Re: NTLDR is missing

From: algarveroot (algarveroot.1a6sc4_at_mail.mcse.ms)
Date: 07/29/04


Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:07:17 -0500


I have the same problem with W2KPro....NTLDR is Missing, Alt+Ctrl+Del to
restart (why, if NTLDR is missing, it won't boot now or again.....?)

I've tried the repair console, "Can't copy NTLDR, ARCSETUP.exe,
ARCLDR.exe", so no automatic fix allowed.

Then tried to copy the three files manually - "Access Denied"....

Tried attrib -s -h -r (and -shr) ntldr/boot.ini/arcsetup.exe/arcldr.exe
- file not found or words to that effect......however "attrib ntldr"
returns SHR (i.e. file found).....REN is obviously denied too....

So, it appears that write-access is being denied to the c: drive both
for manual and automatic-repair fixing.....

I had created a recovery disk and boot disks from the machine - the
boot "can't load biosinfo.inf" and the recovery disk obviously can't be
copied to the hdd.

Tried to re-install to c:\newwin - didn't install but claimed to have
effected repairs......but not enough of them, apparently!

In short, I can 'see' the files at the 'manual repair' level of the
installation cd but cannot effect any sort of repair because access to
the hdd is denied - any ideas PLEASE?

Dusty Harper {MS} wrote:
> *This can be caused by several issues:
>
> 1) the boot.ini is misconfigured to boot off an invalid location
> 2) Problem with the hard drive / or drive connections
> 3) the file is actually missing
>
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> Dusty Harper
> Microsoft Corporation
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> <josinvill@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1e06c01c454cd$650e95a0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > what is the problem when i boot up my pc, there is a
> > message "NTLDR is missing"?
> >
> > joseph *

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