NTLDR DC

[Guest]

I have a 2000 DC that is unable to find NTLDR. Earlier this morning we
applied the latest patches from Microsoft which were released last week.
What is the best way to proceed in this stage? We have another DC working
currently so we are up.

Thanks!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a 2000 DC that is unable to find NTLDR. Earlier this morning we
applied the latest patches from Microsoft which were released last week.
What is the best way to proceed in this stage? We have another DC working
currently so we are up.

Thanks!

As a first step in resolving this problem, do this:
- Format a floppy disk on some other Win2000 PC.
Don't do it on a Win9x PC - it won't work.
- Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your Win2000 CD to A:\
ntldr
ntdetect.com
- Create a file a:\boot.ini with these lines
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=3
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Server"
/fastdetect
- Boot the machine with this floppy

If unsure about the contents of boot.ini, boot the server with a
Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com, then run ntfsdos.exe
from www.sysinternals.com so that you can check the current
contents of c:\boot.ini.

Does the machine boot with this boot disk?