NDLTR is compressed

[karynb65]

I did (what was supposed to be) a non-destructive system restore and when the computer rebooted, it gave me the message "NDLTR is compressed". Cntrl Alt Del to restart. But each time I Cntrl Alt Del, it takes me to the HP blue screen with the F1 and F10 messages at the bottom, but then straight back to the NDLTR message.

Can anybody help, please?

 

[Me__2001]

sounds like its corrupted, you'll need to restore the MBR using the XP CD

 

[andy j]

Hi Karynb

I had this problem with my neighbours laptop.
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compact /u C:ntldr

I didnt try this as I had allready re formatted the HDD.
Please let me know how you go on.

 

[karynb65]

Thanks, andy j - will let you know how it turns out!