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NT 4.0 Boot problem

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by elmagoal

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I have a win NT 4.0 WS with SP6a that has a boot problem. If you boot the PC (PII 450-512M& 10G-HD) It will pass the post and it will hang just before nt boot.ini all we see is a cursor on the screen. If I put a boot disk with ntldr, boot.ini, ntdetect.com it will work and the user has no problems. I used ERD and all recovery tactics that I know and no bananas. Finally we reimage the HD. But every now and then I get the same in another PC.

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by ckaylam

Mostly I think the problem you ecounter is not due to the SP6a.

You can verify this by uninstall the SP6a (u have backup previously assumed and the problem is not due to the hardware.)

Suggesetion
1)When NT bootloader is loading.try to press the space and load the last good known configuration.

2)Is this possible someone who have doned some configuration on the NT computer?

I am also using such SP6a but dont encounter the problem you describled.

Try to remember what have you installed during the period of SP6a installation.

by elmagoal

I have the same problem with service pack 3. I have not loaded anything and I donot even get to the boot on NT to select vga or last known or anything.

by bill cassada

Long shot but check your boot settings in BIOS...could it be trying to be from the network or some non-existent device? Check ALL of the settings especially DMA mode. Since it's a boot problem and on multiple machines I also suggest running a virusscan. Are all of the hard drives the same? Check out the IBM website for any know issues. Good luck!

by dc1

Scan the PC's for virii. Possible that the boot sector is infected.

by elmagoal

Good link but did not help I have check the boot sector and it is good acording to specs. Check disk did not help.

by kwflick

Copy the boot.ini and the ntldr from your floppy to the root of your boot drive. There is something wrong with the copy on the boot drive. That is the reason the boot floppy works. Copy those two files and your problem should be fixed.

by mrval

I've only had one problem with Ghost (which I assume you are using) and this is it. I had to resort to a boot floppy and reinstall the OS to another directory to recover the data. I decided to create another ghost image (clean install of OS and Apps) and applied it to the workstation, works great.

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