Ntldr

hello I'm new here and don't know how to post a question about NTLDR missing

 

Insert the Windows XP CD into your 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 these two files to the root directory of the hard drive.

"X" will be the letter of the CD-rom drive.

copy x:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy x:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

then reboot, all should be well.If not you have more pressing issues that need addressed.
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I have a daughter whom is deaf and to communicate with her we talk on Yahoo, her computer is saying NTLDR is missing and she can not get on to anything, the screen is black we don't know how to fix it as she has no reboot CD's to her computer which is a hewlitt packard. Can anyone tell me how to you can fix the computer if you don't have a reboot CD. Thank you

 

This is one of the reason I HATE brands like Dell, HP, Compaq, eMachiines..

They sell to the masses, yet fail to concider inexperienced users.

The setup files she needs are probably on her hard drive, and can probably be accessed by hitting an "f" key during boot.

Which "f" key, and to what extent the restore capabilitys of the machine, depend mainly on the model # of HP, and how HP set the machine up originally at the factory, and sometimes, if a 3rd party had changed settings/partitions, this may also affect the recovery.

Since you have come with a problem like this, there are a couple options at this point.

1. Call HP and request a recovery CD, which she may have to pay for.
2. Find someone with a BOOTABLE Windows XP CD who can do the recovery needed
3. tell us the model # of the HP computer and relay the info to me, or anybody else here, and we can research the proper procedure to use the HP recovery method and can guide you from there.

I must warn you, although option 3 is cheapest way, it is a long process of communication and message relaying. I would strongly advise getting the recovery disks at this point, no matter what.
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