"Ivan" <find.ivan******.com> wrote in message
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> On Mar 5, 12:51 pm, Ivan <find.i...******.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> On Mar 5, 12:12 pm, "kookieman" <a...@bbccd.com> wrote:
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>>
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>> > Is is a dual boot config? Or was it ever dual boot? And what exactly
>> > does
>> > this docking station offer you? Do you have a product link.[/color]
>>[color=darkred]
>> > "Ivan" <find.i...******.com> wrote in message[/color]
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>> >news:7619f8d8-eb0f-472c-911a-134d614430b4@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...[/color]
>>[color=darkred]
>> > > Hi all,[/color]
>>[color=darkred]
>> > > I'm getting the error ntldr is missing, though I'm only getting this
>> > > error when the laptop is sitting on its docking station. The laptop
>> > > boots normally if it isn't.[/color]
>>[color=darkred]
>> > > Has anyone come across this issue in the past?
>> > > Any ideas on how to troubleshoot?
>> > > It's a dell laptop with a dell docking station.
>> > > It's been working fine for months. I've been away for a week, and
>> > > when
>> > > I came back home, this is what was waiting for me.[/color]
>>[color=darkred]
>> > > Very frustrating!
>> > > Please help.
>> > > The laptop is a latitude d something rather, and it's running vista
>> > > premium.[/color]
>>[color=darkred]
>> > > Thanks in advance..[/color]
>>
>> Hi all, and thanks for your quick responses.
>>
>> It's simply a dell docking station, with extra USB ports, ethernet/
>> modem devices, and (the reason I use it), dvi/vga outputs, where I
>> connect two screens onto (as opposed to only having one vga output if
>> i was to use the laptop without the dock).
>>
>> I've not made any changes to the bios, or any upgrades/downgrades to
>> the docking station drivers (in fact, i didn't even install any
>> drivers for the dock).
>> I don't know if the dock added any bootable devices. How do I check
>> this?
>> I've encountered this issue in the past when a floppy disk was in the
>> drive, but I don't have a floppy drive, nor does the laptop have any
>> cds in its cdrom drive.
>> It's only a single boot and has never been dual boot..
>>
>> Actually I just checked the docking station properly (it was passed on
>> to me by a friend), and it has a removable hdd in it.
>> I'm assuming the bios is trying to boot from it.
>>
>> I will try changing this, and, if it still fails, remove the hdd and
>> try again.
>>
>> I will post my finds.
>> In the mean time, if anyone can think of anything else, it'd be much
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> I.[/color]
>
> Well the answer was too simple!!
> Thanks to all who replied.
> I don't know what's in the removable hard drive that might be causing
> the booting sequence to fail, nor do i know why, all of a sudden, the
> bios was looking at it as a first booting device, however I made my
> internal hdd the primary booting source and now it works.
>
> Again, thanks to all for your help.
>
>
> Regard,s
>
> I.[/color]


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