[Closed] NTLDR Missing

DarkLord7854 · 11-30-2005

Hi,
Well I tried installing VISTA on my second HD and it did but I didn't like it so formated that drive (making sure not to touch my XP drive which was unplugged during installation of VISTA) and now all of a sudden during the boot process I get that "NTLDR is missing. Hit CRtl + ALT + DEL to reboot" So I reboot and it still gives me error. Now the wierd thing is if I pop in the XP CD and just let it load (not booting from CD) XP loads just fine... I've done a disc check and it came clean... Wierd huh?

joe5 · 11-30-2005

Are you a Beta tester or someting of Windows Vista?

DarkLord7854 · 11-30-2005

Friend gave it to me (he's a beta tester or so he said... CD looked original, had all those shimmering things on it like the XP CD), I wanted to try it out, see if it would be worth it, it kinda didn't work well so I figured it wasn't the real thing and therefore formatted it, that and the fact it ran real bad... So yea, got rid of it, drive is clean, returned the CD to the guy, now have the NTLDR problem thing, I really don't want to do a repair since it took me forever to actualy get my wireless card to work properly after playing with all the settings and tuning XP for it...

Hengis · 12-01-2005

Well...

A) We don't support Vista here (try Googling for a forum that does)
B) The problems you are encountering have been caused by software that, if you are not a Beta tester (as you have said) was obtained without consent from the software publisher (Microsoft) - this breaches our site T&C.

Topic closed.

11-30-2005	#1
DarkLord7854 Web Developer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Palm Beach, FL Posts: 1,862 PC Experience: Of Epic Proportions	[Closed] NTLDR Missing Hi, Well I tried installing VISTA on my second HD and it did but I didn't like it so formated that drive (making sure not to touch my XP drive which was unplugged during installation of VISTA) and now all of a sudden during the boot process I get that "NTLDR is missing. Hit CRtl + ALT + DEL to reboot" So I reboot and it still gives me error. Now the wierd thing is if I pop in the XP CD and just let it load (not booting from CD) XP loads just fine... I've done a disc check and it came clean... Wierd huh? __________________ Custom WordPress, ZenCart, Joomla, vBulletin, etc installs and skinning, PM/E-Mail for a quote

11-30-2005	#2
joe5 Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 9,021	Are you a Beta tester or someting of Windows Vista? __________________ - PCHF Team. - (NL) - Mal-ware Eradicator! - - Online AV Scans - HijackThis! - Bootdisk.com - ATF-Cleaner - Stinger - 'Prework' - 'Afterwork' - PCHF Rules - Donate to PCHF. And get>

11-30-2005	#3
DarkLord7854 Web Developer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Palm Beach, FL Posts: 1,862 PC Experience: Of Epic Proportions	Friend gave it to me (he's a beta tester or so he said... CD looked original, had all those shimmering things on it like the XP CD), I wanted to try it out, see if it would be worth it, it kinda didn't work well so I figured it wasn't the real thing and therefore formatted it, that and the fact it ran real bad... So yea, got rid of it, drive is clean, returned the CD to the guy, now have the NTLDR problem thing, I really don't want to do a repair since it took me forever to actualy get my wireless card to work properly after playing with all the settings and tuning XP for it... __________________ Custom WordPress, ZenCart, Joomla, vBulletin, etc installs and skinning, PM/E-Mail for a quote

12-01-2005	#4
Hengis PCHF Founder & Owner Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The PCHF Bunker Posts: 15,727 PC Experience: Microsoft Certified Professional	Well... A) We don't support Vista here (try Googling for a forum that does) B) The problems you are encountering have been caused by software that, if you are not a Beta tester (as you have said) was obtained without consent from the software publisher (Microsoft) - this breaches our site T&C. Topic closed. __________________ Handy Links: Pre-Work \| System File Checker \| Promote PCHF! \| Post your BSOD \| Post a screenshot \| Network info Tool

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