When booting up my computer into Windows XP in Dos mode it says "NTLDR is missing, press Ctrl-Alt-Del" once restarted it says it again.
What should I do so that it will boot up windows
Any ideas? all are welcome
2006-10-04 02:37:52 · 9 answers · asked by computerhelp 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Do a repair install of XP it will repair but not erase anything.
2006-10-04 02:41:06 · answer #1 · answered by tru_story 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NTLDR sounds like a partitioning problem. Cant gurantee u will get back yur data but try this. Hook up the hard drive on another computer as a secondary disk (d drive) and pull out yur data. Check this, if this hard drive is NTFS formatted, only windows 2000 and XP will recognize this hard drive as a secondary disk. If is FAT32, any opeating system will recognize it. If that doesnt work, insert the XP setup cd and chooze the repair option. (Make sure in order to boot from the cd rom, make sure the cd rom is part of d boot sequence and it is first) Most likely this is in step 2 of the setup, the repair option. If u reach formatting and partitioning information u have went the wrong way. So try the repair option. If things are bad, u may have lost yur data and all u can do is get a file recovery program eg File scavenger or PC Inspector File Recovery if named correctly which is free. Good Luck. Laterz.
2006-10-04 02:50:18 · answer #2 · answered by The Honourable 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boot to your Windows XP CD>
ON the first screen it will ask you what you want to do. CHOOSE INSTALL! NOT REPAIR>
You must get to the NEXT screen where it detects your current operating system that is installed, then do the REPAIR on THAT screen.
Nothing will get erased as long as you DO NOT choose the Format option.
2006-10-04 02:43:36 · answer #3 · answered by ○Freeman○ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 03:27:26 · answer #4 · answered by leinen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try once repair ur xp through bootable xp cd or u have to install fresh copy of xp if u wanna save ur previous data which is on c: then attach ur HDD with another computer and copy data in that computer and then install xp
2006-10-04 02:41:09 · answer #5 · answered by paradise 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Put your drive in another pc(let's call it "storage pc") then copy all important data to that pc. Reinstall windows on your pc then put your drive to "storage pc" and copy all your data back in it.
2006-10-04 02:53:54 · answer #6 · answered by S&H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is possible try your recovery disc first this happend to me but after a few attempts with the recovery disc it reloaded back to factory settings.
2006-10-04 02:42:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can-t.
If you re intall your Windows XP all your data is BACK TO ZERO.
2006-10-04 02:41:55 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you can reload windows in a new directory and all data can be saved
2006-10-04 03:09:01 · answer #9 · answered by josh and mell h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋