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I have tried just abut every website and forum and still coming up empty handed with help on this. I have a Toshiba Satellite M45which gives me the NTLDR is missing error on boot. I tried to follow these steps:
1. Put WindowsXP bootable CD in your CD drive and power on PC
2. When prompt comes Press a key to boot from CD... press any key.
3. Watch the Windows setup screen carefully. When comes Press R for Recovery console, press R.
4. It will ask you to choose Windows installation. Press 1 and then Enter.
5. It will ask for Administrator password. Do so.If no password is set, then just press Enter.
6. Type fixboot C: and press Enter.
7. Type copy d:\i386\ntldr c:\ and press Enter.
but i get an error saying file not found. Also I dont have the recovery disk for the laptop or a valid win xp disc to use.
when i try to run chkdsk /r is stops and stalls at 50% complete and nothing after that. fixmbr and fixboot seems to work but the system still gives me the same error not matter what i try.
any help would be appreciated.
thanks
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Posted 22 March 2010 - 10:41 PM
Hi tntpub
What CD are you using (if any) to try these steps ?? - You may need your XP CD to perform these steps -
Was this the Code you used for your Chk Dsk - Copy and paste into Start > Run box - Click OK - It will take about 30 mins and reboot your computer -
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EDIT - NTLDR (abbreviation of NT Loader) is the boot loader for all releases of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system up to and including Windows XP
tntpub said:
Also I dont have the recovery disk for the laptop or a valid win xp disc to use.
What CD are you using (if any) to try these steps ?? - You may need your XP CD to perform these steps -
Was this the Code you used for your Chk Dsk - Copy and paste into Start > Run box - Click OK - It will take about 30 mins and reboot your computer -
CMD /C ECHO Y|CHKDSK C: /R | SHUTDOWN /R /T 30
Thanks -
EDIT - NTLDR (abbreviation of NT Loader) is the boot loader for all releases of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system up to and including Windows XP
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Posted 23 March 2010 - 10:09 AM
If chkdsk /r stalls momentarily...give it time.
If it cannot complete because of either hard drive or file system problems, it will normally indicate such by an error message.
FWIW: Ntldr Is Missing Fix, Romeo29 - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic170057.html
In the absence of a Microsoft XP CD...I suggest trying to borrow one with the same version and SP installed...as your current system.
Louis
If it cannot complete because of either hard drive or file system problems, it will normally indicate such by an error message.
FWIW: Ntldr Is Missing Fix, Romeo29 - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic170057.html
In the absence of a Microsoft XP CD...I suggest trying to borrow one with the same version and SP installed...as your current system.
Louis
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