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    inspiron 700m hard drive swap=ntldr error

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Jake, Nov 6, 2004.

  1. Jake

    Jake Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've just bought a 700m and want to use my HD from my dell note book inspiron 7500...the 7500 was upgraded from win98 to xp pro...when i try to boot it in the 700m i get an ntldr error...not sure if i have a BIOS issue has anyone out there worked through this problem...I know that formatting the 7500 hard drive in the 700m and reinstalling the software will work...that is not what i want to do...i want to use my 7500m harddrive or clone thereof with all my files and software intact.

    Thanks much.

    Jake
     
    Jake, Nov 6, 2004
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  2. titan0111

    titan0111 Notebook Geek

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    You must be missing ntldr file on your c: drive. I

    f you have an another PC with Win XP,

    just copy ntldr file to a disk,

    boot your 700m to c: prompt,

    copy ntldr file from the disk to c: on your 700m.

    However, I really suggest formating your HDD, and reinstalling.
     
    titan0111, Dec 24, 2004
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