| Subject: NTLDR Missing |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/23/2008 9:48:31 PM |
| From: pratikiitd [Email Address Protection] |
Hello I had a pre installed vista vaio laptop. I converter it to dual boot system with windows XP installed on it. I didnt get any back up cd with the laptop but it has a separate partition for recovery which used to come up when i pressed F10 during system boot. Now when i converted it to dual boot and now when I am pressing F10 to restore factory settings its saying NTLDR missing. Since I needed to format, I just formatted the partition of XP and again tried to reboot. But again its saying the same when pressing F10. Although I am able to boot Vista normally Its just that I am not able to get to the system recovery. Thanks in Advance -- pratikiitd |
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| Subject: Re: NTLDR Missing |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/23/2008 11:25:39 PM |
| From: "Colin Barnhorst" [Email Address Protection] |
You don't give the make and model of your laptop. Dell has a utility for restoring the boot sector so that you can access the restore from a function key after overwriting it. "pratikiitd" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:522ac246e5cde51fac51a662f510eaa3@nntp-gateway.com... > > Hello > > I had a pre installed vista vaio laptop. I converter it to dual boot > system with windows XP installed on it. I didnt get any back up cd with > the laptop but it has a separate partition for recovery which used to > come up when i pressed F10 during system boot. Now when i converted it > to dual boot and now when I am pressing F10 to restore factory settings > its saying NTLDR missing. Since I needed to format, I just formatted the > partition of XP and again tried to reboot. But again its saying the same > when pressing F10. Although I am able to boot Vista normally > > Its just that I am not able to get to the system recovery. > > Thanks in Advance > > > -- > pratikiitd |
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| Subject: Re: NTLDR Missing |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/24/2008 12:58:10 AM |
| From: pratikiitd [Email Address Protection] |
My laptop model is sony vaio SZ series -- pratikiitd |
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| Subject: Re: NTLDR Missing |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/24/2008 3:41:44 AM |
| From: "Ron O'Brien" [Email Address Protection] |
Reminds me of the time I was selling a laptop and whilst cleaning out the hard drive. I saw a file called NTLDR and thought it had something to do with my NTL broadband, so I deleted it - with eraser software!....Oh my what a mistake! Do what I did. Google NTLDR and you will find loads of answers, I fixed my problem within minutes - lucky as someone was coming to view the lappy!! Ron |
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