Guest ColTom2 Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Hi: Apparently I have done a dumb thing. I saw some files when I opened Windows Explorer at the end of Local Disk(C:) that had never seen in this location before. I made a new folder on my desktop and cut and pasted these files into it. One of which was "ntldr" and others as well. Now I cannot get my computer to boot up and am getting a black screen with the following: "DR missing" " ss Ctrl+Alt+Del to Restart" But when I hit the above I get the same error and cannot boot up. Hopefully there is a way out of this mess that I have made short of reformatting. Thanks, ColTom
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Cannot Boot Sony Desktop Computer You didn't see them before because they are Protected System files, which are normally not seen. You must have unchecked the item in Folder Options called "Hide protected operating System files". It's best to leave that checked, not only for the obvious reason you encountered, but also because it causes bothersome errors with certain typical actions (moving or deleting files and folders, in particular.) You'll have to boot to the installation CD and use the Recovery Console to move the files back to where they belong. And remember, next time, to ask about files BEFORE deleting them. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message news:eFvVmYP4HHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hi: > > Apparently I have done a dumb thing. I saw some files when I opened > Windows Explorer at the end of Local Disk(C:) that had never seen in this > location before. > > I made a new folder on my desktop and cut and pasted these files into it. > One of which was "ntldr" and others as well. Now I cannot get my computer > to boot up and am getting a black screen with the following: > "DR missing" > " ss Ctrl+Alt+Del to Restart" > But when I hit the above I get the same error and cannot boot up. > > Hopefully there is a way out of this mess that I have made short of > reformatting. > > Thanks, > > ColTom >
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