About a month ago, my laptop (with vista as OS) started acting up,
giving me error messages such as “windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
missing or corrupt” as well as “windows\system32\stsem missing”. I tried
everything I could in vain, and I decided to go ahead and format my hard
drive, through another computer using an enclosure kit since I couldn’t
even get into safe mode or any other mode without getting the error
screen right away. I seemed that the problem was getting worst as I
restarted my computer.
As I mentioned above, I formatted my disc, thus lost all data, hoping
to be able to install a clean version of VISTA. I reinstall my hard
drive in the laptop, and just to make a quick test, I started the
computer without the VISTA DVD in and I got the error “NTLDR is missing
Press CTRL+Alt+Del to restart”, and wondering what that was about, I
looked it up on the internet, and most people seemed to say that error
message was a typical windows XP type of error. But I never had XP on
this computer. So I didn’t do anything about and put the VISTA DVD in
the drive and restarted the computer. I got the message “press any key
to boot from CD or DVD…” When I didn’t push any button, I got the error
message “NTLDR is missing Press CTRL+Alt+Del to restart”, and then I
restarted it and pushed a key to boot it from the VISTA DVD. I then got
the “windows is loading files” screen. Once it was done loading files,
it went straight to the error screen “Windows failed to start. A recent
hardware or software change might be the cause
…windows\system32\boot\winload.exe missing or corrupt … status
0x0000001…”.
At this point I really don’t know what to do, and I’m totally confused,
since my hard drive is totally empty and I still get those error
messages.

I got a tip from somebody telling me the reason i get that message is
the fact i formatted the disc using and XP machine,implying that XP
leaves codes specific to XP in the drive,thus the error message. But i
don't have access to any other Vista machine, Does anybody know to get
a clean format from XP?

Please help


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"akumageorges" <akumageorges.40kpbb@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> About a month ago, my laptop (with vista as OS) started acting up,
> giving me error messages such as “windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
> missing or corrupt” as well as “windows\system32\stsem missing”. I tried
> everything I could in vain, and I decided to go ahead and format my hard
> drive, through another computer using an enclosure kit since I couldn’t
> even get into safe mode or any other mode without getting the error
> screen right away. I seemed that the problem was getting worst as I
> restarted my computer.
> As I mentioned above, I formatted my disc, thus lost all data, hoping
> to be able to install a clean version of VISTA. I reinstall my hard
> drive in the laptop, and just to make a quick test, I started the
> computer without the VISTA DVD in and I got the error “NTLDR is missing
> Press CTRL+Alt+Del to restart”, and wondering what that was about, I
> looked it up on the internet, and most people seemed to say that error
> message was a typical windows XP type of error. But I never had XP on
> this computer. So I didn’t do anything about and put the VISTA DVD in
> the drive and restarted the computer. I got the message “press any key
> to boot from CD or DVD…” When I didn’t push any button, I got the error
> message “NTLDR is missing Press CTRL+Alt+Del to restart”, and then I
> restarted it and pushed a key to boot it from the VISTA DVD. I then got
> the “windows is loading files” screen. Once it was done loading files,
> it went straight to the error screen “Windows failed to start. A recent
> hardware or software change might be the cause
> …windows\system32\boot\winload.exe missing or corrupt … status
> 0x0000001…”.
> At this point I really don’t know what to do, and I’m totally confused,
> since my hard drive is totally empty and I still get those error
> messages.
>
> I got a tip from somebody telling me the reason i get that message is
> the fact i formatted the disc using and XP machine,implying that XP
> leaves codes specific to XP in the drive,thus the error message. But i
> don't have access to any other Vista machine, Does anybody know to get
> a clean format from XP?
>
> Please help
>
>
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On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:49:49 -0400, "Peter Foldes" <okf22********.com> wrote:
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#2 is the normal problem[color=blue]
>Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS
>
>Verify that your computer hard disk drive is properly setup in the BIOS / CMOS setup. Improper settings can cause this error. Additional information on how to enter the BIOS / CMOS setup can be found in document CH000192. [/color]

When the machine boots, go into setup, and make sure it's set to boot from C:\
Low battery is what makes this happen. The BIOS stays charged by the onboard
battery that runs 24/7, power or no power.
When it weakens the bios starts losing it's way.
If this fixes it you might want to replace the battery.

Thanks guys.iLll try that and keep you posted


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