couldn't find NTLDR

mrkid85 · 12-31-2005, 08:26 AM

Okay, you may be thinking this is going to be a similar NTLDR post. Trust me, it isn't.

I have an HP Pavilion ZT1130 Laptop that I was going to do traditionally reformat. Since there is no floppy drive I popped my XP Pro CD and changed BIOS to boot to CD to reformat the XP Home OS, I received the "couldn't find NTLDR" error.

So, I stuck my "KILL DISK" CD in to delete the partitions that way, assuming it would do the trick, and when I rebooted to the XP CD again, I received the same error.

So I stuck my bootable FDISK CD in and tried the "FDISK /MBR" trick, because I read that my MBR was probably corrupt. Well, no luck there either.

I now have a laptop with no OS and what I believe is a corrupt MBR, and an NTLDR message that is haunting me at night.

Any suggestions??

Dngrsone · 12-31-2005, 08:36 AM

Is it a problem with your CD, perhaps?

alanuofm · 01-01-2006, 10:16 AM

make sure your copy of xp pro is bootable. try it in another computer.

mrkid85 · 01-01-2006, 12:42 PM

I've booted from this CD numerous times. I reformatted a desktop with this CD less than 2 weeks ago.

Dngrsone · 01-01-2006, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrkid85

I've booted from this CD numerous times. I reformatted a desktop with this CD less than 2 weeks ago.

That doesn't preclude it from being damaged in the interim.

12-31-2005, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
mrkid85 New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2	couldn't find NTLDR Okay, you may be thinking this is going to be a similar NTLDR post. Trust me, it isn't. I have an HP Pavilion ZT1130 Laptop that I was going to do traditionally reformat. Since there is no floppy drive I popped my XP Pro CD and changed BIOS to boot to CD to reformat the XP Home OS, I received the "couldn't find NTLDR" error. So, I stuck my "KILL DISK" CD in to delete the partitions that way, assuming it would do the trick, and when I rebooted to the XP CD again, I received the same error. So I stuck my bootable FDISK CD in and tried the "FDISK /MBR" trick, because I read that my MBR was probably corrupt. Well, no luck there either. I now have a laptop with no OS and what I believe is a corrupt MBR, and an NTLDR message that is haunting me at night. Any suggestions??

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12-31-2005, 08:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dngrsone VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Centrally located far from everywhere Posts: 544	Is it a problem with your CD, perhaps?

01-01-2006, 10:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	make sure your copy of xp pro is bootable. try it in another computer.

01-01-2006, 12:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
mrkid85 New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2	I've booted from this CD numerous times. I reformatted a desktop with this CD less than 2 weeks ago.