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" ntldr is missing" curing XP sp2 clean install


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Guest kcladygemini
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I wiped out my hard drive, starting fresh. Repeatedly getting error "ntldr

is missing". I have already tried copying:

d:\i386\ntldr c:\

d:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

 

into the root directory but am told "access denied" on attempt.

 

Any ideas?

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Re: " ntldr is missing" curing XP sp2 clean install

 

 

"kcladygemini" <kcladygemini@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I wiped out my hard drive, starting fresh. Repeatedly getting error "ntldr

> is missing". I have already tried copying:

> d:\i386\ntldr c:\

> d:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

>

> into the root directory but am told "access denied" on attempt.

>

> Any ideas?

 

Maybe you should elaborate on exactly what you have done, and what you are

trying to do.

 

What exactly do you mean by "wiped"?

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Re: " ntldr is missing" curing XP sp2 clean install

 

 

"kcladygemini" <kcladygemini@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:AB2D0F2D-3905-4211-84F2-B8BD13253B7F@microsoft.com...

>I wiped out my hard drive, starting fresh. Repeatedly getting error "ntldr

> is missing". I have already tried copying:

> d:\i386\ntldr c:\

> d:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

>

> into the root directory but am told "access denied" on attempt.

>

> Any ideas?

 

If you have wiped your hard disk then the proper

procedure to install WinXP is to boot off the WinXP

CD and to follow the prompts. There is no need to

copy anything. To boot off the CD, instruct your BIOS

to use the CD drive as its primary boot device.


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