Pacinamac23 Senior member. Feb 23, 0 0. I recently cloned an old HDD to a new one with my boot partition. I managed to change the drive letter to the new cloned drive to C: and the old one to Z: just to get it out of the way but when I go to boot the new drive it says NTLDR is missing. I know how to edit my current running HDD because I can go into system startup and recovery, hit the edit button and go for it, but I cannot find the raw file on either one.
Any help? Jul 14, 43 0 0. Easiest way in WinXP is to go to Run, type cmd to get the command prompt, then run bootcfg. Twista Diamond Member.
Jun 19, 9, 1 0. Go to tools top 2. Edit the file and save. Ok I found my boot. I made a new boot. I put in some options and a longer delay but it shows none of the options.
The instructions below will guide you on recreating boot. Unable to boot into the Windows setup CD? If you have Windows XP, here are the next steps:.
You are being asked to provide a name to be assigned and shown in the boot menu for the installation you picked in the previous step. Read more at Windows Recovery Disks. The NeoSmart Support Forums , member-to-member technical support and troubleshooting.
Get a discounted price on replacement setup and installation discs: Windows XP. Applicable Systems This Windows-related knowledgebase article applies to the following operating systems:. BAK and boot.
BAK files, and these lines added to the new boot. INI file that you're allowed to change from this dialog box: 1 You can select the default OS to boot up, and 2 How many seconds to display the boot menu.
INI file! INI file on your own for further editing; such as arranging the order in which the OS selections appear in the menu. So, if you decide to delete the new OS, simply set your old OS as the default boot OS and uncheck the item for displaying the menu list or manually set it to zero; same result.
You could then safely delete the new OS partition, but not the files it added to your old partition. INI file in that partition's root directory. This is how it determines which of several possible BOOT. INI files on a system it should open for editing. Then, without rebooting! INI file from the root directory of the other partition! And finally, 4 Do a quick check of the file's attributes to make sure they're still 'Hidden, System' the 'Read-only' attribute is not required.
In this case, we have to assume for now that you deleted a critical component. Write down any error messages you see on the screen when trying to boot up your computer! DOS or its equivalent under a different file name must also be present! In minimal alternate shell the minimum set of drivers are loaded and XP boots into the command prompt.
Displays the name of each driver as it loads and gives descriptions of what is occurring during the boot process.
It also offers other information, including the XP build number, the service pack number, the number of processors on the system, and the amount of installed memory. The next time you start your computer, its settings will go into effect. In our example, if we want the menu to appear for 45 seconds, the default operating system to be Windows , and the XP splash screen to be turned off when we choose to load XP, the boot. Even if you have only one operating system, you can create a boot menu that will let you choose to load your operating system with different parameters.
For example, for menu choices, you might have your normal operating system; a mode that lets you trace any startup problems; and Safe Mode. To give yourself the option of operating systems with different parameters, create separate entries for each new operating system choice.
For example, for the version of the operating system that traces potential startup problems, you could create this entry:. This entry creates a startup log and also displays information about the drivers and other operating system information as it loads.
For the version of the operating system that loads in Safe Mode but that still allows networking, you could create this entry:. INI tab, shown in Figure Skip to main content. Start your free trial.
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