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edgeracer87

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    « on: March 07, 2010, 07:08:48 PM »
    I'm stuck and need help. When I start my computer it shows the IBM page, with press F1 for Setup, or F12 for Startup, then it goes to a screen that says ntdlr is missing press ctrl alt delete to restart and keeps displaying over and over. I've tried booting from a windows xp cd, but does not work. Any help I would greatly appreciate. Thanks

    EEVIAC

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    « Reply #1 on: March 07, 2010, 07:14:21 PM »
    You'll have to change the boot order of your drives, to get the CD to boot.  Do you know how to do that?  The optical drive that you are booting from needs to be set as priority in the boot order..

    edgeracer87

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      « Reply #2 on: March 07, 2010, 07:25:49 PM »
      I do not know how to change that order.

      EEVIAC

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      « Reply #3 on: March 07, 2010, 07:34:49 PM »
      What's the make/model of your computer?

      I'll see if I can find a manual for you bios and give you some steps to take.

      edgeracer87

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        « Reply #4 on: March 07, 2010, 07:43:40 PM »
        it's an Ibm model:meu 6794 s/n:23dbmgp

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        « Reply #5 on: March 07, 2010, 08:20:41 PM »
        I can't find anything..

        When your computer boots up, hit the F1 key to enter the setup..

        Look on the main page of the setup and see if you can find a BIOS version number...


        edgeracer87

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          « Reply #6 on: March 07, 2010, 09:46:40 PM »
          I could not find a bios #.

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          « Reply #7 on: March 07, 2010, 11:09:40 PM »
          Alright, I think your computer has a floppy drive.  So what you can do is, find another computer with windows XP installed, that also has a floppy drive. If it's a usb floppy drive that's fine.

          Log onto the computer as administrator. Open a command prompt and type:

          attrib -h -r -s c:\ntldr

          press enter

          Then go to the root folder of the C drive ( C:\ )and locate "ntldr" 

          Copy and Paste it your floppy disk..

          Take the floppy disk over to your problem computer and insert it into the floppy drive..  Boot up the computer and your computer will load ntldr, then load the rest of the Operating System, assuming that all other system files are intact..

          This will only work if you computer is set up to boot from the floppy drive..

          Once booted up, copy and paste the ntldr file from the floppy drive to the root of C, so the next time you boot, you won't need the floppy disk..










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            Re: help
            « Reply #8 on: March 08, 2010, 12:58:52 AM »
            Never give out your computer s/n

            dahlarbear



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              Re: help
              « Reply #9 on: March 08, 2010, 01:44:43 AM »
              Never give out your computer s/n
              Because...  What's the "downside" of giving out the computer serial number?

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                Re: help
                « Reply #10 on: March 08, 2010, 02:37:52 AM »
                People can bust you up in ways you dont know. It is sensitive information.

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                « Reply #11 on: March 08, 2010, 03:25:58 AM »
                People can bust you up in ways you dont know. It is sensitive information.

                No it's not. At least I cannot think of a single reason that it would be "sensitive". This is more or less the same sort of paranoid stuff that force Intel to disable the CPU serial number reading function. (not  that I was <for> having that enabled).

                Now, if you could back that up with some sort of citation...
                I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

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                « Reply #12 on: March 08, 2010, 06:00:45 AM »
                People can bust you up in ways you dont know. It is sensitive information.
                You're just full of useless posts and bad information, aren't you?

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                  « Reply #13 on: March 08, 2010, 09:49:00 AM »
                  Thanks I will try that, how do I open a command prompt on xp?

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                  « Reply #14 on: March 08, 2010, 09:54:44 AM »
                  Open START - RUN and type: Command (press enter).