Please help me!!!

When i boot up i get ntldr is missing. i made a boot cd with bcupdate2 on it but the commands i was given dont seem to be working

I'm pretty sure it boots from the cd however this is the first time i've ever made a boot cd but i think i did it right. Anyway, once it boots with the cd in the drive it says a whole bunch of stuff leading up to a command prompt.

[DR-DOS] A:\>

And thats where i type in Bcupdate2.exe C: /F and it says
"command or filename not recognized"

Please help me. Thanks

 

ntldr is part of the os witch means you will have too re-install the windows you are useing.I had this happen a few times to me

Windows XP users

1. Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer.
2. When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.
3. Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.
4. Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.
5. You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password.
6. Copy the below two files to the root directory of the primary hard disk. In the below example we are copying these files from the CD-ROM drive letter, which in this case is "e." This letter may be different on your computer.

copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

7. Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.

 

when i type in the commands
copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

for both of them i get "access is denied"

further help is appreciated

 

I believe this also happens when the drive hasn't had the boot partition made active or has been formatted in NTFS rather than FAT or visa versa.
Have you reinstalled Windows over an existing Windows or upgraded and changed the file system ?

 

sorry for the double post but I cannot see an edit feature.
You might find this useful if it is a file type issue.

If you download Win98 boot files and stick them on a pendrive and boot from that (change boot priority in bios) you will be able to see which partitions you have which are active and the file type and change / delete them if necessary

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/228004/

 

no i havnt re-installed anything. last thing i did was defrag. and i read somewhere that if you defrag it too much it could move the file from the partition. i just need to get passed the access is denied crap or a different fix

 

yea i changed it e to d im pretty sure my drive was labeled d but i tried other letters to such as f just to make sure and i got the same message for drives e and d which are my cdrom drives

 

if you read the Microsoft link I gave you it explains what you need to do. Have you tried it yet ?
This problem occurs because on Intel-based computers, the system partition must be a primary partition that has been marked as active for startup purposes. This partition must be located on the disk that the computer gains access to when starting up the computer. There can be only one active system partition at a time. If you want to use another operating system, you must first mark its system partition as active before restarting the computer.
This problem occurs because on Intel-based computers, the system partition must be a primary partition that has been marked as active for startup purposes. This partition must be located on the disk that the computer gains access to when starting up the computer. There can be only one active system partition at a time. If you want to use another operating system, you must first mark its system partition as active before restarting the computer.
Might be simpler for you to back your files up, format and partition the disk and reinstall everything . That way you'll be starting with everything functioning correctly and the latest driver set etc. Make sure you use NTFS not FAT
If you do I would suggest that you use Norton's Ghost or similar software to clone the finished drive so you can simply copy the entire image back if this happens again .