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Thread ID: 59793	2005-07-13 00:26:00	NTLDR is Missing	Dannz (1668)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
371731	2005-07-14 02:20:00	yes supposed to be hidden, i have all the hiding turned off. would the fact that i use FAT32 make a difference?	Dannz (1668)
371732	2005-07-14 02:24:00	No. It's the code in the file that matters, not the file system it is stored on. I'd check the file size against the presumably good copy on the installation CD.	Graham L (2)
371733	2005-07-14 02:28:00	I have already copied ntldr off the install cd	Dannz (1668)
371734	2005-07-14 02:48:00	Try setting the attributes. It should probably be System, anyway, though I'm not sure whether it would make any difference. Doesn't the "Repair " option in the recovery part of the CD work? If the boot process "can't find" the essential NTLDR file, either it can't find it or there's something wrong with it. ;)	Graham L (2)
371735	2005-07-14 03:06:00	The hard drive partition that windows on is corrupt, that is why it cant find it.	Dannz (1668)
371736	2005-07-14 03:07:00	There are about 4 files associated with NTLDR and the initial boot process . From memory and looking at my root on a win2k system they are, NTDETECT . COM, arcldr . exe, arcsetup . exe and of course boot . ini . corruption of the any of the first three, especially, will cause an NTLDR is missing error . You can fix this from the repair console by booting from the Windows install disc, copying over, replacing and registering the replacement files . You may be able to fix it by using the repair option that checks all the Windows system files (system file checker), if that is available off the XP CD . Edit: The hard drive partition that windows on is corrupt, that is why it cant find it . Have you used fdisk from the console to look at it . Safer may be to look at it with a Linux live CD via QT Parted or a rescue disc like Insert, BG Rescue or ECBD or, the drive manufacturers diagnostic utility disc .	Murray P (44)
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