Techie Help Needed - Please

Browntoa

you need to do this bit from the Xp disk

5) COPY X:\I386\NTLDR C:\
6) COPY X:\I386\NTDETECT.COM C:\

(X is the letter of your CD-Rom drive)

surfergirl_3

Thanks Browntoa,

Thought the NTLDR thing meant something to me.You had put it in an earlier post.

Sorry but my brains awash with all this techie info, and i am blonde.

Any way thanks again will try what you have suggested.

Cheers Surfergirl :beer:

Browntoa

used it and got a PC working beofre that would not boot so I have tried it

you need to boot from the Xp CD and enter the "Recovery Console"

From the Setup CD-ROM

Insert the Setup compact disc (CD) and restart the computer. If prompted, select any options required to boot from the CD.

When the text-based part of Setup begins, follow the prompts; choose the repair or recover option by pressing R.
If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot system, choose the installation that you need to access from the Recovery Console.

When prompted, type the Administrator password (this is blank by default so just hit enter).

At the system prompt, type the commands above in my previos post to copy yhe files over from the disk to the hard disk.

surfergirl_3

Hi Browntoa + all contributors,


PC up and running, thanks for all your help and advice.


Result, one happy PC and one very happy hubby.


No trip to the skip this time.


Cheers, :beer:


Surfergirl


p.s. only problem is, hubby now thinks he's an expert, but you and i know different.

Browntoa

we all know you were that one that sorted it all out