Repair Missing NTLDR File Using Windows XP Installation CD

July 25, 2009


Had you ever overcome this situation? Most of system damage of file corrupted issues can be fixed using the Windows XP installation CD.

Just simply follow the above instruction :

a. Boot your computer from your Windows XP CD.

b. When a prompt “press any key to boot from the CD….”, simply hit any key.

c. Once you are in the Windows XP setup menu press the “R” key that’s means to repair the Windows XP system’s file.

d. Log into your Windows installation By pressing the “1″ >> “enter”, you will now logged into your Windows installation process.

e. Then, you’ll be asked for your administrator password, enter that password. If there is no password for your administrator account, just leave it blank.

f. Copy the below two files below using the command line given to the root directory of the primary hard disk [ex : c:/ <<-this is your root directory] from the CD-ROM [ex : f:/ <<-this is your CD-ROM drive letter]. My example above maybe vary to others computer. The command line is ; • copy f:\i386\ntldr c:\ • copy f:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\ g. The example of completed task is like the screen below :

h. After these files have been successfully copied, just remove the CD from the computer and reboot.

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