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NTLDR is missing. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL

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by joaye

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I am using fujitsu laptop :Processor: P4 1.8MB, Memory 512MB
When i try to start my computer,i receieved the folowing error message.

NTLDR is missing
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart.

This problem may occur if the MFT root folder is severely fragmented or you copy many files to the root folder of a boot volume that uses the NTFS file system . If the MFT root folder contains many files, the MFT may become so fragmented that an additional allocation index is created. Because files are mapped alphabetically in the allocation indexes, the NTLDR file may be pushed to the second allocation index.Typically, files are not written to the root folder. This condition may occur if a program regularly creates and removes temporary files in the root folder, or if many files are copied to the root folder by mistake.

I was told to obtain the bcupdate2 utility to resolve this problem. But i didnt manage to locate the utility from the microsoft product support services.i am unsure about how touse iyt even if i got it.My question is if there is any efficient methods to resolve this problem or the easiest way.

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by jackofalltech

Create a boot floppy on another PC with the same OS then copy the ntldr file from the CD that was used to setup this PC. Boot with the floppy and you should be able to copy it to the hard drive.

Ralph

by joaye

cant boot with boot disk cos will tell u that boot.ini is invalid.can only boot with cd rom.and the floppy can not be access with using recovery console

by hassel

Hi

Solution A:
Try an inplace upgrade (Repair installation)

Solution B:
Start recovery console and use the fixboot command.

Solution C:
Copy the Ntldr and Ntdetect.com files from the I386 folder on the Windows XP CD-ROM to the root folder of your boot drive

Happy hunting

/Frank

by blasman

Often, connecting the original booting drive as drive D, and booting from a "healthy" drive C will result in an automatic scandisk of the "broken" drive D.
Or run defrag and scandisk manually, 2 or 3 times.

by sped16602

look at c:\winnt\servicepackfiles\i386 for a second copy of ntldr and copy to root , should fix you up, or copy to floppy from another pc w/same os and copy to root

by sped16602

edwardannack is a student of mine , no cudos to ed for this fix , although ed is a fine young fellow ,got his A+ cert and all of that the points should go to jimleeper@hotmail.com

by lmayeda

My apologies ahead of time if this is too obvious. Remove the diskette out of the A: drive. Will give similar message trying to boot from a non-system diskette.

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