Hi Bob,
On Friday 29 April 2005 9:34 pm, you wrote:
> I had a similar problem yesterday. I was having a problem
> installing WinXPH on a neighbors computer. I was trying to wipe out
> all traces of the aborted installation, so I deleted the NTLDR file
> from the C:\ folder. After that, the computer would not even begin
> to boot from the hard disks or the CD drives, only from a floppy. I
> booted with a Win98SE startup disk, asking for CD support, and then
> copied the NTLDR file from the WinXPH CD, in the I386 folder, to
> the C:\ folder. After I did this I could boot the machine again
> from the hard disk and the CD drive. This may or may not be
> applicable to your situation. HTH
If you want to do a clean install you need to replace the MBR. This
will remove the pointer to NTLDR.
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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