NTLDR is Missing

dougiedangerdougiedanger
edited February 2008 in Science & Tech
Hi all,

I got referred to your site here by Tiny Tims site.
I recently installed a registry cleaner on my laptop and stupidly deleted what must have been important files as now when I boot up my laptop I get a balck screen with a NTLDR is missing message on it. The files I have deleted are still in my recycle bin.

The problem I have is that my cd drive is also not working! I have tried to use a USB disc with a downloaded repair from Tiny Tims site howeverr that doesn't help(I have changed the BIOS boot settings)

Is there anything else you can suggest? It seems that Network Boot might give me an option as when I connect this computers wireless-g broadband router to my laptop via LAN connections it searces for a DHCP or proxy DHCP, not sure if that would be useful???

I would appreciate any help you can give me!

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Comments

  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    doug, I don't have a recommended fix for you. I'm sure someone else will come along and advise you.

    I do though, have a recommendation concerning registry cleaning: Whatever you used, don't use it again. That should not have happened. Please give RegScrubXP a try. I've been using it on 8 or more computers for a couple years now. Not once has there been a necessary registry entry deleted.

    Good luck with your problem.
  • Mikail-CritchkiMikail-Critchki Here
    edited February 2008
    Someone had the same issue here http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69488

    Read this and your problem should be fixed.

    Edit:

    I quote my post here instead so you don't need to click the link.
    I suggest that you use your Windows install Cd and use the recovery tool.
    Boot up with the CD and when it says "Do you want to repair? Press R" then you press "R". That will guide you through repairing your OS and should fix your problem.

    If this does not help you then look here for more information. Even though this is for Windows 2000 it will work with a newer OS.
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318728/en-us


    Good Luck
  • EssoEsso Stockholm, Sweden
    edited February 2008
    Since the internal CD drive doesn't work, you need to use an external USB CD/DVD drive and boot the Win XP CD from it.
    Then restore the Windows XP.

    Or you could buy an 3.5" to 2.5" interface converter adapter, and install the laptop HDD in a PC.
    There are also external 2.5" HDD interface to USB2 interface, then you will not need to open the computer case.

    Booting from LAN (never done it). I have found some useful tips on the net,
    Booting XP from Lan
    Booting from LAN / Network boot
    How to Boot from LAN or PXE Booting?

    Windows XP LAN Boot install – no floppy or CD-ROM
    Create a TCP/IP boot disk for installing Win2K/XP over the network
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