what is the problem when i boot up my pc, there is a

message "NTLDR is missing"?



joseph

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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<josinvill@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> what is the problem when i boot up my pc, there is a

> message "NTLDR is missing"?

>

> joseph

You forgot to add that there might be a unbootable floppy in the drive.

I've done that once or twice.







"Dusty Harper {MS}" <DHarper@Online.Microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> 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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> <josinvill@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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>

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?




	
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				Originally posted by Dusty Harper {MS} 

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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<josinvill@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> what is the problem when i boot up my pc, there is a

> message "NTLDR is missing"?

>

> joseph 
			
		
	
	

Sounds like everyone or users has been given deny access to your drive. Did you

carnage any ntfs permissions as of late? An option may be to do a parallel install to

examine and change ntfs permissions on that install to the built in groups to allow

copy access, or deny ntfs permissions may be the problem.  --- Steve







"algarveroot" <algarveroot.1a6sc4@mail.mcse.ms> wrote in message

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>

> 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: 

>

>

>

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possible (alternative) solutions:

- ntfsdos to get into disc and replace files

- boot off a separate drive and copy file across



i would check to make sure the drive doesn't have a bad block: run

chkdsk.exe



Regards,



Ranjeet.



On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:07:17 -0500, algarveroot

<algarveroot.1a6sc4@mail.mcse.ms> wrote:



>

> 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: 

>

>

>

> --

> algarveroot

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> View this thread: http://www.mcse.ms/message769914.html

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