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Fixing "NTLDR is missing" error on Vista PC

Finduilas

By Finduilas,
Posted on: 2011-05-26 16:32 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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My daughter's laptop has recently started giving this error message when restarted. She is able to boot from the recovery disk and can access everything on the hard drive, but it consistently gives the NTLDR error when she tries to boot from the hard drive. This gives me hope that it's probably not a hard drive failure.

She's currently on Vista, and I've been planning to upgrade her computer to Windows 7 anyway--everything is backed up and ready to go. Here's my question: will installing the Win 7 upgrade fix the NTLDR error, or should I make an effort to take care of it before upgrading?

Any help would be appreciated!

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Sounds like the file's either corrupted or has been deleted somehow. I wouldn't suspect the drive. The new OS should come with its own copy of NTLDR so installing it and simply using the backup disc (Or whatever media you prefer) should be fine.

Just curious, have you tried deleting and replacing the file from a boot disk? If you're planning to upgrade anyway it's probably not worth the effort. Just asking for my own sake

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Originally Posted by Timeshadow View Post
Sounds like the file's either corrupted or has been deleted somehow. I wouldn't suspect the drive. The new OS should come with its own copy of NTLDR so installing it and simply using the backup disc (Or whatever media you prefer) should be fine.

Just curious, have you tried deleting and replacing the file from a boot disk? If you're planning to upgrade anyway it's probably not worth the effort. Just asking for my own sake
No, she started having the problem right before I had to go out of town for a few days, so I didn't get a chance to fiddle with it.

I found some instructions for correcting these type of errors using a program called EasyBCD, and I was going to try that if the upgrade wasn't likely to do the trick.

EDIT: Almost forgot to say, "Thank you very much for your help!"

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Personally, I try to avoid mixing third party software with Windows system files; if only because I don't trust 'em not to screw something up.

Upgrading to 7 should do just fine. If you still have issues feel free to PM me and I'll see what else I can do.

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I just got done fixing that same error myself but in my case it turned out to be from a failed hard drive. An upgrade to Win 7 should fix the problem as you are formatting the partion where Vista is at anyways and Win 7 comes with its own NTLDR.

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