When I start my compu it won't boot to windows xp. It says boot failure from previous device an NTLDR missing

Question

When I start my computer it won't boot to windows XP. It says PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM. boot failure from previous device an NTLDR missing. Then I will Restart my PC and it will boot up just fine. What can I do to fix this,

Answer 1

i would check ur boot.ini for extra entries first ...

Answer 2

Use the Windows XP disk and select the (r) to repair windows.



This fixed my computer



Use the Recovery Console

1. Use the Windows 2000 Setup disks to restart the computer, or use the Windows 2000 CD-ROM to restart the computer.

2. At the Welcome to Setup screen, press R to repair the Windows 2000 installation.

3. Press C to repair the Windows 2000 installation by using the Recovery Console.

4. Type the number that corresponds to the Windows installation that you want to repair, and then press ENTER. For example, type 1, and then press ENTER. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

229716 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229716/) Description of the Windows Recovery Console

5. Type the Administrator password, and then press ENTER.

6. Type map, and then press ENTER. Note the drive letter that is assigned to the CD-ROM drive that contains the Windows 2000 CD-ROM.

7. Type the following commands, pressing ENTER after you type each one, where drive is the drive letter that you typed in step 4 of "Method 2: Use the Recovery Console," of this article:

copy drive:\i386\ntldr c:\



copy drive:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

If you are prompted to overwrite the file, type y, and then press ENTER.



NOTE: In these commands, there is a space between the ntldr and c:\, and between ntdetect.com and c:\.

Answer 3

hi, placed your domicile windows cd interior the laptop and boot up from that, then do a device installation, in the experience that your pal has all your documents on yet another force you're able to be ok, reliable success and Merry Christmas

Answer 4

Your computer are trying to boot from a network, to resolve this change the boot sequence to HDD first on the BIOS setup.

Answer 5

do you have the xp disc for your system?, if so insert the disc and it will give the option to repair windows. hopefully repairing it will do the trick if not you'll have to a re-install or factory reset.....good luck

Answer 6

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm

Answer 7

http://tinyempire.com/notes/ntldrismissing.htm

Answer 8

re-format hardrive and re-install windows