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    Need alternate mechanism for repair disk ?

    My HP computer system is not working and is showing the message of missing ntldr. I know I can fix it with the repair disk but repair/xp disk was not provided to me with the computer.
    Is there any other alternative method I can use or perform to fix this problem or xp repair disk is the only solution ?
    Can someone help...

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    Re: Need alternate mechanism for repair disk ?

    This problem occurs when the partition marked as active does not contain the operating system boot files. The partition for the OS must be a primary partition that has been marked as active. If it is a SCSI, SATA or RAID drive the appropriate drivers need to have already been installed. The boot partition must be located on the disk pointed to in the BIOS boot sequence.

    So, there might be two issues:

    1. Having the PC boot from the correct drive, properly partitioned with the boot partition set as "Active".
    2. Having the right files in that partition.

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    Re: Need alternate mechanism for repair disk ?

    Using fdisk:

    1. Boot to a command prompt by using a boot disk.
    2. At the command prompt, type fdisk, and then press enter.
    3. Click set active partition, choose the partition that you want to make active, and then hit enter.
    4. Press Esc.
    5. Remove the boot floppy disk, restart the computer.


    Right Files:

    Using the Recovery Console, copy the Ntldr file from the Windows XP CD-ROM to the root directory of the current active partition. Follow these steps:
    1. Start your computer by using the Windows XP Setup floppy disks or by using the Windows XP CD-ROM.
    2. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen, press F10, or press R to repair.
    3. Press C to start the Recovery Console.
    4. Copy the Ntldr file from the Windows XP CD-ROM to the root of your system partition by using the following commands, pressing ENTER after each command:

    1. Type cd .. to go to the root of drive C. (Note the space)
    2. Type the letter of the CD-ROM drive
    3. Type cd i386 to change into the right directory
    4. Type Copy ntldr c:
    5. Type Exit

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    Re: Need alternate mechanism for repair disk ?

    If the partition was not formatted by using Windows, you might also need to run the Recovery Console fixboot command to make the active partition bootable.

    After you can boot into Windows, it is recommended that you use the Windows Disk Management snap-in tool to reset the original system partition as the active partition, and then restart the computer.

    Using Recovery Console enables you to recover from the following problems:

    • Corrupted or deleted startup files caused by incompatible software, user error, or virus activity.
    • Disk problems related to damage to the master boot record (MBR), partition table, or boot sector on x86-based systems.
    • A partition boot sector overwritten by another operating system's setup program.

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