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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Choda_Bean replied on Mon Mar 14, 2011 @ 1:43pm |
 Coolness: 220005 | So, when I boot my PC, it goes through the memory test, IDE identification etc etc, gets to the second screen, where at the bottom of the page, it says:
"Verifying DMI Pool Data................ NTLDR is missing Press CTRL + ALT + DEL to restart." usually of course, it gets past the verification and windows xp then starts up. I didn't do any hardware changes prior to this, or any big software installations or anything. I copied some photos from a USB stick, and then while checking them out, in a flash, my computer restarted and then started giving me that "NTLDR is missing" message. Any ideas?? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Masa replied on Mon Mar 14, 2011 @ 2:04pm |
 Coolness: 158805 | Unplug that stick?
Looks like there might've been some boot info on it. .. Or a virus :/ |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» rawali replied on Mon Mar 14, 2011 @ 2:06pm |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» flo replied on Mon Mar 14, 2011 @ 2:17pm |
 Coolness: 146360 | NTLDR is the loader Windows NT (core of Win NT and XP), which is the starting point of windows at boot time. Wally's link is quite clear and more complete than any answer you could get here, so I won't add anything more :P |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Mon Mar 14, 2011 @ 2:24pm |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Mon Mar 14, 2011 @ 3:53pm |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» KORHAL replied on Mon Mar 14, 2011 @ 10:51pm |
 Coolness: 558585 | Wow man, I used to re-create NTLDR and re-insert it manually using Ubuntu Live :P Good luck! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Gamos replied on Mon Mar 14, 2011 @ 10:52pm |
 Coolness: 93530 | Originally Posted By SCREWHEAD
ahahahaha...win |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nathan replied on Mon Mar 14, 2011 @ 11:31pm |
 Coolness: 166580 | i thought NTLDR meant 'Not Too Long, Did Read'
:P |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Masa replied on Mon Mar 14, 2011 @ 11:43pm |
| Coolness: 158805 | Har har har  |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Choda_Bean replied on Tue Mar 15, 2011 @ 1:59pm |
| Coolness: 220005 | I put in my win xp cd, started the "repair existing windows" option, but it didn't even recognize there was a windows installation on my C: drive.
I think I'm just gonna put a new drive in, and re-install all my shit again. Then when the fresh install is done, I'll plug the old drive into my external case, to retreive any important files. It was a pretty good 2 year run on the same windows installation |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» greatjob replied on Tue Mar 15, 2011 @ 2:06pm |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear replied on Tue Mar 15, 2011 @ 6:46pm |
 Coolness: 2604020 | Just use Windows 7... I don't know why anyone uses XP any more. Especially when there is a fully working cracked version of Windows 7 which updates to SP1 without problems. It will even repair your boot record for you automatically if needed. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Tue Mar 15, 2011 @ 7:02pm |
| Coolness: 685625 | yeah, also if you've got a multi-core CPU, using XP is just stupid, you'd be better off with Vista.
XP works with multi-core CPUs by "filling up" one at a time before switching to the next.. so like if you run like seven programs, it'll keep loading them to the same core until that core gets overloaded and slow, then it'll switch to the next core.. So like you run six programs and they're all on one core, and those programs run slow as a turtle, but your 7th program then gets switched to a new core so that one runs fast while everything else is still crammed into the first core.. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Choda_Bean replied on Tue Mar 15, 2011 @ 7:54pm |
| Coolness: 220005 | I'm using the same PC that i built in 2003. XP runs fine with it. Thanks for the input, but I don't think Vista or 7 will run smoothly on my old beast. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» KORHAL replied on Tue Mar 15, 2011 @ 7:57pm |
| Coolness: 558585 | Originally Posted By DJ_DIALECT
I put in my win xp cd, started the "repair existing windows" option, but it didn't even recognize there was a windows installation on my C: drive. I think I'm just gonna put a new drive in, and re-install all my shit again. Then when the fresh install is done, I'll plug the old drive into my external case, to retreive any important files. It was a pretty good 2 year run on the same windows installation
From my memory, you have to go into the first repair mode option, going into command line. Create a backup of the old NTLDR (NTLDR-related info?) and then copy a new one into the old one's path. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Choda_Bean replied on Tue Mar 15, 2011 @ 8:12pm |
| Coolness: 220005 | I slapped in a Win XP home edition disc, and it only gave me 3 options.
install windows repair and cancel or something... I didn't see anything after the first repair choice, but, continue.... you think there is a difference between home and pro installation discs? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» KORHAL replied on Wed Mar 16, 2011 @ 11:16pm |
| Coolness: 558585 | Yeah there is, gotta use the same version or it won't work. Don't ask me to get into specifics on the repair though :/ It's been a long time since I was head of techincal department at a computer place. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Thu Mar 17, 2011 @ 12:24am |
| Coolness: 509595 | just reinstall without formatting no? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MolocH replied on Thu Mar 17, 2011 @ 11:23am |
 Coolness: 226310 | Originally Posted By ALIENZED
just reinstall without formatting no? QFT. Even better if you had enough foresight to partition your hard drive. |
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