Problem with Reformatting with Windows XP SP2

**ava024** · 13-11-2008

I have started reformatting my PC with Windows XP Sp2... it went well at start and then a message telling that it could not continue because of a missing file and has to reboot...
After reboot...it tells that

NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

it just repeats after doing so...anyone out there who could help?
im not a so much of a computer genius, i just rely on somebody telling me what do next...please help..thanks

**Siddharthr** · 13-11-2008

One reason for missing "NTLDR" - correct location of XP not indicated in
boot.ini.

**Simond** · 13-11-2008

Step 1. Boot from your XP Setup CD and enter the Recovery Console
Step 2. Enter the command attrib -h -r -s c:\boot.ini
Step 3. Delete the file (del c:\boot.ini)
Step 4. Run bootcfg /rebuild
Step 5. Run fixboot

**Vitus** · 13-11-2008

please check the CD which you are using for the Formating, that CD might be damaged, and because of that it is not capable of picking up the file from the CD or from the system.

**ava024** · 15-11-2008

Originally Posted by Simond

Step 1. Boot from your XP Setup CD and enter the Recovery Console
Step 2. Enter the command attrib -h -r -s c:\boot.ini
Step 3. Delete the file (del c:\boot.ini)
Step 4. Run bootcfg /rebuild
Step 5. Run fixboot

thanks..but it seems i cant get into the recovery console.
problem is before the problem started, after it has booted from the XP CD, followed through the steps it asks me to do...cutting it short i have deleted the previous partitions and thinking it was ok after that for it seems to have no problem. and then it tells that i cant continue because of a missing file...
(sorry, never realized i have to write down the missing file for you to know but too late) so i was hoping you guys out there could give me the step-by-step process (if possible) that i need to do...thanks again!

**ava024** · 15-11-2008

Originally Posted by Vitus

please check the CD which you are using for the Formating, that CD might be damaged, and because of that it is not capable of picking up the file from the CD or from the system.

i have made backup copies of the CD in case something goes wrong with the installer...so i dont think the problem is the CD