I’m having problem with a PC with Windows XP. It gives “NTLDR is missing” error.
When I go to xp recovery console, it gives me 2 options to choose from
D:\MiniNT
F:\Windows
When I go to C:\ I cannot list any files. It says "An error occurred during directory enumeration. I’m pritty sure thats where Windows was installed. I googled for answers, but none seem to work in my situation. I tried copying ntdetect.com and ntldr files from E: (Windows CD) to C:, but I can’t.
I think what may have happened is that the C drive has changed itself to F and therefore gives “NTLDR is missing” at startup since it is looking for C.
Let me know if you have any suggestions on what to do.
Oh right, XP! :)
Boot from the windows XP CD, press the "R" key in the setup in order to start the restoration console. Select your windows XP installation from the list, and enter the administrator password.
Enter the command: "FIXMBR" (without the quotes) at the input prompt and confirm the next question with a "Y" (without the quotes). Use exit to restore the computer.
Actually, disregard my previous post. I tried it now and I remember what happened when I did that. It comes with a message
"This computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot record. fixmbr may damage your partition tables if you proceed. This could cause all the partitions on the current had disk to become inaccessible. If you are not haivng problems accessing yoru drive, do not contiue. Are you sure you want to write a new MBR?"
I said no. Should I say yes and continue? Will it wipe off my hard drive?
