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NTLDR is missing, Problem, can't reinstall WinXP

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thuffner3

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Hello All,
I just recently acquired a Toshiba A25-S307.
I was having trouble reinstalling WinXP. I would recieve the error message,
NTLDR is missing,
Press Ctrl, Alt, Del, to restart your computer.
I tried an older Win98 boot CD, This didn't work.
I tried a commercial WinXP cd. THis didn't work.
I took the HDD, attached it to a usb reader, hooked it up to my primary system and was able to format it.
I then tried to reinstall WinXP. Still no luck. I keep receiving the above error message.

I also can't seem to locate a service manual for this thing.
I was looking for the service manual thinking perhaps I could reset the BIOS?

I tried to reseat the HDD, cleaned the connections, etc.
Not having bee inside this thing any further than the HDD, Memory, and cooling fan. I didn't want to tear it down any further without the Service manual.

Any help out there?

TIA.
NEIL

 
You can reinstall XP and kill the partition(s) because a auxilary partition (probably restore image or something) is messing with the partition table boot loader. Happens on Dell's and HP's all the time that have a 5GB restore partition or even a 30MB tools partition (which is unneccessary.)

If you want to get more advanced, boot an XP CD and go into the recovery console, login as administrator and type bootcfg. Take a look at what partition the boot loader is trying to load when booting. It is probably wrong, something like PARTITION(2) when it should be PARTITION(1). You can type bootcfg /help and get instructions on removing the wrong pointer and adding a correct one.

Search google for more depth to the above solution.

If blowing all the partitions away, creating a fresh new one, and reinstalling XP from disc doesn't solve this problem, you likely have a bad hard disk.
 
i have gotten the same area, usually the problem i have discovered is bad ram or some other component that is bad, but primarily the ram
 
I had the same problem when I bought a used hard drive for a new laptop that I built. The problem was the hard drive, it was fixed when I bought a new hd.
 
Did you set your primary boot device as your CD drive? You might need sata drivers from the Toshiba website to have XP detect your hard drive.
 
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