Here is another link to a fix.
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Browse All TopicsI am getting this error when trying to boot up my windows XP Pro machine. How can I fix this? I dont have anything to restore from. It says that all I need to do is re-install or copy this file. Is that possible and if so how?
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Here is another link to a fix.
http://support.microsoft.c
First thing I would do is to check your drive.. Boot to the XP cd and then to the Recovery Console... Here is a link describing this..:
http://support.microsoft.c
Then run the chkdsk -r command to ck your drive... If no errors come back, try fixboot and fixmbr commands...
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Try this:
After getting to the Recovery Console prompt
Make sure that you are in the C:\windows path for XP (assuming that XP is on C: and that your hard disk is readable).
Do as follows:
Change to your CD drive - by typing "D:" or "F:" etc.
Change to i386 path by typing "cd i386"
Copy necessary files to root path (C: in this case) of winxp installation by typing:
copy ntldr C:
copy ntdetect.com C:
Change back to your windows path:
C:
cd windows
fixboot c:
Try restarting machine - if still nothing - go back into recovery console by booting from cd Then run
fixmbr C:
If it does work but you are getting an annoying boot.ini message everytime you restart your PC now go back into recovery console as above and run bootcfg
type "bootcfg" and follow the prompts - make sure you select c:\windows as the boot installation.
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