[SOLVED] Hard Drive Upgrade Question

sliimshaydi · 03-19-2008, 08:14 PM

Well, I purchased a larger hard drive for my Toshiba laptop [I was going from 60GB to 160GB]. I used an upgrade kit to help copy the data from my old hard drive to the new one, and everything went smoothly, but when I installed the new hard drive and boot up, I get an error message that says "NTLDR is compressed. Press alt + ctrl + del to restart." I do it, and the same thing happens all over again.

Do you think it has anything to do with the fact that a few weeks ago I compressed my C: drive? If so, that would mean the files copied and saved in a compressed format to my new drive. And if that's the case, my question is, how do I uncompress either drive? And if I do uncompress them, will that solve the problem? In theory it seems it should work, but I can't seem to find any information about it on the web.

Any suggestions are welcome and appreciated! Thanks!

~~dragonfire8080~~ · 03-21-2008, 03:19 PM

Sup sliimshaydi

I waz lookin around TSF and I found this article tha explains a bit bout your error:

Quote:

* Insert the Windows® XP CD into the computer.
* When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press Any key.
* Once in the Windows XP Setup Menu press the R key to repair Windows.
* Log into the Windows® installation by pressing the 1 key, then enter.
* You will then be prompted for your Administrator Password, enter that password. (If there is no password just leave it blank and press Enter)

Use the following commands:
compact /u C:ntldr (ENTER)
exit (ENTER)
Important Note: Replace C: with the drive letter that applies to the specific computer setup if this is different. Also please note the spaces in the Command Prompts.

To uncompress ur drive you just put it in an enclosure and connect it to another comp. Then just decompress the files on it from the other computer and u should be all fixed up..

sliimshaydi · 03-21-2008, 05:59 PM

Ohh, I see. Well, I couldn't do the first thing becuase I never got a Windows XP CD, and I did try the second thing you said, but it didn't work for me. The only thing I could do was reformat and clone the whole thing all over again. It finally worked for me so I was just coming back to say this thread is solved and can be closed now.

Thanks dragonfire8080 for your suggestions.

~~dragonfire8080~~ · 03-21-2008, 08:40 PM

It's no prob. Can you please goto Thread Tools -> Set as [SOLVED]. That will help our staff know that you were fixed

Regards,
DragonF8080

sliimshaydi · 03-21-2008, 11:18 PM

Oh, okay thanks. I did.

03-19-2008, 08:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
sliimshaydi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 13 OS: WinXP	[SOLVED] Hard Drive Upgrade Question Well, I purchased a larger hard drive for my Toshiba laptop [I was going from 60GB to 160GB]. I used an upgrade kit to help copy the data from my old hard drive to the new one, and everything went smoothly, but when I installed the new hard drive and boot up, I get an error message that says "NTLDR is compressed. Press alt + ctrl + del to restart." I do it, and the same thing happens all over again. Do you think it has anything to do with the fact that a few weeks ago I compressed my C: drive? If so, that would mean the files copied and saved in a compressed format to my new drive. And if that's the case, my question is, how do I uncompress either drive? And if I do uncompress them, will that solve the problem? In theory it seems it should work, but I can't seem to find any information about it on the web. Any suggestions are welcome and appreciated! Thanks!

03-21-2008, 05:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
sliimshaydi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 13 OS: WinXP	Re: Hard Drive Upgrade Question Ohh, I see. Well, I couldn't do the first thing becuase I never got a Windows XP CD, and I did try the second thing you said, but it didn't work for me. The only thing I could do was reformat and clone the whole thing all over again. It finally worked for me so I was just coming back to say this thread is solved and can be closed now. Thanks dragonfire8080 for your suggestions.

03-21-2008, 08:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~dragonfire8080~~ Troubled Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 17 OS: Windows XP 32 Bit	Re: Hard Drive Upgrade Question It's no prob. Can you please goto Thread Tools -> Set as [SOLVED]. That will help our staff know that you were fixed Regards, DragonF8080

03-21-2008, 11:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
sliimshaydi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 13 OS: WinXP	Re: [SOLVED] Hard Drive Upgrade Question Oh, okay thanks. I did.