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For some reason or other this problem has appeared
quite regularly in the XP newsgroups and while it can be an inconvenience - you
not being able to boot your pc - the actual remedy is relatively simple.
However, although the remedy is simple, the way you go about it will be
dependant upon whether you are able to boot your system from the Windows XP CD
or whether you need to boot from an older Windows 98/Me startup floppy disk.
Booting directly from the Windows XP CD
1/ Place your Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM and
Reboot your PC
2/ XP's setup program will automatically start and
files will be loaded to memory
3/When you reach the Welcome to Setup screen
choose the Repair option by pressing R
4/ This will open the Recovery Console
5/ The list of Windows installations will appear
6/ As you only have one installation on your PC you
need to press the number which is relevant to your installations location. This,
obviously will typically be 1
7/ You now need to enter your Administrator
password to gain access. If you are suing Windows XP Home the administrator
password is blank by default so simply press Enter
8/Now
enter the following depending upon which file you need to replace. In both
instances replace the 'X' with the drive letter of your CD-ROM
11/ Finally remove your XP CD from the CD-ROM
and then type Exit
12/ Reboot your machine to see if the the
problem has been cured
Using a Windows 98/Me Startup Disk
1/ Insert a Windows 98 startup disk into your
floppy drive and reboot your machine
2/ From the floppy menu make sure that you boot with
CD-ROM support
3/ Once you are at the DOS 'A' prompt insert
your Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM
4/ Next, at the 'A' prompt type X (where
X is the drive letter of your CD-ROM)
5/ The DOS prompt letter should now change to that of
your CD-ROM's drive letter
6/ Now type cd i386 (the cd in this case means
change directory)
7/ You should now have access to the i386 directory on
your CD-ROM
8/ Finally you need to copy either the NTLDR or
the NTDETECT files from the i386 directory to the root of your C:/
drive.
9/ After copying has been completed Reboot your machine
to check that the problem has been solved
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