Cant boot WinXP

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M4tt

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Ok heres the problem.
I had WinXP Home on c: and xp pro on d: ( both had their own HD ).
So i formated c: cause i never used it anymore but then i couldnt boot anymore (ntldr is missing error) i copied ntldr and ntldr.com from a win2k cd (i dont have the winxp cd) but that didnt worked. I installed win2k so i could boot and try to find the problem and i realized i had no system files in D: ( no boot.ini no .sys no autoexec etc ) anyone know what do i have to know to boot on xp pro again ?

Sorry for my english. Thanks
 
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Replacing a Damaged Boot.ini

If your system fails to start due to a damaged Boot.ini file, you can use the following methods to replace the file or to correct errors.

The bootcfg command is a new addition to the Windows XP Professional Recovery Console.

To use the Recovery Console bootcfg command to rebuild a Boot.ini file (Automatic Method)

1. Start Recovery Console.
2. At the Recovery Console prompt, type bootcfg /rebuild.

Windows XP Professional scans the hard disks on your system and checks for Windows installations. You can then rebuild the Boot.ini file.

Note
* The Recovery Console bootcfg command is not the same as the Windows XP Professional Bootcfg.exe command-line tool. Bootcfg.exe resides in the systemroot\System32 folder and is a stand-alone command-line tool that you cannot use in Recovery Console.

To use Recovery Console to create a new Boot.ini file (Manual Method)

1. Start Recovery Console.

For more information about installing and using Recovery Console, see "Using Recovery Console" earlier in this chapter and "Tools for Troubleshooting" in this book.
2. From the Recovery Console prompt, type:

map

A list appears containing hard disk and partition information for Windows XP Professional and other operating systems, such as Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0. Record and use this information to correct errors to an existing Boot.ini file, or to create a new Boot.ini file by using a text editor, such as Notepad, on another computer. (You must use another computer because Recovery Console does not provide text-editing tools.)

When you are trying to copy an existing Boot.ini file to a floppy disk to edit on another computer, be aware that floppy disk write access is disabled by default. For information about using Recovery Console to enable write access to floppy disks, see "Tools for Troubleshooting" in this book, and also see article 235364, "Description of the SET Command in Recovery Console," in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. To find this article, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base link on the Web Resources page at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources.
 
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