WinXP Boot Problems

[Icedragon]

When I turn on my computer and boot up I get the error "NTLDR is Missing". So I went to another computer and got that file and put it on floppy, now I have another problem. I get an invalid Boot File, how do I fix this?

 

[qt 3.14159]

Any chance you've left the floppy disk in the drive?

(I know I hate to ask the stupid questions, but I can't even count the number of times this one has confused me before I figured it out...)

 

[Icedragon]

Well if i take the floppy out, It will load up windows xp then say "setup is being restarted" and then my computer reboots.

 

[beedubaya]

NTLDR is the main bootup file for Windows XP, like IO.SYS was to MS-DOS. Just do a re-install of XP and it should run fine.

 

[hereticiv]

I just had this issue a few weeks ago, something got corrupted. I ended up doing a complete low level format of the drive (20 hours! - 250gig) and then reinstalled windows. I had to reformat because setup would start and then reboot and BOOM! BSOD! The setup would never complete and I could not boot at all (safe or normal mode). I hope this doesn't happen to you.

 

[beedubaya]

I just had this issue a few weeks ago, something got corrupted. I ended up doing a complete low level format of the drive (20 hours! - 250gig) and then reinstalled windows. I had to reformat because setup would start and then reboot and BOOM! BSOD! The setup would never complete and I could not boot at all (safe or normal mode). I hope this doesn't happen to you.

Why did you low-level format your hard drive? This should only be done unless you know exactly what you are doing. Congrats, man, you may have messed up your hard drive.

 

[Claw]

That's is not true at all, if I may say so myself - low level formatting doesn't ruin your hard drive, it is basically reorders the magnetic tracks on the drive - nothing more, nothing less.

Although this should mean, that the drive is formatted, a friend of mine managed to load win98 after such an exercise. Fancy that, huh?

 

[beedubaya]

It may not ruin your hard drive, but low level formatting some of these larger hdds without the proper tools can dramatically decrease the efficiency of them.

 

[Icedragon]

OMG I did a fresh install of WinXP and it froze on me multiple times, then I actually got half way through and I got a friggin memory dump Does that mean i need new RAM? Sometimes I get a huge long message that says "Fatal Error" God ive been working on this since start of June and Im getting really pissed I need help dearly!!

 

[Icedragon]

Come on guys can I get a bit more help on this issue?