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Windows XP Repair and Norton Ghost Image problem.

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nadirshakur

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So my partition crashed. Not sure what happened but it seems some major files were lost (including NTLDR). It was about time to format anyway but now when I apply an image I took with Ghost it still keeps telling me NTLDR is missing when it tried to boot of the fresh image. Although the files have been copied and verified including the MBR. So I thought I would just use the Windows XP Pro CD Recovery Console but unfortunately it is asking me for the administrator password, although I have never setup one when I installed windows, I left it emtpy. Does the Recovery console only work with password-enabled administrator accounts?

Dp you know why my drives won't boot even after applying the Fresh Drive Images I took when I first installed all my stuff?
 
missing ntldr after dropping an image on is likely not due to an actual missing ntldr.

More likely you have a different partition layout than the cloned machine so the arc paths in your boot.ini are wrong.

If you can get to recovery console, run
map arc
type c:\boot.ini
compare the output of the two to see what's wrong.

the password it asks for is THE administrator password, not any old administrator.


If you are unable to reach recovery console, try WinPE, Linux boot CD, Parallel install of windows or other methods to reach that boot.ini
 
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