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\ntldr error during boot

Postby ioannist » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:45 pm

I initially had two installations of XP in C and E, configured on dual boot.

I formatted C and installed Windows 7 on it. I ran dual boot and did the following:
-installed windows legacy bootloader in E in "System Bootloader" tab
-Added new OS entry (Lecacy Windows) for E in "Operating Systems" tab

This is the erro i get when i select the E entry during boot:

\ntldr
Status: 0xc0000000t
The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or cirrupt

I have been through the messages on the board and the two 7/XP tutorials that you have but they do not help in this situation.

Please advise.

Thanks,
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Re: \ntldr error during boot

Postby Grav!ty » Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:31 am

Your XP boot system files (ntldr, boot.ini and NTDETECT.COM) were probably on the drive you formatted and installed Windows 7 on. You need to replace them by copying ntldr and NTDETECT.COM from your XP CD and create a new boot.ini using notepad. Then place these items on the root of the partition tagged (System). You may have to unhide that partition by allocating a drive letter to it.

See these two guides:

dual-boot-trouble-shooting-guide-xp-windows-7-running-t112569.html

install-windows-xp-in-dual-boot-with-pre-installed-windows-7-t112568.html
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Re: \ntldr error during boot

Postby ioannist » Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:26 pm

tahnsk for the reply!

windows 7 is installed on the system partition (C:)... is it ok to copy windows xp file to a partitioN that has windows 7 installed on it?
i don't want to mess the windows 7 installation up...
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Re: \ntldr error during boot

Postby Grav!ty » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:15 am

Do you have a hidden partition tagged (System Reserved) with no drive letter assigned in Disk Management?
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