ntldr error

[z3phyr04]

No that would be illegal

 

[TipsySmile]

macdude425: what the hell did i do?? LOL

gzp: see if you can find someone locally that has a Windows CD and ask if you can borrow it, then just start the setup off that CD then insert your XP upgrade Disk

 

[gzp]

well i have a cd that came with my new laptop thats called "operating system cd" that has windows xp with sp2 on it, i tried it on my desktop (one with the error) and the same thing that happens with the upgrade cd i have happens, when i have to press f8 to continue pressing f8 doesnt do anything

 

[macdude425]

"TipsySmile

um.. What?? NOO.. Shut up"

If it was like that before, then I'm sorry.

 

[Apokalipse]

don't reinstall, it can be fixed

put in the XP CD on boot, go to recovery and type del C:\boot.ini
then type edit.com (which is a DOS text editor) and make a new boot.ini with this in it:
[boot loader]
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition/Professional" /fastdetect

 

[TipsySmile]

macdude425: LOL why would i put that there if it was directed towards you? I would have just put in my post. I have that under all my SN on all the forums i join. So no its not directed to you.

 

[gzp]

i think the reason why it wont format (using the recovery disks) is cuz its trying to recover to [C:] which has almost no space cuz i resized [D:] is there a way to make it so it uses [D:] instead of [C:] or to re-size [C:] and delete [D:]

 

[gzp]

could, replacing the hard drive and installing windows on it make a different or would the same thing happen? i think im just gonna get a new hard drive since i wanna install some more memory too, anyone know whats the most memory i can have on an old computer that only had 63mb?