NTLDR Missing

[soundguy]

Hello,

When I took my Windows XP HDD out of my XP machine and put it in another machine. It will not boot, I get NTLDR missing. The other machine previously had a win98 HDD in it.

The HDD with XP on it is FAT32, but I cannot understand why this error is happening. Its a straight HDD swap, the only problem I was predicting was hardware configurations in XP.

I cannot do sys C: because it does not exist on the HDD.

Anyone have any other ideas.

Thanx

 

[wolluf]

Is it just XP on the drive? (no dual booting history?) Is ntldr (and ntdetect.com and boot.ini) in the root of the drive? If not, put them there (on XP install CD \i386). You could try using fixboot command from recovery console (boot from XP install CD, choose repair using recovery console - you'll need administrator password).

 

[linney]

See if this will help.
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - Q291980
A Discussion About the Bootcfg Command and Its Uses

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q291/9/80.asp

 

[moggy44]

Hi PRiley,

This was on another tech members site about swapping Win XP Hard Drives about, hope you can open if not I will paste article.

Regards John M

http://www.membersboard.com/secretworld/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4070

 

[sue77]

Would you please post this article. I am not a member.

Thanks

 

[soundguy]

Hello Everyone,

I have took all advice, and it still giving me the same error.

I will have to transfer the HDD's to the new comps, then install win XP. Windows XP does not like being transfered between computers on FAT32.

But if moggy44 can post that article I will have another go.

Thanks
Phil

 

[linney]

"NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message When You Upgrade or Install Windows XP Over Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q314057