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NTDLR is missing
Name: Nigel Date: April 27, 2002 at 22:33:49 Pacific
Comment:
I just built a new computer: MSI KT3 Ultra Mainboard Athlon XP 1700 256 MB DDR-333 RAM
My 40 GB hard drive is empty and has an NTFS partition. I want to install Windows XP on it. I've set my BIOS up to boot from CD so that it will automatically run the WINXP setup. Instead of running the setup I get an error msg: "NTDLR is missing". I can't find a source for this problem because my hard drive is empty. Does anyone know what is causing this?
Name: Tomputers Date: April 27, 2002 at 22:48:47 Pacific
Reply:
I would almost bet that if you used Fdisk and removed the NT partition and just used a primary partition or even left the HD clear you would not have a problem.
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Response Number 2
Name: brandon Date: April 28, 2002 at 00:03:17 Pacific
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I think I get that msg when a new system tries to boot to a blank drive. Check your boot order to make sure it boots to cd first.
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Response Number 3
Name: Slick Date: April 28, 2002 at 14:46:59 Pacific
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I just got the same error booting up 2000. I had just downloaded and ran updates from Microsoft.All I did was hit enter and it continued to boot on past " NTDLR is missing" Sorry I'm no help
boot the system using as 98 startup floppy and at the A prompt type SYS C: then when done it will say system transferred then reboot and try reinstall again
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