2007-11-02 03:15:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
1. Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer.
2. When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.
3. Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.
4. Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.
5. You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password.
6. 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:\
7. Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.
If that doesn't resolve the issue you could do the same steps but instead of copying the files type in fixboot and confirm....then reboot.
2007-11-02 03:25:20 · answer #1 · answered by Helping Since 1969 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure that you do not have a floppy disk or a bootable CD in one of the drives. If it is looking to either of them for the NTLDR (the files that actually loads Windows) it will not find it.
If that is not the case, then the instructs by "Helping Since" are the next thing to try.
2007-11-02 10:28:57 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See this link
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm
2007-11-02 10:18:24 · answer #3 · answered by techchick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋