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More info?)
"sammy" <s.brako@kpn.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for response.
> 1. there is no floppy disk in the drive.
> 2. I don't go pass the the first phase to be able to assess System
Restore.
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> > "sammy" <s.brako@kpn.com> wrote in message
> > news:01c56cbd$ffb13730$798b1dac@UT9910201808...
> > > The pc wont start at boot !!!!
> > > it comes up with an error saying: "NTLDR" not found.
> > > Does this mean Windows once again being installed? System worked fine
> as
> > at
> > > last night.
> > >
> > > advice appreciated.
> > > thanks
> >
> > First step: Remove the floppy disk from your disk drive
> > when rebooting.
> >
> >
> >
Make yourself a WinXP boot disk, to see if WinXP is
still intact:
- Format a floppy disk on some other WinXP/2000 PC.
Don't do it on a Win9x PC - it won't work.
- Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your WinXP CD to A:\
ntldr
ntdetect.com
- Create a file a:\boot.ini with these lines
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=3
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
- Boot the machine with this floppy
What do you get?