hit ctrl+alt+del to restart
how do i fix this?
how do i fix this?
Think it means your your boot system has moved or cannot be found. What have you been doing lately? If you've moved partitions about or have deleted some old ones it can really screw things up
Coincidentally I also had this problem today, must've reinstalled windows about 5-6 times now
Coincidentally I also had this problem today, must've reinstalled windows about 5-6 times now
if uve gone into ur bios and changed ur boot device settings that could cause it. for instance changing your raid setup may change what the drive is recognized as in your bios and it will get bumped out of primary boot hd, thus ur comp will try to boot off a data drive or a dvd drive and fail with this message.
did you add an existing hard drive to your computer that already has data in it? If so, reformat the hard drive that you just added into your system.
Apart form changing the bootdisk bit: Sometimes NTLDR likes to corrupt itself when you're overclocking. Then you can only reinstall
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NTLDR is not needed for vista, only for XP and some others probably.
But to fix your problem: pop in the vista disk, choose for repair vista (small text option) and see if it detects it automatically, or just choose for startup repair.
But to fix your problem: pop in the vista disk, choose for repair vista (small text option) and see if it detects it automatically, or just choose for startup repair.
ok so my hdd had no os
so i went over my friends house (who has xp on his hdd) and put my files on there (only game files and pics and stuff)
then i formated mine and installed vista (with his plugged in (which probably caused it)
it worked fine there and i brought it home and the ntldr message comes up
put it on a usp drive and boot it on my computer like an alternative booting point?
so i went over my friends house (who has xp on his hdd) and put my files on there (only game files and pics and stuff)
then i formated mine and installed vista (with his plugged in (which probably caused it)
it worked fine there and i brought it home and the ntldr message comes up
how do i use this?jsnipy wrote:
http://www.pronetworks.org/vistabootpro/
put it on a usp drive and boot it on my computer like an alternative booting point?
When you install windows, windows registers the lincense you used on the install to your motherboard(in this case your friends motherboard).GCFC wrote:
ok so my hdd had no os
so i went over my friends house (who has xp on his hdd) and put my files on there (only game files and pics and stuff)
then i formated mine and installed vista (with his plugged in (which probably caused it)
it worked fine there and i brought it home and the ntldr message comes uphow do i use this?jsnipy wrote:
http://www.pronetworks.org/vistabootpro/
put it on a usp drive and boot it on my computer like an alternative booting point?
When you pull out the harddisk out of his computer and install it in yours windows sees that your motherboard is another motherboard, and therefor an other PC, and according to microsoft: you need an new license and windows will corrupt.
Had exact the same thing when I replaced my shitty motherboard for an Gigabyte-p35-s3 half a year ago. XP gave me the blue screen, and after some searching I came across this explanation on the site of microsoft.
You can change every part of your computer (CPU, RAM, GPU etc) but if you replace your motherboard you are building an new PC in the eyes of microsoft and therefor you need to purchase/reinstall a copy of windows.
So you need to reinstall windows when the harddisk is in YOUR pc.
jep I know, gay.....
To your motherboard? It uses a hash of hardware (your motherboard weighed heavily in that number) to determine if the hardware has changed. It does not write anything to your motherboard.']['error wrote:
When you install windows, windows registers the lincense you used on the install to your motherboard(in this case your friends motherboard).
Last edited by jsnipy (2008-04-10 09:47:46)
Sorry you're totally right, although I meant the exact same thing as you stated. Mah english failsjsnipy wrote:
To your motherboard? It uses a hash of hardware (your motherboard weighed heavily in that number) to determine if the hardware has changed. It does not write anything to your motherboard.']['error wrote:
When you install windows, windows registers the lincense you used on the install to your motherboard(in this case your friends motherboard).
Your English wins Terror, it's jsnipy's English that fails.']['error wrote:
Sorry you're totally right, although I meant the exact same thing as you stated. Mah english failsjsnipy wrote:
To your motherboard? It uses a hash of hardware (your motherboard weighed heavily in that number) to determine if the hardware has changed. It does not write anything to your motherboard.']['error wrote:
When you install windows, windows registers the lincense you used on the install to your motherboard(in this case your friends motherboard).
'To' is perfectly acceptable in that context.
Well, then I misunderstood your post - now I understand.jsnipy wrote:
I wasn't being critical of anyones english, just what I thougt he was saying @Terror - now i understand. @Scorpion0x17 - u fail. go write some pseudo code.Scorpion0x17 wrote:
Your English wins Terror, it's jsnipy's English that fails.']['error wrote:
Sorry you're totally right, although I meant the exact same thing as you stated. Mah english fails
'To' is perfectly acceptable in that context.
Though, I also understood Terrors post perfectly without needing your clarification and so was making it clear to Terror, who I believe is a non-native English speaker, that his use of 'to' in that context was fine.