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    Another missing ntldr

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    by cobe43 ·

    Building new system.
    New HD,Mb,Ram
    Used CD,CDRW (working)
    Bios recognized all drives and Maxtor software formatted disk.
    When I boot, missing ntldr error message.
    Boot sequence = floppy,cd,hdd. xp pro cd in drive.
    Although Bios recognized and logged all drives it almost seems like the boot sequence to start loading xp does not see them.
    Any suggestions?

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    • #3344391

      Reply To: Another missing ntldr

      by poettone ·

      In reply to Another missing ntldr

      I would turn off all options to boot from anything other than the cd drive..

      If when you boot up you still can’t load from the cd, then you could have a bad disk? Is it an origianl XP disk or a copy?

      Also is your cd drive a bootable cd drive, or does it met the El Torito standard for boot drives?

      Not sure but it sounds like you are using all new equiptment, cd-drive, hdd etc so you should be ok there.

      I would try the cd in another known good machine and see if the cd boots..

      Good Luck

    • #3344334

      Reply To: Another missing ntldr

      by cobe43 ·

      In reply to Another missing ntldr

      It is a new xp disk.

    • #3344319

      Reply To: Another missing ntldr

      by ozi eagle ·

      In reply to Another missing ntldr

      Hi,
      This error message usually occurs when a floppy is in the floppy drive.

    • #3344314

      Reply To: Another missing ntldr

      by cobe43 ·

      In reply to Another missing ntldr

      no floppy in the drive.

    • #3326187

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      by blackcurrant ·

      In reply to Another missing ntldr

      Hi

      Can you tell us how you have installed or are trying to install XP? Does your system have more than one hard drive?

    • #3326129

      Reply To: Another missing ntldr

      by diskaus ·

      In reply to Another missing ntldr

      I have had this problem a couple of times , from memory it relates to the MBR as you have said you formatted using the Maxtor disk, I think there is a utiility that will “install your HDD” I think this puts the MBR on the disk for you, ( it has been a while since I have used a maxtor utility disk) I hope this helps you.

    • #3326849

      Reply To: Another missing ntldr

      by cobe43 ·

      In reply to Another missing ntldr

      Thanks for all the comments. The problem turned out to be a bad cdrom. Put in new drive and she fired up. Running great.

    • #3326847

      Reply To: Another missing ntldr

      by cobe43 ·

      In reply to Another missing ntldr

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