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NTLDR missing, tried copying from install CD, fixboot, fixmbr, reinstall, none worked

Asked by dogsdieinhotcars in Windows XP Operating System

Tags: fixmbr, fixboot, ntldr

I have a system with XP sp2, formatted NTFS. When I booted the machine today, it came up with the NTLDR missing message. I searched the web and tried the following things:
1. Booted from CD to and got to the repair console. Copied NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM over. Tried rebooting. No help.
2. Tried CHKDSK just in case. Found nothing. Tried rebooting - same problem.
3. Tried FIXMBR. This is a dell machine, so I tried it on the primary boot partition also which is the second partition on the machine. I also tried it on the dell specific partition. Same NTLDR missing on reboot.
4. Tried FIXBOOT. Same NTLDR missing
5. Tried a repair install of WinXP. Same NTLDR missing
6. Tried a reinstall of WinXP. Same NTLDR missing when it rebooted the machine.

At this point I realized I'm in over my head. Therefore I'm hoping you can help me achieve any of the following
1. In a dream world, I'd be able to reboot the machine without needing to repartition the drives. I am amenable to buying partition software if that would help.
2. If that's not possible, I'd like to be able to save some of the files on the hard drive -- it is formatted NTFS, but not encrypted and not compressed if that helps. I can yank the drive and throw it in another machine if it'll let me get the files off of it.

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Zone: Windows XP Operating System

Tags: fixmbr, fixboot, ntldr

Solution Provided By: stevenlewis

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