Clarification needed on ntldr is missing

[searriagh]

Hi first post on here but have read this site a few times to solve some problems.
Have already checked out a thread regarding this problem and done some research on it. So I have a very rough idea of what is going on.

When the Pc is starting up I get the error message

NTLDR is missing

I Can get round this by starting the PC from the boot up menu by manually choosing boot from Hard Drive.

From an earlier thread regarding the same problem I followed the instructions, but I need some points cleared up if anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it.

After I have entered the XP setup menu and pressed R to repair windows XP
I am asked which Windows installation would I like to log onto?
1: C:\MinINT
2: C:\I386
3: C:\Windows

Which is it? And why does it not ask for a password?

Also which is the correct command?

is it
Copy e:\i386\ntldr C:\
Copy e:\i386\ntdetect C:\

or

C:\>copy e:\i386\ntldr
C:\>copy e:\i386ntdetect.com

because I have seen both listed in seperate websites.

Thanks for any help.

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 061
System Model PJ386AA-ABU a640.uk
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2800 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.08, 14/09/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 24.52 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 465.85 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys


Ps Admin, sorry for posting this twice just noticed that the other NTLDR thread was on this forum and not the XP one

[JimP]

Originally Posted by searriagh

Hi first post on here but have read this site a few times to solve some problems.
Have already checked out a thread regarding this problem and done some research on it. So I have a very rough idea of what is going on.

When the Pc is starting up I get the error message

NTLDR is missing

I Can get round this by starting the PC from the boot up menu by manually choosing boot from Hard Drive.

From an earlier thread regarding the same problem I followed the instructions, but I need some points cleared up if anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it.

After I have entered the XP setup menu and pressed R to repair windows XP
I am asked which Windows installation would I like to log onto?
1: C:\MinINT
2: C:\I386
3: C:\Windows

Which is it? And why does it not ask for a password?

Also which is the correct command?

is it
Copy e:\i386\ntldr C:\
Copy e:\i386\ntdetect C:\

or

C:\>copy e:\i386\ntldr
C:\>copy e:\i386ntdetect.com

because I have seen both listed in seperate websites.

Thanks for any help.

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 061
System Model PJ386AA-ABU a640.uk
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2800 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.08, 14/09/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 24.52 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 465.85 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys


Ps Admin, sorry for posting this twice just noticed that the other NTLDR thread was on this forum and not the XP one

Hi, I don't have much info on this, but have read somewhere that all you have to do is make a file called NTLDR, no extension and no data, just a few spaces and a carriage return. It is supposed to fool the system into thinking the correct file is there. I used it once and I think it worked. Luck, Jim

[Cache]

Originally Posted by searriagh

After I have entered the XP setup menu and pressed R to repair windows XP
I am asked which Windows installation would I like to log onto?
1: C:\MinINT
2: C:\I386
3: C:\Windows

I think you should choose option 3. It looks like your hard drive has WinPE files and also the Windows installation files on. But I don't think there would be a problem whichever of the three you choose, they all seem to point to C:\. In other words, just try it and see.

Originally Posted by searriagh

Also which is the correct command?
is it
Copy e:\i386\ntldr C:\
Copy e:\i386\ntdetect C:\
or
C:\>copy e:\i386\ntldr
C:\>copy e:\i386ntdetect.com

The second lot of commands would do nothing. The syntax for COPY is:

COPY source destination

So, you want:
copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\