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 Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2008 17:35 Post subject: Halp... NTLDR is missing |
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So I've installed Vista on my "lesser" drive (80Gb), while XP remained on the bigger one (500Gb). Everything went fine except now I can't load XP.
First there is no boot load screen, and when I set up in BIOS that comp should load from 500Gb disk I get the message NTLDR is missing.
Now I know there's no boot.ini in Vista (damn you Salazar!!), but there is that bcdedit. But I don't know what to do in it, as I've never used it, and I don't want to make things worse. And I really need contacts and email from Xp (yeah, I should make those goddamn backups more often, but...).
I tried to find sth on google, but no luck, so I'm relying on the good lurkers of Nfohump to help the poor me 
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2008 17:41 Post subject: |
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You can boot your XP with Acronis Rescue Disk.
CCIE
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2008 18:14 Post subject: |
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I would like to have a choice whether to go to XP or Vista. Back when I had Vista and Xp installed I believe it was when I had formated drives so I could do whatever I wanted  , I installed Vista first, and Xp second, so there was no problems with booting. I just want boot screen
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2008 18:19 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Dec 2008 19:22 Post subject: |
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thnx! I hope that the EasyBCD will help.
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 21:31 Post subject: |
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For most NTLDR missing crap, if you want to recover XP, boot using the Windows XP installation disk, press R, then type the following commands (E: stands for your dvd/cd drive letter):
FIXMBR
FIXBOOT
BOOTCFG /rebuild
cd\
copy E:\i386\NTLDR
ATTRIB -arsh ntldr
copy E:\i386\NTDETECT.COM
ATTRIB -arsh ntdetect.com
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Dec 2008 22:42 Post subject: |
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thnx, but I did that. I remembered that I had similar problem and I did that fixmbr in recovery console. It works now, I got outlook stuff and bookmarks but I'll cp this for later use
btw if I do this again, will Vistas boot loader recognise old xp? Now I only have Vista, and if I want to go into xp, I have to go to bios to change settings, which is pain in the ass... Thnx for help sensi!!
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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