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here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Super User Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Super User is a question and answer site for computer enthusiasts and power users. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top How can I make Windows XP bootable again? up vote 4 down vote favorite Some time ago, I replaced my hard drive. Foolishly, I imaged http://wintoflash.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=46&start=10 the individual partitions, not the entire drive. That meant that my system was unbootable. For my primary OS (Linux), that was no problem as I could simply re-run GRUB. However Windows XP remains unbootable. The machine in question is a netbook which doesn't have a CD drive or a restore partition, so I can't boot from a Windows CD and run fixmbr. How can I fix Windows? Here's a picture of what I see when I try to boot Windows from the GRUB http://superuser.com/questions/428209/how-can-i-make-windows-xp-bootable-again menu: I don't actually have an XP CD, since of my two machines, the netbook in question has neither a restore partition nor a CD, and my other XP machine only came with a restore partition. So I'll also need a way to get hold of the necessary files. windows-xp boot ntldr share|improve this question edited Sep 19 '12 at 15:38 asked May 24 '12 at 4:08 Scott Severance 2751419 2 You can use this [tutorial]( tinyempire.com/notes/ntldrismissing.htm). Sorry I can't post it as answer because I am on mobile ATM. You can make usb bootable and can fix missing ntldr. –avirk May 24 '12 at 7:37 @avirk: Thanks. You've answered most of my question. If you post it as an answer ,I'll accept it. Unfortunately, in the process ,I managed to seriously damage my main system, so until I can recover from that, I won't be working on this issue. –Scott Severance May 24 '12 at 21:15 Ok I'm going to post it as answer with the steps provide there. –avirk May 25 '12 at 2:47 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 1 down vote accepted You can use the instructions provided on ntldrmissing.com. 1. Get a blank floppy/cd-r/usb (whatever is on it will be erased), and put it into a working computer. 2. If you have a working Windows machine download fix: Floppy fixntldr.exe. For CD-R fixntldriso.zip and for USB ntldrusb.zip onto a working computer (Backup copies
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Display results as threads More... Useful Searches Recent Posts Menu Forums Forums Quick Links Search Forums Recent Posts Menu Log in Sign up AnandTech Forums: Technology, Hardware, Software, and Deals Forums > Software > Operating Systems > Please help me figure out how to fix this dual boot. Discussion in 'Operating Systems' started by WoundedWallet, Nov 16, 2006. WoundedWallet Platinum Member Joined: Oct 9, 1999 Messages: 2,325 Likes Received: 0 This is not my system, but it is my fsck up The actual situation is: HD0 has WinME HD1 has XP I can only boot to XP if I use a booting floppy. The ME choice on the floppy doesn't work. ME boots straight from the HD but I get no booting choices. Boot.ini is the same in the floppy and the HD. All the floppy files were copied to the HD. I can explain how I got into this crazy situation if it helps solving the problem, but I'm keeping it simple right now in case someone has already seen this and know what is wrong. The problem can probably be solved by re-installing XP, but I really want to understand what is wrong right now. So please give it a shot. What do I need to do to make this dual boot work right (meaning, having working choices from the HD)? Thanks, WW #1 WoundedWallet, Nov 16, 2006 Bozo Galora Diamond Member Joined: Oct 28, 1999 Messages: 7,271 Likes Received: 0 you are probably missing bootsect.dos (512bytes) note that you need 4 files in "C" root with XP/ME dual (after "unhiding") ntldr ntdetect bootsect.dos boot.ini boot.ini should look like this (assuming C - ME and D - XP) doent matter how many partitions you have, (2) only relates to primaries Win 98/XPSP2 dual boot........ [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=AlwaysOff /fastdetect C:\ = "Microsoft Windows" no execute stuff is only for late XP SP2, embedded in install CD. Edit: Just noticed your O/S are on two separate HDD The "2" in above means on which primary defailt bootable system resides, and Win 98/ME has no multiboot config, so it must be the XP primary ============ (Quote from web - single XP O/S) [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect timeout specifies how long the system should wait for user input while the boot menu is being displayed. default identifies which selection from the Windows recognizable operating systems (identified in the [operating systems] section) will be booted if