NTLDR is Missing

[steve]

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I receive the following error when booting up my Windows XP Home PC:

NTLDR is Missing

I then booted from the Windows XP CD and entered the Recovery Console.
Then I tried to copy the NTLDR file using the following command:
Copy D:\i386\NTLDR C:

I receive the following error:
The file could not be copied.

When I try to access the hard drive by typing DIR at the C prompt, I receive
the following:

Directory of C:\

An error occurred during directory enumeration.

I cannot access the hard drive.

What can I do to restart this computer?

Thank you,

 

[user]

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"Steve" <Steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:79B0CB79-AC8C-4180-89FB-15D5F5E53CF3@microsoft.com...
>I receive the following error when booting up my Windows XP Home PC:
>
> NTLDR is Missing
>
> I then booted from the Windows XP CD and entered the Recovery Console.
> Then I tried to copy the NTLDR file using the following command:
> Copy D:\i386\NTLDR C:
>
> I receive the following error:
> The file could not be copied.
>
> When I try to access the hard drive by typing DIR at the C prompt, I
> receive
> the following:
>
> Directory of C:\
>
> An error occurred during directory enumeration.
>
> I cannot access the hard drive.
>
> What can I do to restart this computer?


Run CHKDSK /R. If that doesn't help, and if it is not the case that you
left a floppy in the diskette drive, you might have to do a Repair (boot
using the Windows install CD and select the *2nd* repair option to do an
in-place upgrade; the first Repair option puts you into Recovery Console
mode). If you have applied SP-2 and your CD is SP-1, you'll need to
create a slipstreamed Windows install CD that includes SP-2 (i.e., you
don't want to use an SP-1 install CD in trying to repair an SP-2
installation).

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Thank you Vanguard. This worked great!!
--
Steve


"Vanguard" wrote:

> "Steve" <Steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:79B0CB79-AC8C-4180-89FB-15D5F5E53CF3@microsoft.com...
> >I receive the following error when booting up my Windows XP Home PC:
> >
> > NTLDR is Missing
> >
> > I then booted from the Windows XP CD and entered the Recovery Console.
> > Then I tried to copy the NTLDR file using the following command:
> > Copy D:\i386\NTLDR C:
> >
> > I receive the following error:
> > The file could not be copied.
> >
> > When I try to access the hard drive by typing DIR at the C prompt, I
> > receive
> > the following:
> >
> > Directory of C:\
> >
> > An error occurred during directory enumeration.
> >
> > I cannot access the hard drive.
> >
> > What can I do to restart this computer?
>
>
> Run CHKDSK /R. If that doesn't help, and if it is not the case that you
> left a floppy in the diskette drive, you might have to do a Repair (boot
> using the Windows install CD and select the *2nd* repair option to do an
> in-place upgrade; the first Repair option puts you into Recovery Console
> mode). If you have applied SP-2 and your CD is SP-1, you'll need to
> create a slipstreamed Windows install CD that includes SP-2 (i.e., you
> don't want to use an SP-1 install CD in trying to repair an SP-2
> installation).
>
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