Youve got a hardware problem (hard drive maybe), or memory problem
The HD maker has a free bootable disk checking utility and
www.memtest.org
feature a bootable memory checker
"eggyineggsile" <eggyineggsile.3uaurb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> NTLDR is the boot loader in WinXP and not in Vista, and this is
> a Vista newsgroup, and your subject line suggests that you dual-boot
> WinXp and Vista. Backup and tell us what OS(s) you have and how
> many partitions are on the disk and which ones are Primary and which
> one of those are set "active" (seen in Disk Management).
>
> *TimDaniels*
>
> Hi Tim
>
> I didn't realize it was a vista group, someone else started the thread
> with "xp/vista" in the subject. I don't dual boot.
>
> I am running XP Home. there are 2 partitions on the drive, I'm not too
> sure what you mean by primary and active but, C: is the drive that the
> Windows runs on, I would assume here that this is the "active" but I will
> let you tell me that.
>
> D: is the other which is the Recovery partition, this is only for making
> either a destructive recovery which should leave the system as it was when
> bought, or a non-destructive recovery which leaves all your documents and
> files intact. The latter I tried after I booted up and got the NTLDR is
> missing error.
>
> This failed therefore I tried to do a clean install from disc which I
> have used once before and didn't have a problem doing so.
>
> I am by no means an expert but I consider myself to manage reasonably
> well when trying to solve any problems I have but this one has left me
> stumped.
>
> I have tried a XP boot disc which I downloaded and burnt on my partners
> PC, this also failed. I have also downloaded and burnt a ISO image for the
> NTLDR which also failed.
>
> Another thing I have noticed is that both of my rom drives don't seem to
> recognise when a disc has been put in, I have had to use a USB external
> Rom drive but when my problem first started a couple of weeks ago I tried
> to install Linux, this wouldn't download but it did let me use it live in
> one of the Rom's but Linux live isn't really suitable for my needs.
>
> I should point out that on the night before the problem, I didn't
> download anything or add any new programs etc. It came completely out of
> the blue.
>
> Someone has suggested that it is a HD failure.
>
> P.S. How do I get to Disk Management?
>
> Eggy
>
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