NTLDR Is Missing after moved to new motherboard

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I moved my hard disk from my old computer to
the new motherboard since the old motherboard was broken
but i get the following error message.

NTLDR Is Missing

I use win2000, Anyone know how to fix it?
 
You can find NTLDR y NTDETECT.COM, into original disk windows 2000,
copy them.
but i suggest you, format your disk with the parameters from the new
pc.
 
Boot the Win2K CD, type R when prompted, and run recovery console.

Run chkdsk and fixboot. If ntldr is still not there, copy it from CD.
 
I don't want to format the hard disk. It is too much work. Any simple
approach?
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Yes - there is a simple approach.

You've moved the hardware around and it is unlikely Windows will
magically work with the new motherboard.

Reinstall Windows, but do a repair install.

It will retain all your settings and applications, but you will end up
with a working system.

If you can't be bothered to do that, move the hard drive back to the
original computer, or do without a computer.

Odie
 
Odie Ferrous said:
Yes - there is a simple approach.

You've moved the hardware around and it is unlikely Windows will
magically work with the new motherboard.
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The error for this is "cannot find boot volume".
Reinstall Windows, but do a repair install.

It will retain all your settings and applications, but you will end up
with a working system.
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Not if the problem is differing CHS geometries. That require the partition
table be wiped.
If you can't be bothered to do that, move the hard drive back to the
original computer, or do without a computer.
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Or take advice only from those who know more than you do.
 
Eric said:
Or take advice only from those who know more than you do.
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Why not take the time out to try it yourself?

Go on, be a devil - broaden your horizons a little.

Can be quite enlightening - you may well learn something, even though
you tend to think you know it all already.


Odie
 
I moved my hard disk from my old computer to
the new motherboard since the old motherboard was broken
but i get the following error message.

NTLDR Is Missing

I use win2000, Anyone know how to fix it?
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As it is usually fixed, by loading the missing driver(s) at bootup.
 
Odie Ferrous said:
Eric Gisin wrote:

Why not take the time out to try it yourself?

Go on, be a devil - broaden your horizons a little.

Can be quite enlightening - you may well learn something, even though
you tend to think you know it all already.
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It's pretty obvious to most that I provide good advice on boot problems, and
you provide bad advice on most topics. You are the one who needs to learn a
lot.

Perhaps you should start by reading my original post in this thread.
 
Eric said:
It's pretty obvious to most that I provide good advice on boot problems, and
you provide bad advice on most topics. You are the one who needs to learn a
lot.

Perhaps you should start by reading my original post in this thread.
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Your very next post states:

"Boot the Win2K CD, type R when prompted, and run recovery console.

Run chkdsk and fixboot. If ntldr is still not there, copy it from CD."

If your theory about "differing CHS geometries" is true, then how on
earth will your statement above be of any use?

Go stand in the corner and keep your finger on your lips.


Odie
 
Your very next post states:

"Boot the Win2K CD, type R when prompted, and run recovery console.

Run chkdsk and fixboot. If ntldr is still not there, copy it from CD."

If your theory about "differing CHS geometries" is true, then how on
earth will your statement above be of any use?

Go stand in the corner and keep your finger on your lips.
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Idiot. That advice is the first thing to try, because corruption is most
likely.

If the OP still gets the error, then CHS is the next thing to investigate.

Considering your solution to boot problems is the same regardless of symptoms,
you don't have a clue.
 
Eric said:
Idiot. That advice is the first thing to try, because corruption is most
likely.

If the OP still gets the error, then CHS is the next thing to investigate.

Considering your solution to boot problems is the same regardless of symptoms,
you don't have a clue.
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Gosh - I do hope I haven't offended you.

Calm down - high blood pressure is not good for your health. You're
acting like a spoilt little child. Which, of course, you may be.


Odie
 
Odie Ferrous said:
Gosh - I do hope I haven't offended you.

Calm down - high blood pressure is not good for your health. You're
acting like a spoilt little child. Which, of course, you may be.
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You are acting like a mental case. Why don't you play with Rod for a while.

Like all trolls, you cannot stick to the topic.
 
I moved my hard disk from my old computer to
the new motherboard since the old motherboard was broken
but i get the following error message.

NTLDR Is Missing

I use win2000, Anyone know how to fix it?
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Most likely cause of that message is that you have an optimized disk driver
for your old board installed and that driver's not compatible with your new
one.

The _easy_ thing to do is find another motherboard with the same chipset as
your old one, install on that, and if everything comes up then reconfigure
the disk driver to the generic driver that comes with Windows, then hook
the disk to the new board and put in the optimized driver.

The hard thing to do is set it up with a second copy of Windows, figure out
what the optimized driver changes when it goes in, undo that by hand on the
main copy (this includes importing and exporting registry data), and then
bringing up the main Windows and installing drivers for your new board.
First time I tried it it took me about three days to get the machine going
and that was with another machine in the original configuration to work
with and tools that let me track registry and configuration changes.
 
Eric said:
You are acting like a mental case. Why don't you play with Rod for a while.

Like all trolls, you cannot stick to the topic.
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Like I said, Eric - down, boy - watch the blood pressure.


Odie
 
Most likely cause of that message is that you have an optimized
disk driver for your old board installed and that driver's not
compatible with your new one.
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....and the easiest of all approach is to do a repair installation
after booting from the Windows 2000 CD.

As suggested earlier BTW, before a troll polluted the thread.
 
J. Clarke said:
Most likely cause of that message is that you have an optimized disk driver
for your old board installed and that driver's not compatible with your new
one.
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Bullshit. NTLDR is loaded by the BIOS, no drivers are available at that point.

What is wrong with you? We know Odie doesn't have a clue.
 
Euan said:
...and the easiest of all approach is to do a repair installation
after booting from the Windows 2000 CD.

As suggested earlier BTW, before a troll polluted the thread.
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That's _if_ the repair installation (a) behaves and (b) fixes the problem.
I've had it (a) trash the original installation and (b) go in apparently
cleanly but not properly overwrite the disk drivers so you're back to where
you started from.
 
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