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Operating Systems :: Windows :: "NTLDR is missing" et "NTLDR manquant" upon re-installing Windows 2000 !!!
By: Bernard France  Date: 15/05/2006 08:55:06  English  Points: 20 Status: Answered
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Hello,

I just had to re-install Win2K, and following the normal installation procedure I got anyway "NTLDR manquant" ; after some rebbots I got "NTLDR missing".

Why is that ? What can I do about it ?
By: VGR Date: 15/05/2006 09:04:27 English  Type : Comment
Hello, according to Microslop itself, this can have multiple causes.

1) your system partition is formatted FAT32 and you try to upgrade from Win95/98 on a large disk (partition > 7,8GB and system identifier 0C in partition table) and the BPB is incorrect about the head value.
-> in this case you've to correct the head value. I suggest using the TestDisk program (is delivered on bootable diskette)

2) your system may have defective hardware.
-> in this case, try to run first a MemTest86+ to sort out the most incapacitating error of all : defective RAM.
-> then try to run any hardware diagnostic software provided with your motherboard

3) Windows install failed and you want to try it manually.
-> there is a solution. You've to start the Windows installation CD (yes, I know this is slooooowwww) ; don't forget F6 if you need RAID drivers or such ; ask for "repair" and "recuperation console"
-> you should see kind-of a DOS prompt. You can't do much in there (not even a CHKDSK ;-) but you can copy files from the installation CD, directory ./i386 , and see the files automatically uncompressed.
-> copy the files NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM
-> don't forget to check that you have a valid BOOT.INI hidden file at the system disk's root
-> restart


good luck ;-)
By: VGR Date: 15/05/2006 09:18:40 English  Type : Comment
Other ways of trying to fix :
1) FIXBOOT and FIXMBR in the recuperation console (if you are sure the drive has incorrect boot sector or MBR) [this may be useless except in the most basic error cases]

2- playing with a Win98 bootdisk, SYS c:, and then trying to upgrade again to Win2K [this may work fine]
By: VGR Date: 23/05/2006 13:46:05 English  Type : Answer
and other probable cause :
- your "boot device rder" in the BIOS has changed and you no longer boot on the correct hard disk :D
this happens when you add devices, swap disks, activate one, and sometimes for no apparent reason.

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