NTLDR is missing Press control alt delete to restart

[Roy]

Recently a former workmate called me as he was having with his Lenovo
netbook as he kept getting this"NTLDR is missing Press control alt
delete to restart"

After doing the cntr alt del for a few times and it kept reverting
back, I told him that might be the NTLDR file is corrupted that he
have repair it by inserting the winxp cd...
But he told me that he did it but got stymied as before the XP logo
can materialize he is requested to press F3... theproblem is he can't
read the details as its in chinese.....( he bought the unit in
Shanghai during his trip a few months ago)......

I would like to ask if you were asked for this situation what would be
your recommendation..
BTW
He tried to change the boot seting in bios by..... boot from other
such as network but it won't work , from his hard drive it won't work
and the last recourse from the bootable cd which only increased his
difficulty....

Roy

 

[BillW50]

In news:85fea86a-3ca4-4290-9caf-812e61fcaf22@6g2000prg.googlegroups.com,
Roy typed on Sun, 9 May 2010 15:43:03 -0700 (PDT):
> Recently a former workmate called me as he was having with his Lenovo
> netbook as he kept getting this"NTLDR is missing Press control alt
> delete to restart"
>
> After doing the cntr alt del for a few times and it kept reverting
> back, I told him that might be the NTLDR file is corrupted that he
> have repair it by inserting the winxp cd...
> But he told me that he did it but got stymied as before the XP logo
> can materialize he is requested to press F3... theproblem is he can't
> read the details as its in chinese.....( he bought the unit in
> Shanghai during his trip a few months ago)......
>
> I would like to ask if you were asked for this situation what would be
> your recommendation..
> BTW
> He tried to change the boot seting in bios by..... boot from other
> such as network but it won't work , from his hard drive it won't work
> and the last recourse from the bootable cd which only increased his
> difficulty....
>
> Roy

Sounds like it is a Windows 2000 or XP system. That error is common when
the MBR can't find the boot files. You need the following files in the
root directory of the boot partition (the one set to active). And these
are:

boot.ini
NTDETECT.COM
ntldr

That boot.ini can be edited with a text editor. And the file will not be
found on an install disc, but created when Windows installs itself.

And if you did borrow an English Windows install disc, I hear tell that
the key only works for the one language anyway. Let alone the difference
between OEM and retail keys.

I dunno. If it were me, I'd dump that Chinese version and get an English
version either OEM or retail. Here is one for $44.99. I never bought
anything from this guy. But he has been selling them for a number of
years now. Or try eBay or something if you want to get rid of the
Chinese version.

Windows XP Pro SP3 Full Version 32 bit Download
http://www.shoppalstores.com/softwareiq/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/29815/subcatid/0/id/412076

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3

 

[John Doue]

On 5/10/2010 1:43 AM, Roy wrote:
> Recently a former workmate called me as he was having with his Lenovo
> netbook as he kept getting this"NTLDR is missing Press control alt
> delete to restart"
>
> After doing the cntr alt del for a few times and it kept reverting
> back, I told him that might be the NTLDR file is corrupted that he
> have repair it by inserting the winxp cd...
> But he told me that he did it but got stymied as before the XP logo
> can materialize he is requested to press F3... theproblem is he can't
> read the details as its in chinese.....( he bought the unit in
> Shanghai during his trip a few months ago)......
>
> I would like to ask if you were asked for this situation what would be
> your recommendation..
> BTW
> He tried to change the boot seting in bios by..... boot from other
> such as network but it won't work , from his hard drive it won't work
> and the last recourse from the bootable cd which only increased his
> difficulty....
>
> Roy
First, try booting from a USB boot disk or diskette. The goal is editing
the boot.ini file which is probably pointing to the wrong location.

A basic boot.ini file looks like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\windows="Microsoft WINDOWS"

The problem area in the number in () after partition (twice in the
file). Those two numbers *must* match (except in very specific
configurations) and then be correct.

If one set of number does not work, try another, starting from 1 and
going up (zero does not work AFAIK). No point going over 3 usually since
the boot partition is seldom other than 1 or 2 in standard configurations.

If the problem is not solved this way, I would recommend making a Hiren
CD (http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd) which has a collection of
indispensable tools. But their use requires a modicum of experience and
.... care since they usually are powerful and provide little guidance.

Good luck.

--
John Doue

 

[Roy]

Re: NTLDR is missing Press control alt delete to restart

On 10 Mayo, 08:14, "BillW50" <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
> Innews:85fea86a-3ca4-4290-9caf-812e61fcaf22@6g2000prg.googlegroups.com,
> Roy typed on Sun, 9 May 2010 15:43:03 -0700 (PDT):
>
>
>
>
>
> > Recently a former workmate called me as he was having with his Lenovo
> > netbook as he kept getting this"NTLDR is missing  Press control alt
> > delete to restart"
>
> > After doing the cntr alt del for a few times and it kept reverting
> > back, I told him that might be the NTLDR file is corrupted that he
> > have  repair it by inserting the winxp cd...
> > But he told me that he did it but got stymied as before the  XP logo
> > can materialize he is requested to press F3... theproblem is he can't
> > read the details as its in chinese.....( he bought the unit in
> > Shanghai during his trip a few months ago)......
>
> > I would like to ask if you were asked for this situation what would be
> > your recommendation..
> > BTW
> > He tried to change the boot seting in bios by..... boot from other
> > such as network but it won't work , from his hard drive it won't work
> > and the last recourse from the bootable cd which only increased his
> > difficulty....
>
> > Roy
>
> Sounds like it is a Windows 2000 or XP system. That error is common when
> the MBR can't find the boot files. You need the following files in the
> root directory of the boot partition (the one set to active). And these
> are:
>
> boot.ini
> NTDETECT.COM
> ntldr
>
> That boot.ini can be edited with a text editor. And the file will not be
> found on an install disc, but created when Windows installs itself.
>
> And if you did borrow an English Windows install disc, I hear tell that
> the key only works for the one language anyway. Let alone the difference
> between OEM and retail keys.
>
> I dunno. If it were me, I'd dump that Chinese version and get an English
> version either OEM or retail. Here is one for $44.99. I never bought
> anything from this guy. But he has been selling them for a number of
> years now. Or try eBay or something if you want to get rid of the
> Chinese version.
>
> Windows XP Pro SP3 Full Version 32 bit Downloadhttp/www.shoppalstores.com/softwareiq/index.cfm/fa/items.main/paren...
>
> --
> Bill
> Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3- Itago ang tekstong may panipi -
>
First, try booting from a USB boot disk or diskette. The goal is
editing
the boot.ini file which is probably pointing to the wrong location.

A basic boot.ini file looks like this:


[boot loader]
timeout=5
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\windows="Microsoft WINDOWS"


The problem area in the number in () after partition (twice in the
file). Those two numbers *must* match (except in very specific
configurations) and then be correct.


If one set of number does not work, try another, starting from 1 and
going up (zero does not work AFAIK). No point going over 3 usually
since
the boot partition is seldom other than 1 or 2 in standard
configurations.


If the problem is not solved this way, I would recommend making a
Hiren
CD (http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd) which has a collection of
indispensable tools. But their use requires a modicum of experience
and
.... care since they usually are powerful and provide little guidance.


Good luck.

John Doue


Thanks Bill and John,,,,,
The guy just reformatted the netbook disk and loaded it with an
Englishversion of WinXPSp3....
Regards
Roy

 

[RnR]

On Sun, 9 May 2010 15:43:03 -0700 (PDT), Roy <roybasan@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Recently a former workmate called me as he was having with his Lenovo
>netbook as he kept getting this"NTLDR is missing Press control alt
>delete to restart"
>
>After doing the cntr alt del for a few times and it kept reverting
>back, I told him that might be the NTLDR file is corrupted that he
>have repair it by inserting the winxp cd...
>But he told me that he did it but got stymied as before the XP logo
>can materialize he is requested to press F3... theproblem is he can't
>read the details as its in chinese.....( he bought the unit in
>Shanghai during his trip a few months ago)......
>
>I would like to ask if you were asked for this situation what would be
>your recommendation..
>BTW
>He tried to change the boot seting in bios by..... boot from other
>such as network but it won't work , from his hard drive it won't work
>and the last recourse from the bootable cd which only increased his
>difficulty....
>
>Roy

think recovery console