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NTLDR is missing?

Windows may not start and you may receive an “NTLDR is missing” error message if Windows is not up-to-date and there are too many files in the root folder.

To resolve this problem, follow these steps:

1. Contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the Bcupdate2.exe utility. For more information about how to contact Microsoft Customer Support Services, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Microsoft Customer Support


2. Create a boot disk for starting your computer. For more information about how to create a boot disk for a Windows XP-based computer, click the following article number to view the article in the:

Microsoft Knowledge Base 305595 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305595/)
How to create a bootable floppy disk for an NTFS or FAT partition in Windows XP

For more information about how to create a boot disk for a Windows 2000-based computer, click the following article number to view the article in the:

Microsoft Knowledge Base: 119467 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/119467/)
How to create a bootable disk for an NTFS or FAT partition.

3. Run the following command at the command prompt to extract the Bcupdate2.exe utility from the software update:

Expand drive_letter:\bcupdate2.ex_ drive_letter:\bcupdate2.exe

4. Run the following command at the command prompt to update the boot code of the NTFS boot sector:

Bcupdate2.exe C: /F

Note Other command-line parameters are supported:
/q - Quiet mode (must include /y)
/y - Don’t confirm
/f - Force update of in use volume
/t - Only test for old boot code

5. Press Y if you are prompted to update the volume. You receive the following message after you successfully run this utility:

The boot code was updated successfully.

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Contributed by nicky81 on July 14, 2008, at 3:01 PM UTC.

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