Help ntldr missing

[malcolm]

When the computer is switched on I get the message ntldr missing press Ctrl
Alt Del to restart. I then have to press the esc key to get a select first
boot device window I then select hard drive from a list (it has a small + in
front of it) a second window appears asking me to select which hard drive.
The computer then boots normally. Have tried fixboot and fixmbr but no
effect can anyone help thanks in advance.

malcy

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Boot the Recovery Console, copy ntldr from the CD to the root of the boot
partition from the command prompt:

copy X:\I386\ntldr C:\

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[malcolm]

Thanks for the info. Have tried it but no luck.

Hi,

Boot the Recovery Console, copy ntldr from the CD to the root of the boot
partition from the command prompt:

copy X:\I386\ntldr C:\

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

When the computer is switched on I get the message ntldr missing press Ctrl
Alt Del to restart. I then have to press the esc key to get a select first
boot device window I then select hard drive from a list (it has a small

+

in
front of it) a second window appears asking me to select which hard drive.
The computer then boots normally. Have tried fixboot and fixmbr but no
effect can anyone help thanks in advance.

malcy

 

[malcolm]

just tried it again is says running dma pool data before the ntldr missing
comes up

Hi,

Boot the Recovery Console, copy ntldr from the CD to the root of the boot
partition from the command prompt:

copy X:\I386\ntldr C:\

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

When the computer is switched on I get the message ntldr missing press Ctrl
Alt Del to restart. I then have to press the esc key to get a select first
boot device window I then select hard drive from a list (it has a small

+

in
front of it) a second window appears asking me to select which hard drive.
The computer then boots normally. Have tried fixboot and fixmbr but no
effect can anyone help thanks in advance.

malcy

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Malcolm,

Let's backtrack a bit. What were you doing or what changes did you make to
the system shortly before this problem began? It seems to me like your
system has some confusion going on as to what device to boot. Were you
messing around in the bios at all? Did you add some hardware?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

just tried it again is says running dma pool data before the ntldr missing
comes up

Hi,

Boot the Recovery Console, copy ntldr from the CD to the root of the boot
partition from the command prompt:

copy X:\I386\ntldr C:\

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

When the computer is switched on I get the message ntldr missing press Ctrl
Alt Del to restart. I then have to press the esc key to get a select first
boot device window I then select hard drive from a list (it has a

small

+

 

[malcolm]

Hello Rick,

Didn't add a thing or make any changes. Was typing a report and the comp had
a fatal error restarted and that was the start of the problem. The comp
works fine when it's started it just that you have to tell in manually what
to boot from.

Hi Malcolm,

Let's backtrack a bit. What were you doing or what changes did you make to
the system shortly before this problem began? It seems to me like your
system has some confusion going on as to what device to boot. Were you
messing around in the bios at all? Did you add some hardware?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

just tried it again is says running dma pool data before the ntldr missing
comes up

Hi,

Boot the Recovery Console, copy ntldr from the CD to the root of the boot
partition from the command prompt:

copy X:\I386\ntldr C:\

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



When the computer is switched on I get the message ntldr missing press
Ctrl
Alt Del to restart. I then have to press the esc key to get a select first
boot device window I then select hard drive from a list (it has a

small

+
in
front of it) a second window appears asking me to select which hard drive.
The computer then boots normally. Have tried fixboot and fixmbr but no
effect can anyone help thanks in advance.

malcy

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Ok, start/run eventvwr.msc, look at the system and application logs from
when it happened. There may be some clue as to what the faulty module is, or
a bcc error code we can research.

Also, start/run C:\boot.ini

Copy/paste the contents into the reply as well.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

Hello Rick,

Didn't add a thing or make any changes. Was typing a report and the comp had
a fatal error restarted and that was the start of the problem. The comp
works fine when it's started it just that you have to tell in manually what
to boot from.

Hi Malcolm,

Let's backtrack a bit. What were you doing or what changes did you make to
the system shortly before this problem began? It seems to me like your
system has some confusion going on as to what device to boot. Were you
messing around in the bios at all? Did you add some hardware?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

just tried it again is says running dma pool data before the ntldr missing
comes up

Hi,

Boot the Recovery Console, copy ntldr from the CD to the root of the boot
partition from the command prompt:

copy X:\I386\ntldr C:\

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



When the computer is switched on I get the message ntldr missing press
Ctrl
Alt Del to restart. I then have to press the esc key to get a select
first
boot device window I then select hard drive from a list (it has a small
+
in
front of it) a second window appears asking me to select which hard
drive.
The computer then boots normally. Have tried fixboot and fixmbr

but

no

 

[malcolm]

Hi

Thanks for the interest in my problem in the system log the only thing is a
"remote procedure call service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1
time." It then states that the machine will reboot in 60000 milliseconds.

Here is the c:\boot.ini file you wanted

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

I don't know if this is of any use but my defrag programme is perfect disk
6.0. I ran it and analyzed the drive. The directory is represented by green
squares there were no green squares and normally there are about 4 or 5.

Hi,

Ok, start/run eventvwr.msc, look at the system and application logs from
when it happened. There may be some clue as to what the faulty module is, or
a bcc error code we can research.

Also, start/run C:\boot.ini

Copy/paste the contents into the reply as well.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

Hello Rick,

Didn't add a thing or make any changes. Was typing a report and the comp had
a fatal error restarted and that was the start of the problem. The comp
works fine when it's started it just that you have to tell in manually what
to boot from.

make

to

the system shortly before this problem began? It seems to me like your
system has some confusion going on as to what device to boot. Were you
messing around in the bios at all? Did you add some hardware?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



just tried it again is says running dma pool data before the ntldr missing
comes up

Hi,

Boot the Recovery Console, copy ntldr from the CD to the root of the
boot
partition from the command prompt:

copy X:\I386\ntldr C:\

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



When the computer is switched on I get the message ntldr missing press
Ctrl
Alt Del to restart. I then have to press the esc key to get a select
first
boot device window I then select hard drive from a list (it has a
small
+
in
front of it) a second window appears asking me to select which hard
drive.
The computer then boots normally. Have tried fixboot and fixmbr

but

no
effect can anyone help thanks in advance.

malcy

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Malcolm,

Boot.ini looks fine, but the missing directory (green) information is a
concern. Some things to check:

- No floppy inadvertantly left in the drive

- You said you tried fixboot from the Recovery Console already? Did you try
"fixboot C:"?

- Start/run diskmgmt.msc, make sure the system partition is set as active

- Have you tried "chkdsk C: /r" from the Recovery Console yet? This may
resolve the missing directory problem. Also, do you see the light blue
segments representing the boot files?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

Hi

Thanks for the interest in my problem in the system log the only thing is a
"remote procedure call service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1
time." It then states that the machine will reboot in 60000 milliseconds.

Here is the c:\boot.ini file you wanted

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

I don't know if this is of any use but my defrag programme is perfect disk
6.0. I ran it and analyzed the drive. The directory is represented by green
squares there were no green squares and normally there are about 4 or 5.

Hi,

Ok, start/run eventvwr.msc, look at the system and application logs from
when it happened. There may be some clue as to what the faulty module

is,

or
a bcc error code we can research.

Also, start/run C:\boot.ini

Copy/paste the contents into the reply as well.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

Hello Rick,

Didn't add a thing or make any changes. Was typing a report and the

comp
had

a fatal error restarted and that was the start of the problem. The comp
works fine when it's started it just that you have to tell in manually what
to boot from.

Hi Malcolm,

Let's backtrack a bit. What were you doing or what changes did you

make

to
the system shortly before this problem began? It seems to me like your
system has some confusion going on as to what device to boot. Were you
messing around in the bios at all? Did you add some hardware?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



just tried it again is says running dma pool data before the ntldr
missing
comes up

Hi,

Boot the Recovery Console, copy ntldr from the CD to the root of the
boot
partition from the command prompt:

copy X:\I386\ntldr C:\

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



When the computer is switched on I get the message ntldr missing
press
Ctrl
Alt Del to restart. I then have to press the esc key to get a select
first
boot device window I then select hard drive from a list (it

has

a fixmbr
but

 

[malcolm]

Hi Rick,

No floppy have just tried both fixboot C: and chkdsk C: /r with no effect.
As for perfeck disk there is 1 light blue square which according to the
ledgend means that the size of the boot files is 10.81 megabytes or less.

malcy

Hi Malcolm,

Boot.ini looks fine, but the missing directory (green) information is a
concern. Some things to check:

- No floppy inadvertantly left in the drive

- You said you tried fixboot from the Recovery Console already? Did you try
"fixboot C:"?

- Start/run diskmgmt.msc, make sure the system partition is set as active

- Have you tried "chkdsk C: /r" from the Recovery Console yet? This may
resolve the missing directory problem. Also, do you see the light blue
segments representing the boot files?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

Hi

Thanks for the interest in my problem in the system log the only thing

is

a
"remote procedure call service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1
time." It then states that the machine will reboot in 60000 milliseconds.

Here is the c:\boot.ini file you wanted

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

I don't know if this is of any use but my defrag programme is perfect disk
6.0. I ran it and analyzed the drive. The directory is represented by green
squares there were no green squares and normally there are about 4 or 5.

Hi,

Ok, start/run eventvwr.msc, look at the system and application logs from
when it happened. There may be some clue as to what the faulty module

is,

or
a bcc error code we can research.

Also, start/run C:\boot.ini

Copy/paste the contents into the reply as well.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



Hello Rick,

Didn't add a thing or make any changes. Was typing a report and the comp
had
a fatal error restarted and that was the start of the problem. The comp
works fine when it's started it just that you have to tell in manually
what
to boot from.

Hi Malcolm,

Let's backtrack a bit. What were you doing or what changes did you make
to
the system shortly before this problem began? It seems to me like your
system has some confusion going on as to what device to boot. Were you
messing around in the bios at all? Did you add some hardware?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



just tried it again is says running dma pool data before the ntldr
missing
comes up

Hi,

Boot the Recovery Console, copy ntldr from the CD to the root

of
the

boot
partition from the command prompt:

copy X:\I386\ntldr C:\

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



When the computer is switched on I get the message ntldr missing
press
Ctrl
Alt Del to restart. I then have to press the esc key to get a
select
first
boot device window I then select hard drive from a list (it

has

a
small
+
in
front of it) a second window appears asking me to select which
hard
drive.
The computer then boots normally. Have tried fixboot and fixmbr
but
no
effect can anyone help thanks in advance.

malcy

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

And the active partition is?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

Hi Rick,

No floppy have just tried both fixboot C: and chkdsk C: /r with no effect.
As for perfeck disk there is 1 light blue square which according to the
ledgend means that the size of the boot files is 10.81 megabytes or less.

malcy

Hi Malcolm,

Boot.ini looks fine, but the missing directory (green) information is a
concern. Some things to check:

- No floppy inadvertantly left in the drive

- You said you tried fixboot from the Recovery Console already? Did you try
"fixboot C:"?

- Start/run diskmgmt.msc, make sure the system partition is set as active

- Have you tried "chkdsk C: /r" from the Recovery Console yet? This may
resolve the missing directory problem. Also, do you see the light blue
segments representing the boot files?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



is

this

1

time." It then states that the machine will reboot in 60000 milliseconds.

Here is the c:\boot.ini file you wanted

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

I don't know if this is of any use but my defrag programme is perfect disk
6.0. I ran it and analyzed the drive. The directory is represented by green
squares there were no green squares and normally there are about 4 or 5.

Hi,

Ok, start/run eventvwr.msc, look at the system and application logs from
when it happened. There may be some clue as to what the faulty

module
is,

or
a bcc error code we can research.

Also, start/run C:\boot.ini

Copy/paste the contents into the reply as well.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



Hello Rick,

Didn't add a thing or make any changes. Was typing a report and

the
comp

had
a fatal error restarted and that was the start of the problem. The comp
works fine when it's started it just that you have to tell in manually
what
to boot from.

Hi Malcolm,

Let's backtrack a bit. What were you doing or what changes did you
make
to
the system shortly before this problem began? It seems to me

like
your

system has some confusion going on as to what device to boot.

Were
you

messing around in the bios at all? Did you add some hardware?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



just tried it again is says running dma pool data before the ntldr
missing
comes up

Hi,

Boot the Recovery Console, copy ntldr from the CD to the

root

of

the
boot
partition from the command prompt:

copy X:\I386\ntldr C:\

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
[Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



When the computer is switched on I get the message ntldr missing
press
Ctrl
Alt Del to restart. I then have to press the esc key to

get

a (it
has

 

[malcolm]

Not sure what you mean but when I run the prog it gives the volume name
layout is partition, type is basic, file system is nfts, Status is healthy,
free space size, fault tolerance as no, overhead is 0%.
Don't know if this is relevant but when I right click a file or folder etc
and click "send to" then "mail recipient" nothing happens. Also on internet
explorer if I select file then send the "page by email" and "link by email"
are grey and can't be used, "shortcut to desktop" works.

And the active partition is?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

Hi Rick,

No floppy have just tried both fixboot C: and chkdsk C: /r with no effect.
As for perfeck disk there is 1 light blue square which according to the
ledgend means that the size of the boot files is 10.81 megabytes or less.

malcy

Hi Malcolm,

Boot.ini looks fine, but the missing directory (green) information is a
concern. Some things to check:

- No floppy inadvertantly left in the drive

- You said you tried fixboot from the Recovery Console already? Did

you
try

"fixboot C:"?

- Start/run diskmgmt.msc, make sure the system partition is set as active

- Have you tried "chkdsk C: /r" from the Recovery Console yet? This may
resolve the missing directory problem. Also, do you see the light blue
segments representing the boot files?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



Hi

Thanks for the interest in my problem in the system log the only

thing
is

a
"remote procedure call service terminated unexpectedly. It has done

this

1
time." It then states that the machine will reboot in 60000 milliseconds.

Here is the c:\boot.ini file you wanted

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

I don't know if this is of any use but my defrag programme is

perfect
disk

6.0. I ran it and analyzed the drive. The directory is represented by
green
squares there were no green squares and normally there are about 4

or

5.

Hi,

Ok, start/run eventvwr.msc, look at the system and application

logs
from

when it happened. There may be some clue as to what the faulty module
is,
or
a bcc error code we can research.

Also, start/run C:\boot.ini

Copy/paste the contents into the reply as well.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



Hello Rick,

Didn't add a thing or make any changes. Was typing a report and the
comp
had
a fatal error restarted and that was the start of the problem. The
comp
works fine when it's started it just that you have to tell in manually
what
to boot from.

Hi Malcolm,

Let's backtrack a bit. What were you doing or what changes did you
make
to
the system shortly before this problem began? It seems to me like
your
system has some confusion going on as to what device to boot. Were
you
messing around in the bios at all? Did you add some hardware?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



just tried it again is says running dma pool data before the ntldr
missing
comes up

Hi,

Boot the Recovery Console, copy ntldr from the CD to the

root

of
the
boot
partition from the command prompt:

copy X:\I386\ntldr C:\

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
[Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



When the computer is switched on I get the message ntldr
missing
press
Ctrl
Alt Del to restart. I then have to press the esc key to

get

a
select
first
boot device window I then select hard drive from a list (it
has
a
small
+
in
front of it) a second window appears asking me to select which
hard
drive.
The computer then boots normally. Have tried fixboot and
fixmbr
but
no
effect can anyone help thanks in advance.

malcy