re: XP installation problems
Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 10:39 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by whales
(16 messages posted)
I've checked with Microsoft and was directed to this website - please check it out...
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/support/windowsxp.htm
On Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 4:49 am, Luis E. Rodríguez wrote:
>I got a new motherboard and Windows XP Home edition with it. My existing hard drives
>were transferred over to the new system which already had Windows 95 running on
them.
>
>I tried to install Windows XP as an upgrade and it didn't let me so I went from
the
>full install option by booting from the CD. Everything appeared to be OK until
the
>first reboot. I get a message telling "NTLDR.EXE is missing" and does not proceed
>any further. I tried booting again from the CD but the setup process starts all
>over again.
>
>Help!!!!!!
>
>I tried to reinstall Windows 95 again and found that the XP setup deleted my entire
>\windows directory and now I have a crippled system because very few programs run
>due to missing files.
>
>Why does this "ntldr.exe is missing" thing happens? Would the XP setup work if
I
>choose to format the partition where I will install XP? I already copied everything
>else (should have done that at the very beginning) into the other hard drive, so
>nothing else would be lost.
>
>Thanks.
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- XP installation problems (Luis E. Rodríguez: Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 4:49 am)
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