Hi,

I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from harddisk I
get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is found when I try to
boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the mbr issue. Any advice ?
thanks

bob wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from
> harddisk I get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is
> found when I try to boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the
> mbr issue. Any advice ? thanks
============================
Maybe the following link will offer some ideas:

(320397) You receive an "NTLDR is missing"
error message when you start your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320397/en-us

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bob wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from harddisk I
> get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is found when I try to
> boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the mbr issue. Any advice ?
> thanks
>
>
Microsoft knowledge base has article(s) on how to fix.

http://support.microsoft.com/search/...%3D1033&mode=r

bob wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from
> harddisk I get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is
> found when I try to boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the
> mbr issue. Any advice ? thanks

We need more information.

Did you indeed boot off the XP installation CD? Keep in mind that you
need to configure the BIOS to do just this. You also said the Recovery
Console option is not listed. What exactly *do* you see? Perhaps this
page can help:

http://www.hmtech.ca/windows-boot-loops/

Do you not see a screen similar to this one?:

http://www.hmtech.ca/blog/wp-content...xprecovery.gif

Bios is setup to boot from harddisk already.

When I boot from installation disk, it just show me the option to install
the Windows into which partition.

thanks again


"Daave" <daave@example.com> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:ucuriUGUKHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.g bl...
> bob wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from
>> harddisk I get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is
>> found when I try to boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the
>> mbr issue. Any advice ? thanks
>
> We need more information.
>
> Did you indeed boot off the XP installation CD? Keep in mind that you need
> to configure the BIOS to do just this. You also said the Recovery Console
> option is not listed. What exactly *do* you see? Perhaps this page can
> help:
>
> http://www.hmtech.ca/windows-boot-loops/
>
> Do you not see a screen similar to this one?:
>
> http://www.hmtech.ca/blog/wp-content...xprecovery.gif
>

Grab this archive and create the bootable USB:

XP_Emergency_Boot_Loader_on_USB.zip 526 KB
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ymnnz3ytzfe

When your desktop loads, copy the file "ntldr"
on the USB to the Windows drive (C:\).


ju.c


"bob" <bobby******.com> wrote in message news:O7vucEGUKHA.1792@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from harddisk I
> get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is found when I try to
> boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the mbr issue. Any advice ?
> thanks
>
>

I asked you to indicate *exactly* what you see. You haven't done that!
Just humor me, follow my directions, and write down all the text you see
and include it in your next post.

It sounds like what you are referring to (but I can't be sure since you
didn't tell me exactly!) is this screen:

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winx...ges/Image6.gif

But as you can see from this guide, there are a few screens before this
one:

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winx...exfullpage.htm

The only way to get the screen I think you are describing is to hit the
Enter key while you are in this screen:

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winx...ges/Image4.gif

Instead, you need to press the R key in order "[t]o repair a Windows
installation using Recovery Console."

If there is something truly wrong with your XP installation CD, you may
download an .iso to create a special boot up CD that only contains the
Recovery Console:

http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso


bob wrote:
> Bios is setup to boot from harddisk already.
>
> When I boot from installation disk, it just show me the option to
> install the Windows into which partition.
>
> thanks again
>
>
> "Daave" <daave@example.com>
> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:ucuriUGUKHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.g bl...
>> bob wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from
>>> harddisk I get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is
>>> found when I try to boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix
>>> the mbr issue. Any advice ? thanks
>>
>> We need more information.
>>
>> Did you indeed boot off the XP installation CD? Keep in mind that
>> you need to configure the BIOS to do just this. You also said the
>> Recovery Console option is not listed. What exactly *do* you see?
>> Perhaps this page can help:
>>
>> http://www.hmtech.ca/windows-boot-loops/
>>
>> Do you not see a screen similar to this one?:
>>
>> http://www.hmtech.ca/blog/wp-content...xprecovery.gif

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm
and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320397/en-us
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Peter

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"bob" <bobby******.com> wrote in message
news:O7vucEGUKHA.1792@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from harddisk I get
> "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is found when I try to boot the
> the XP installation CD for me to fix the mbr issue. Any advice ? thanks
>