Guest John Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 i am using an emachine, which only came with a system recovery disc. the only solution ive found for this is to run command line commands, however i cannot get into any form of DOS command prompts seeing how my recovery cd only gives me two options, full destructive reformat or backup reformat. ive done both of these and still get the same error. any advice?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: ntldr is compressed "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8AEA8EE0-5763-46DE-80DF-07EB4C81C764@microsoft.com... >i am using an emachine, which only came with a system recovery disc. the > only solution ive found for this is to run command line commands, however > i > cannot get into any form of DOS command prompts seeing how my recovery cd > only gives me two options, full destructive reformat or backup reformat. > ive > done both of these and still get the same error. any advice? - What error are you getting, when and where? - Are you asking for advice on how to use your recovery disk? If so then you need to read the manual that came with it. Every manufacturer has his own recovery disk and it is not possible to give any general advice.
Guest David H. Lipman Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: ntldr is compressed From: "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> | i am using an emachine, which only came with a system recovery disc. the | only solution ive found for this is to run command line commands, however i | cannot get into any form of DOS command prompts seeing how my recovery cd | only gives me two options, full destructive reformat or backup reformat. ive | done both of these and still get the same error. any advice? Mount the drive in another computer such as a "D:" drive. Richt-Click on "D:\NTLDR" and choose; Properties --> Advanced. Uncheck the box for "Compress contents..." -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
Guest VanguardLH Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Re: ntldr is compressed John wrote: > i am using an emachine, Which is WHAT hardware? And using WHICH version of Windows XP? > which only came with a system recovery disc. the > only solution Solution for WHAT? > ive found for this is to run command line commands, however i > cannot get into any form of DOS command prompts seeing how my recovery cd > only gives me two options, full destructive reformat or backup reformat. How does your Subject relate to the body of your post? > ive done both of these and still get the same error. Sigh. Okay, and *WHAT* is that "same error"? Usually you get one chance per potential respondent to elicit a reply from them. If they skip your post because you gave them nothing to go on (no details, no versions, no context), usually they will just move on to the next post and never return to yours. Go read: What is Usenet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroups http://www.masonicinfo.com/newsgroups.htm http://www.mcfedries.com/Ramblings/usenet-primer.asp How to post to newsgroups: http://66.39.69.143/goodpost.htm http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.html
Guest Kelly Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Re: ntldr is compressed Borrow a retail version of XP then run the command/s. It is rather painless. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm SupportSpace http://www.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8AEA8EE0-5763-46DE-80DF-07EB4C81C764@microsoft.com... >i am using an emachine, which only came with a system recovery disc. the > only solution ive found for this is to run command line commands, however > i > cannot get into any form of DOS command prompts seeing how my recovery cd > only gives me two options, full destructive reformat or backup reformat. > ive > done both of these and still get the same error. any advice?
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