• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Win 7 machine does not boot from Linux Live CD - NTLDR missing

R

radhak

Senior member
My win 7 desktop works fine, boots without a problem.

But when I created a Linux Mint Live CD today and tried booting off it, it stops at the onset with an error message : "NTLDR missing. Press CTRL-ALT-Del to reboot"

It continues to boot nicely with Win 7.

What's going wrong?
 
Downloaded from LinuxMint and burnt a DVD.

Just now I was able to boot into LinuxMint on my laptop with the same DVD.

The laptop is fairly new (Intel i5, 4GB RAM) and has Win 7 Home, while the desktop is an old machine (Pentium 4, 3GB RAM) and is on Win 7 Pro.
 
Tried both optical drive - same error.

I've used the optical drive to read CDs/DVDs recently, and have booted into Windows too. It's only problem is with booting to Linux using the Live CD.

Dunno why it's bemoaning NTLDR when booting to Linux!

I've booting the desktop into a small-footprint Linux using a thumbrive; have not tried with Mint yet.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top