I guess I was still sleepy. I did not notice the Quote by OP "I replaced the
hard drive". I Agree with you, once the hard drive is removed it wont have
the files.
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Regards
Gurpreet Singh
"Gerry" wrote:
> gsjutla
>
> Quote by OP "I replaced the hard drive"
>
> Why do you think there will be any files on an unformatted drive?
>
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>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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> gsjutla wrote:
> > Before you reinstall you can give this a shot
> >
> > Boot with the XP cd into Recovery Console
> >
> > Copy NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from the i386 folder to C:
> >
> > Tyr to boot to Desktop. If not able to, follow the next steps.
> >
> > In Recovery Console run the following 8 commands (press Enter after
> > each line):
> >
> > ATTRIB -H C:\boot.ini
> >
> > ATTRIB -S C:\boot.ini
> >
> > ATTRIB -R C:\boot.ini
> >
> > del boot.ini
> >
> > BOOTCFG /Rebuild
> >
> > add to boot record - (KB330184 step 8)
> >
> > If you are able to boot into Windows, but get a message saying
> > boot.ini is invalid.
> > -
> >
> > Create a new boot.ini in notepad and saved it to the hard drive.
> >
> > EXAMPLE:
> > [boot loader]
> > timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> > [operating systems]
> > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP"
> > /fastdetect
> >
> >> I replaced the hard drive, I get the following error, NTDLR is
> >> Missing. any ideas on how I can find this error so I can install the
> >> operation system?
> >>
> >> Gary
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