NTLDR missing

Mark · 06-05-2003, 09:08 PM

This is the Dell Dimension V400 mobo AR440BX, from previous posts.
2 hard drives show:NTLDR MISSING and
operating system not found, on boot attempt. I have WIN98 on this laptop as far as to create a boot disk from (missing some CAB files). I need advice on the procedure to get into NT. Edit the boot sequence or mbr.?
Thanks
Mark

**Fox** · 06-06-2003, 04:54 PM

Hi Mark,

There is no difference in type of disk between a standard disk and a DOS bootable disk except for the fact that a DOS disk will have command.com, msdos.sys, and a couple of other basic system files on it. To make a bootable disk, put in a floppy and right click on A:\ when in My Computer. From there, click format and choose the radio button for "Copy system files only". After you hit start and it finishes, you will have a floppy to boot from.

**johnwill** · 06-07-2003, 01:03 PM

One minor problem is that he's talking about NT, so he can't make a DOS bootable disk that way. :)

However, Bootdisk had plenty of downloadable boot images to solve this problem. :)

06-05-2003, 09:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mark Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 37 OS: 98	NTLDR missing This is the Dell Dimension V400 mobo AR440BX, from previous posts. 2 hard drives show:NTLDR MISSING and operating system not found, on boot attempt. I have WIN98 on this laptop as far as to create a boot disk from (missing some CAB files). I need advice on the procedure to get into NT. Edit the boot sequence or mbr.? Thanks Mark Last edited by Mark; 06-21-2003 at 01:55 PM.

06-06-2003, 04:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	Hi Mark, There is no difference in type of disk between a standard disk and a DOS bootable disk except for the fact that a DOS disk will have command.com, msdos.sys, and a couple of other basic system files on it. To make a bootable disk, put in a floppy and right click on A:\ when in My Computer. From there, click format and choose the radio button for "Copy system files only". After you hit start and it finishes, you will have a floppy to boot from.

06-07-2003, 01:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,787 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	One minor problem is that he's talking about NT, so he can't make a DOS bootable disk that way. :) However, Bootdisk had plenty of downloadable boot images to solve this problem. :)