NTLDR is compressed

[edsbrick]

what the hell is this,i put a system restore on my wifes laptop,now it will only boot to this.

NTLDR is compressed

press ctrl alt del to restart.

then back to the above.

i followed the directions.....

ed

[Atomic Mitten]

Restore again to a different day !

[edsbrick]

cant....no other option

ed

[Atomic Mitten]

Why did you do a system restore ? and how did you do it ?

[edsbrick]

i did a system restore because despite all other system management tools,my wifes laptop was running extremely slow.

we inserted the system restore disc supplied followed directions,re booted to the above......blooming computers.

ed

[edsbrick]

in all instances i mean system recovery not system restore...sorry :-[ :-[ :-[

ed

[Atomic Mitten]

I'm not sure how you un-compress the system restore, I will get back to you on it .ok :)

[Atomic Mitten]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/itpro/managing/asr.asp

Did you use ASR system recovery ?

Do you have Win XP home or Professional ?

[gryphon]

can you copy the NTLDR file from your WinXP cd to your hard drive ?

and what was the reason you did the restrore in the first place ?

have you changed any aspect of your boot partition / hard drive resently ?

[edsbrick]

its xp home edition.

have you changed any aspect of your boot partition / hard drive resently ?yes part of the system recovery informe me that it would change it,so i just continued.

i cant copy anything for two reasons;im not clever enough with pc's,and the only option i get is as above,ctrl alt del.

i do get the 'recovery' option for 5 seconds but fails to load xp,even though all the files get copied.

one other thing on boot up it says

boot from non emulating cd rom,....what does that mean?

:P

ed

[edsbrick]

the reason for recovery in the first instance was that all programmes and stuff was running very very slow,on task manager the cpu usage was always 100%.seemed the only way to clean it to new..............

ed

[Atomic Mitten]

Boot up the Laptop, press and hold the delete key on the keyboard, once your in the BIOS, look for boot order, select the cd rom as first boot device.

Then save the changes using F10 key.

Re.boot with the installation cd in the drive.

[edsbrick]

i presume i didn't use asr recovery .

just the recovery disc supplied with laptop.

ed

[edsbrick]

i DEFINITELY didn't use asr.

ed

[Nyarlathotep]

Boot up the Laptop, press and hold the delete key on the keyboard, once your in the BIOS, look for boot order, select the cd rom as first boot device.

Then save the changes using F10 key.

Re.boot with the installation cd in the drive.

Did you try the above ?

[edsbrick]

yes i have tried the above, cd-rom is the first boot option.

ed

[Nyarlathotep]

And it still doesn't boot ?

[Atomic Mitten]

When it boots up you have to be quick and select 2 boot from CD.

[edsbrick]

do you mean when the black and white text stuff comes up ie memory test ,and before the enter system configuration option?

sorry im so slow,but i have xp for dummies on order.

ed

[Atomic Mitten]

No. once the system has checked the memory, just before  Windows is started you should see, a line in white letters on a black background, saying boot from IDE 1 or CD.Something similar to that.

If that doesn't work try pressing F8 repeatedly whilst booting up, to select boot in safe mode!

When your in safe mode, navigate to Start,all programs,accessories,system tools, then select system restore, select a restore point.

Let the system restore wizard run,it will take awhile, but when it re-boots you should be back in windows.

[edsbrick]

thanks for the step by step,

much appreciated i sort of know what youre on about.

will try

ed

[edsbrick]

tried as advised ,no good the first TWO boot options are cd-rom third is c drive fourth is lan boot....can i utilise the lan boot option?

ed

[Atomic Mitten]

You should boot from the CD rom with the win Xp disc in the drive.

[edsbrick]

i try that every time.but unfortunately it never actually boots up to windows the disc whirrs round,then the inevitable

booting from non-emulating cd-rom

image found on LBA00000oo

ed :-X

ed

[edsbrick]

following on from previous thread ,phoned tech support from manufacturers,advised on re-boot.

everything back to 'normal'

thanks for advice.

ed