to press.
>
> ## HP does not give manuals with their PCs. I used Belarc to find what
> MB
> it has. The BIOS and MB are different and no manuals could be found at
> either website. I couldn't find any information at the site regarding how
> to enter the BIOS there. They're basically commercial sites looking to
> sell
> you on their products.
>
> Once you do get in
>> see if there is an option for Fast Boot. Temporarily disable it and also
>> temporarily display any option that refers to showing the Logo on boot.
>
> ## I first have to get one of these elusive manuals...... I didn't even
> see my 2 yr old MB listed - P48D-LA.
>
> This
>> should then let you see the POST screen and should also slow the process
>> down so you can see the message "press any key to boot cd...." when you
> have
>> the Windows XP CD in the drive.
>
>
> FS~
> Completely FREE software:
> http://www.pricelessware.org
> http://www.pricelesswarehome.org
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

With an HP try pressing F1 or F2 when the computer is starting


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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
 
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