[pchelpers] Re: missing ntldr


YOU SIR, ARE A GENIUS!

I changed the HDD BIOS setting from "user..." to "auto" and it started right
up, shut down, and started up again!

THANK YOU.

CJ.


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Durham" <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:38 AM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: missing ntldr


>
> Is the 233 reading the hard drive parameters the same as the good
> machine (cylinders, sectors etc). If not, the files may appear to be
> somewhere else.
>
> Try re-adjusting the CMOS settings for the hard drive. Also, be sure it
> is used in the same position as before. If it was IDE 1 primary on one,
> it should be on the other.
>
> CJ'S BARGAIN MART wrote:
> >
> > I loaded winXP on a hdd in a PII266 computer.  It starts up, shuts
> > down, --
> > works properly--.....  Then I switched the hdd to a PII233 computer.
> > When
> > it starts to boot I get the error message "Missing ntldr" (is that NT
> > loader?)  switching back to the PII266 it still works fine. Back to
> > the
> > PII233 same error message....
> >
> > WHY I wonder, and -- Is there an easy way to fix this?
> >
> > Thank you in advance for assistance.
> >
> > J.
>
> --
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