HELP!! Lost Power During SP2 Install

Got a laptop with no CDROM or disk drive. I lost power half way through SP2 install and now it won't boot in any mode. Says windows could not load cause ntfs.sys is missing or corrupted. How can i fix this???

 

The computer was bought on ebay so not sure how they installed it.

 

You will need to buy usb cd or DVD drive, set you bios to boot off the drive, then borrow an installation cd, boot from it, enter the Windows Console and type fixmbr, enter, fixboot, enter, exit, enter. FIXMBR grabs the original MBR code from the drive's EEPROM chip and restores it, effectively wiping out anything that might be in there, be it LILO, GRUB, a Windows bootloader, and any possible traces of a virus, etc. When that command is finished, the MBR is as good as it was the moment the drive passed QA testing at the factory.

FIXBOOT restores the native ability for Windows to boot with the NTLDR file and bootloader, simply put.

FIXMBR first, then FIXBOOT right after that, then type exit and press Enter to reboot the 'puter.

If you are successful so far, reboot with the borrowed disk, do the same thing you did before to get to the windows console, but don't select the windows console, keep going til you are asked if you want to do a repair and do that.

Otherwise you are going to have to buy a copy of windows or switch to ubuntu.

 

Or just do what Plodr said to do

 

Thanks for the response. Will try and post details