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Topic: ntldr is missing press del to start |
Clarence Wilson
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morgantown wv usa
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Posted 6 Jul 2006 4:34 am |
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This is what greeted me Fri. morning when I turned on the power to two yr. old HP desktop.
Never had it to boot up after trying everything at my disposal.
I went out and bought myself a new Gateway, this machine. ( I have two other Gateway machines).
Does anyone have an idea what happened to the HP? A hard drive malfunction, maybe?
Losing all of the info stored on it was a disaster.
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Dave Potter
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Texas
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Clarence Wilson
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morgantown wv usa
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Posted 6 Jul 2006 7:53 am
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Thanks a lot. thats the problem, I'm sure.
Now if I could only figure how to download
BCupdate2 utility from Microsoft, I might wind up with two hi memory machines. CEW |
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Dave Potter
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Texas
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Posted 6 Jul 2006 8:45 am
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I have spent the past hour trying to locate a source for that file now. It's a true mystery. I've Googled both the web and groups, and mention of it is all over the world, but the file itself is nowhere to be found.
Some people have posted that one must "contact" MS and they send the file. Others who have obtained this coveted, and much sought-after file, relate that they obtained the file and uploaded it to their server for others to download, but, those urls don't exist now.
It's almost as though MS has engaged in a vendetta to purge the internet of instances of that file, by using threats of consequences for anyone who refuses to comply. This is very mysterious - makes me uneasy. Under ordinary circumstances, a file like this would be available for download all over the web. I dunno'. Uh..Oh, there' another one of those black helicopters, again....[This message was edited by Dave Potter on 06 July 2006 at 09:54 AM.] |
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Earnest Bovine
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Los Angeles CA USA
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 6 Jul 2006 8:57 am
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| I have no idea if that link that I just posted is is the actual MS file, or whether it is something malicious. It's just something I found with Google (usenet newsgroups). |
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Dave Potter
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Texas
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Posted 6 Jul 2006 10:02 am
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I'm amazed. I searched Google groups a long while too, and never saw that link. It works, it's the actual file download, which I did. The file is only 44Kb.
Might be too late to be any help to Clarence now, but thanks for the pointer. |
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Clarence Wilson
From:
morgantown wv usa
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Posted 6 Jul 2006 1:04 pm
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Thanks EB, I too downloaded it and will get to it in the morning. I'm off to play music, now.
CEW |
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Gary Shepherd
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Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 6 Jul 2006 8:04 pm
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You probably didn't lose your date on the hard drive. Most likely, you can hook up that old hard drive to your new system and get all or most of what you think is lost.
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Gary Shepherd
Carter D-10
www.16tracks.com
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Clarence Wilson
From:
morgantown wv usa
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Posted 7 Jul 2006 4:24 am
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Next morning--I can't get this machine to run
BCUPDATE2. A quick screen flash,. then poof.
There is a blocker active somewhere inside, of which I am not aware, I'de guess. Thanks for all of your help, tho.
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 7 Jul 2006 8:03 am
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I found these instructions for applying the Bcupdate2.exe patch. This is not a Windows utility. It must be run outside of Windows from a bootable floppy diskette, or bootable CD (you'll need to have Nero or an ISO creation utility to create a bootable CD).
How to use:-
1]Download the utility.
2]Create a boot floppy disk (or CD). See:- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305595/#XSLTH3131121122120121120120 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994/EN-US/
3]Boot from the disk and then run the utility from the command line against the affected drive:-
a:\bcupdate.exe c:
If you lack a floppy drive and have created a bootable CD substitute the appropriate drive letter.
[This message was edited by Wiz Feinberg on 07 July 2006 at 09:10 AM.] |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 7 Jul 2006 8:24 am
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Here is another tip I found on a forum:
Try this
1. Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer.
2. When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.
3. Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.
4. Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.
5. You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password.
6. Copy the below two files to the root directory of the primary hard disk. In the below example we are copying these files from the CD-ROM drive letter "D". This letter may be different on your computer.
D:
cd\i386
copy ntldr c
copy ntdetect.com c:\
7. Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.
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Gary Shepherd
From:
Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 7 Jul 2006 8:27 am
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Or just have the Windows XP CD do an autorepair. You'll lose most of your windows settings but it might let you get back to your data. It's like reinstalling Windows without erasing your programs.
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Gary Shepherd
Carter D-10
www.16tracks.com
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Robert Leaman
From:
Murphy, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2006 9:56 pm
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| I have that file. |
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), I can restore and only lose the last few days activity.
