Ouch. I think I caused a big problem on my tablet! I found 4 misc (system?) files (in My Docs?) and moved them into a folder in My Docs called Windows since they wouldn’t delete since they were “being used”, it said. I wasn’t thinking! I should have left them alone but I was in some kinky clean-up mood. Now when I attempt a restart, it won’t start Windows XP. It says NTLDR Is Missing. That is probably one of those files that I moved. I have found info on this at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318728 but I have no idea how to run a Recovery Console which it mentions using. My tablet keyboard is sometimes ignored since it is a usb keyboard. I have the operating system CD and have tried the Recovery Console. But I have no idea what I am doing. I hoped to start it up with the CD, move those 4 files back out of that Windows folder, and it would just restart as it did before. But I don’t know how! Can someone help me with specific instruction?
I put the operating system CD in and started my pc, thinking that I could just run a repair or something. But I have no idea what to do. When it starts up, it says Press any key to boot from the CD. So I hit Enter. It has a blue Windows Setup screen which keeps saying Setup is loading files, and the CD keeps running and I see it “loading files”. Then a Welcome To Setup screen appears and as one of the choices it says To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. But when I hit R, nothing ever happens, even after a long wait. Another choice, To quit Windows setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. If I hit F3, a box pops up that says Windows XP is not completely setup on your computer. If you quit Setup now, you will need to run Setup again to setup Windows XP. To continue setup, press Enter. To quit setup, press F3. Pressing Enter just sends you back to the same Welcome screen. Pressing F3, reboot pc and you start all over and you end up back at the Welcome screen. Then I hit R and for some reason now it changes to a new black screen that says Microsoft Windows XP Recovery Console. The Recovery Console provides system repair and recovery functionality. Type EXIT to quit the Recovery Console and restart the computer. 1: C:\WINDOWS, Which Windows installation would you like to log on to? I hit a 1 and then Enter. It says Type the admininstrator password:. I type nothing (the admin password) and hit Enter. It now says C:\WINDOWS, and I don’t know what to do.
What must I do to start up Windows using this CD?
