Missing \ntldr
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Missing \ntldr
I have a different twist to the common missing \ntldr problem. I get the expected choice of booting to Vista or XP and if I choose XP it boots correctly 75% of the time. For the other 25% I get the 'missing \ntldr' message. I press Esc to reboot and then it always boots into XP correctly. If I choose Vista it always boots correctly. Any explanations?
With a 2-disk sytem (Vista disk C and XP disk D) my BDC view is:
Windows Boot Manager
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identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {ntldr}
resumeobject {ed6f2f9b-08ac-11dc-8470-00044b01d655}
displayorder {572bcd55-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
{ed6f2f9a-08ac-11dc-8470-00044b01d655}
{ntldr}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 10
resume No
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {572bcd55-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
description Windows Recovery Environment
osdevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
systemroot \windows
nx OptIn
detecthal Yes
winpe Yes
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {ed6f2f9a-08ac-11dc-8470-00044b01d655}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows Vista
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {572bcd55-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {ed6f2f9b-08ac-11dc-8470-00044b01d655}
nx OptIn
Windows Legacy OS Loader
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identifier {ntldr}
device partition=D:
path \ntldr
description Windows XP
Re: Missing \ntldr
copy the file ntldr to the root of your hard drives - all of them.
To be honest, it sounds like 1 of 2 things. Either your hard drive is failing or you have a virus on your system that effects your boot records.
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