On Saturday 30 April 2005 4:45 pm, you wrote:
> Gaffer[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > On Friday 29 April 2005 9:34 pm, you wrote:
> > > I had a similar problem yesterday. I was having a problem
> > > installing WinXPH on a neighbors computer. I was trying to wipe
> > > out all traces of the aborted installation, so I deleted the
> > > NTLDR file from the C:\ folder. After that, the computer would
> > > not even begin to boot from the hard disks or the CD drives,
> > > only from a floppy. I booted with a Win98SE startup disk,
> > > asking for CD support, and then copied the NTLDR file from the
> > > WinXPH CD, in the I386 folder, to the C:\ folder. After I did
> > > this I could boot the machine again from the hard disk and the
> > > CD drive. This may or may not be applicable to your situation.
> > > HTH
> >
> > If you want to do a clean install you need to replace the MBR.
> > This will remove the pointer to NTLDR.
>
> Yes, in my case I did have to do a FDISK /MBR and a SYS, but I was
> replying to the OP problem which only addressed a lost or corrupted
> NTLDR file.
Sorry. I didn't realise you were replying to another post !
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Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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