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    NTLDR is Missing (After using Recovery CDs!!!)

    Discussion in 'HP' started by K72, Sep 19, 2007.

  1. K72

    K72 Newbie

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    Dear friends,

    After using recovery CDs , when the laptop "DV5177" wants to restart....
    It shows " NTLDR is missing :(

    This is my first time seeing this kind of error...

    What should I do?

    Please....

    Thank you very much in advance.

    PS

    This is not my notebook...
    My friend hadn't the original recovery disks...
    I could find them from a shop...
    I try to copy the file in c: directory but didn’t work :(
     
    K72, Sep 19, 2007
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  2. danny2001

    danny2001 Notebook Consultant

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    Problem probably stems from not using the correct recovery CD's. If the recovery image was expecting a different hard drive size then it might cause that error, or the files didn't copy correctly. My suggestion would be to reinstall windows from scratch with a Windows XP CD. If you try to use recovery CD's for a computer that they are not designed for, then you will probably end up with the wrong drivers installed as well. Easier just to do a clean install
     
    danny2001, Sep 19, 2007
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