"Invalid System Disk Replace Disk And Then Press Any Key"

Nacho · December 26, 2003, 20:18 hrs

I have windows XP on my computer. Windows 98 is less powerful so I was going to install it on my other partition to play my games (im a bit short on RAM). I went to install it but it detected my windows XP installation which was NTFS formatted and then told me it cannot read from NTFS. I then decided to give up for the day, and restarted to windows XP only to get the error "Invalid System Disk Replace Disk And Then Press Any Key". No floppies or CD ROMS in drives. I take this to mean something got messed up and XP isnt telling the computer that it is a bootable OS. I know there is a commad line you can type to fix this because i used it before when i uninstalled LINUX and then it didn't recognize windows. PLEASE HELPP!!!!

query · December 26, 2003, 20:22 hrs

Boot from the XP CD, go into the recovery console, and type fixboot at the prompt.

Nacho · December 26, 2003, 20:30 hrs

uhh now it says "NTLDR Is missing press any key to restart"
and it says that over and over

query · December 26, 2003, 20:31 hrs

Try the reboot again, this time with the command fixmbr

Nacho · December 26, 2003, 20:32 hrs

"fix mbr"
do you mean in the recovery console?

Nacho · December 26, 2003, 20:37 hrs

well i typed it in the recovery console and it wrote a new master boot record, but it still says NTLDR is missing....

query · December 26, 2003, 20:42 hrs

If you have made an emergency floppy, boot to the recovery console and copy the ntldr file to the c:\ drive.

If not, try the automated repair - skipping all but the boot files (ntldr, ntdetect.com, etc.).

Nacho · December 26, 2003, 21:19 hrs

um a little more help plz
i tried automated system recovery but it asked me for a Automated system recovery floppy wich i dont have.
I do not know how to "copy" the file NTDLR to C:/

Nacho · December 26, 2003, 21:43 hrs

w/e i just got frustrated so i think im gonna format the entire drive and install windows 98SE, cuz XP seems to suck way too much CPU and memory out of my machine, il hold off on XP till i upgrade to an intel P4 2.6 with 512MB. Thanks anyways.....
(I like to screw up my comp frequently so don't worry about it, ive formatted about 15 times before lol)

Mark H · December 26, 2003, 21:57 hrs

Just curious as to what processor and how much memory you have in your current machine?

Mark H

Hoot · December 27, 2003, 01:45 hrs

Yeah, and are you overclocked in any way (FSB or mem?)

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