Subj : NTLDR
To   : Bob Hoffman
From : Bob Bainbridge
Date : Thu Oct 21 2004 08:57 pm

 BH> Can anyone tell me what cause NTLDR not found error on boot?

 BH> I am trying to install a large (200 G) hard drive. I am 
 BH> booting and installing from W2000 CD Rom). I get this 

NTLDR not found errors are frequently caused by the loader trying to access the 
wrong partition. The boot partition is listed in the BOOT.INI file. Here is a 
copy of mine:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" 
/fastdetect

The third line partition(2)\WINNT indicates that my system loads Win2000 from 
the second partition on Drive 0. You can try changing this value via DOSEDIT if 
you think it might be wrong. Also WIn2000 only supports drives over 130gb after 
SP3 (or maybe it's SP2 - I'm not positive). Win2000 will read and format large 
drives in NTFS but will only read and NOT format them in FAT32. I have a 160gb 
drive running on my system but have it formatted NTFS and am not using it for 
the Win2000 boot drive.

Bob Bainbridge <Team OS/2>
bobbainbridge@alltel.net
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