topic Re: NTLDR ? in PCs & Accessories

NTLDR ?

tesourodaflora — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:11:49 GMT

Ive got a difficult problem, my notebook does not start up until the mistake NTLDR appears, what does ist mean, does i ve got a broken harddrive?

Re: NTLDR ?

Thalamus. — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:18:39 GMT

Ive got a difficult problem, my notebook does not start up until the mistake NTLDR appears, what does ist mean, does i ve got a broken harddrive?

Hi tesourodaflora,

Does the error message you receive state: "NTLDR Is Missing" or something else?

Re: NTLDR ?

tesourodaflora — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:41:16 GMT

"NTLDR is missing" is the last line

Re: NTLDR ?

Thalamus. — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:44:36 GMT

Do you by any chance have a CD or DVD in your CD/DVD drive?

Re: NTLDR ?

tesourodaflora — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:49:06 GMT

no there is nothing in the drive

Re: NTLDR ?

Thalamus. — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:19:28 GMT

have you tried using system restore to restore to a point before the error message occured

Start > All programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore.

Re: NTLDR ?

tesourodaflora — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:00:34 GMT

Sorry, Idont understand your question. I can get in into the BIOS via F2, but it doesnt help me so far.

Re: NTLDR ?

tesourodaflora — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:04:09 GMT

Ah, no i did not. Im in espane far away from at home, so i cant restore my systeme, but i dont have any Restore-Disks only the Windows XP Software at home.

Re: NTLDR ?

Thalamus. — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:15:44 GMT

Hi tesourodaflora,

You do not need a Restore-Disks to do a system Windows System Restore,

Re: NTLDR ?

tesourodaflora — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:25:14 GMT

the problem is, that windows doesnt start. when i restart the system it stops very quik in Dos-Mode and displays NTLDR missing

Re: NTLDR ?

Thalamus. — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:26:53 GMT

What model vaio do you have?

If your model has a HDDR system follow this procedure

Re: NTLDR ?

carthorian — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:36:50 GMT

NTLDR is the loading file for an OS. This isn't found, that's why Windows won't boot.

Insert your self-made backup CD and boot from that to reinstall.

Re: NTLDR ?

tesourodaflora — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:45:26 GMT

What is OS?

Re: NTLDR ?

Thalamus. — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:48:03 GMT

OS = Operating System, ie Windows XP:smileyhappy:

Re: NTLDR ?

tesourodaflora — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:01:36 GMT

the model is named PCG-GRZ51G
so i have to reinstall Windows, right?

Re: NTLDR ?

tesourodaflora — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:39:43 GMT

So if i understand right, i have to boot from CD and then copy the NTLDR-file or to reinstall windows?

Re: NTLDR ?

Thalamus. — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:10:50 GMT

the model is named PCG-GRZ51G 
so i have to reinstall Windows, right?

Hi tesourodaflora,

I do not know a model GRZ51G do you mean GRZ 515G.

Re: NTLDR ?

carthorian — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:14:05 GMT

So if i understand right, i have to boot  from CD and then copy the NTLDR-file or to reinstall windows?

Reinstall windows

Re: NTLDR ?

Thalamus. — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:30:40 GMT

So if i understand right, i have to boot  from CD and then copy the NTLDR-file or to reinstall windows?

Yes those are probably your two best options.

If you have model GRZ-515G then your Vaio does not have a HDDR (hard disk drive recovery) but instead has Sony supplied recovery disc/s. Here is the procedure to recover your Vaio.

I you wish to try replacing the missing NTLDR files I found the follow procedure:

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 "E". This letter may be different on your computer.

copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

7. Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.

Re: NTLDR ?

tesourodaflora — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:23:16 GMT

OK Thalamus, thank you very much i`d like to try with this procedure, you 've given me, cause i dont have any recovery-stuff.
Thanx