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[Playbahnosh]

Hello!

I have a huge problem. I just reinstalled XP, and after a restart it said "Missing NTLDR" and won't boot. Okay, booting from XP CD, repair console, FIXBOOT. Then it works. But after restart there is "Missing NTLDR" again.

I don't want to do this every time I turn on my computer! Can anyone help me with this?

[Icewolf]

This is some boot data for the harddisk. We've had that with our old, old server, but I don't remember the solution... :wallbash:
I think it was the repair mode when you boot from the the WIN-CD, but I ain't sure...

[The Fifth Horseman]

Enter the repair console and run CHKDSK.

[_r.u.s.s.]

BOOTCFG /rebuild writes new boot everything, not only copies missing files. if that fails, i have heard that some antiviruses delete ntldr file, so if i were desperate i would just restrict ntldr file delete rights rights (c:\ntldr)

[dosraider]

A nice 'howto repair NTLDR':
http://tinyempire.com/notes/ntldrismissing.htm

[Scatty]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Playbahnosh) [snapback]314694[/snapback]</div>

Hello!

I have a huge problem. I just reinstalled XP, and after a restart it said "Missing NTLDR" and won't boot. Okay, booting from XP CD, repair console, FIXBOOT. Then it works. But after restart there is "Missing NTLDR" again.

I don't want to do this every time I turn on my computer! Can anyone help me with this?[/b]

Maybe it's also because you have a USB stick inserted during the startup and have the startup order in BIOS set to "removable storage media" as first in a row, then it displays such error message too, just like on my laptop (discovered by chance). Then just remove the USB stick before starting or change the startup order in that case.
Hope that helps.

[Playbahnosh]

thanks for the ideas guys. Turns out, all the odd things, BSODS and crashes I was having, was one of my RAM modules dying. This morning my system died. First there was a BSOD during XP loading, then restart. It started up, showed me the BIOS splash screen then nothing... it won't even enter the BIOS. Then I went on troubleshooting. Took out one of the RAM modules, turned the comp on again, and violá. It was working like a charm...

So I need to buy a new RAM module.... whats left, 512 DDRII is just not enough...

[The Fifth Horseman]

512 is sufficient for XP, been there done that.
Now, for games that might be another thing altogether, but most should run decently on 512 (perhaps with exception of the newest titles)

[GTX2GvO]

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512 is sufficient for XP, been there done that.[/b]

Heck, it EVEN runs on 320Mb of RAM.
Yes, it's a slow DeskTop. (550MHz!) <_<

But I hardly use it for crunching the numbers (often).
At least I've learned some patience with that Desktop.

[_r.u.s.s.]

who and why would ever have XP on 320 of ram o_O