The computer is an ancient Toshiba Satellite (6 years) running XP. How can I re-start in safe mode if it goes to the NTLDR message almost immediately? No disks in any of the drives...anything else people can think of that I should try before knackering it? (I really can´t afford to repair this, and don´t want to invest more money in it).
2006-11-22 02:43:00 · 4 answers · asked by Alex G 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer.
When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.
Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.
Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.
You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password.
Copy the below two files to the root directory of the primary hard disk. In the below example we are copying these files from the CD-ROM drive letter "E". This letter may be different on your computer.
copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\
Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.
2006-11-22 02:48:04 · answer #1 · answered by Shadow Hawk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey. I had this exact same problem yesterday. I had to repair windows. Lucky i had the windows disk and it dosnt lose any of ur saqved info on the laptop. so if you hav a windows disk install that and select reapair i had to re-activate it but the product key was on bottom. Now it works fine
2006-11-22 02:49:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"NTLDR is missing" means that you cannot boot into Windows at all (including Safe Mode). You can try performing a repair install on Windows.
2006-11-22 02:46:45 · answer #3 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://ntldrismissing.com/
http://ntldrismissing.com/
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm
http://ntldrismissing.com/
2006-11-22 02:47:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋