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by wayneinreno

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I am trrying to do a clean install of XP Home/ I copied the six boot disks needed. When I get to the 5th one I am told a "disk file is corrupted". To "reinsert and press any key". well, when I do this I get the same message over and over again, it never changes.
Also what does NTLDT is missing mean? and how do I fix this so I can install an OS on this piece of junk.

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by ann777

1) Did you try another floppy in place of the one giving you the error? Try another floppy.

2) Can you set your hardware to boot from cd-rom drive first? If yes, then you really do not need to create any boot disks.... just boot from the cd-rom drive and it should automatically load.

3) Make sure the computer hardware meets the minimum requirements for WinXP.

You might also want to check your WinXP cd and make sure it is okay (no scratches, dings, etc)... or try making the boot disks on another computer.

by jellimonsta

Are you sure it is NTLDT that is missing and not NTLDR? NTLDR contains the boot code for NT based OS's. NTLDR initialized the NT OS Kernel. If it is not present or corrupt you will not boot up as it is a vital piece in the boot strap code.
You can find some information on NTLDR problems on the M$ Technet site.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B812492

Remove any spaces from the URL. Also I would check the link to the 2000 LDR problems from that page as it does not sound as though you are upgrading from 9x.

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