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[LouisCorney]

... and probably very basic.

I've installed a fresh XP install on a hard drive, then put it in another. It doesn't work, keep getting:

"NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart"

or, when using a bootable repair CD this:

"Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.
Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information."


What have I done wrong?

I also keep getting an occasional BSOD  

(Additional info: I installed XP onto H:\ drive of a computer, then using it as C:\ in the new one. Don't have XP CD,its on a DVD hence reason for doing it this way)

[Taxi_Driver]

... and probably very basic.

I've installed a fresh XP install on a hard drive, then put it in another. It doesn't work, keep getting:

"NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart"

or, when using a bootable repair CD this:

"Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.
Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information."


What have I done wrong?

I also keep getting an occasional BSOD  

(Additional info: I installed XP onto H:\ drive of a computer, then using it as C:\ in the new one. Don't have XP CD,its on a DVD hence reason for doing it this way)

Basically it wont work the way you are trying to do it..........

And by the sounds of it.......you are trying to illegaly install XP.......

[LouisCorney]

Basically it wont work the way you are trying to do it..........

Is there a way that would work?

[Bacon Butty Man]

have i got this right, you installed windows then removed the hdd an placed in another base unit, check the jumpers are either set to master if its on its own on the ide cable or master or slave if its with another drive like dvdrw, othey must be opposits, and in the correct place on the ide

[miggy]

... and probably very basic.

I've installed a fresh XP install on a hard drive, then put it in another. It doesn't work, keep getting:

"NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart"

or, when using a bootable repair CD this:

"Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.
Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information."


What have I done wrong?

I also keep getting an occasional BSOD  

(Additional info: I installed XP onto H:\ drive of a computer, then using it as C:\ in the new one. Don't have XP CD,its on a DVD hence reason for doing it this way)

Basically it wont work the way you are trying to do it..........

And by the sounds of it.......you are trying to illegaly install XP.......

As millions of others have done, we are all guilty of something like that, cannot tell me different..........just dont broadcast it.

[TheBoy]

... and probably very basic.

I've installed a fresh XP install on a hard drive, then put it in another. It doesn't work, keep getting:

"NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart"

or, when using a bootable repair CD this:

"Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.
Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information."


What have I done wrong?

I also keep getting an occasional BSOD  

(Additional info: I installed XP onto H:\ drive of a computer, then using it as C:\ in the new one. Don't have XP CD,its on a DVD hence reason for doing it this way)

Won't work unless machines are near identical.  Easier to swap the DVD drive, then install.

Not that XP was ever available (legally) on a DVD.

[TheBoy]

But as a clue, your issue is boot.ini and the way the differnt computers determine disks.

[Taxi_Driver]

... and probably very basic.

I've installed a fresh XP install on a hard drive, then put it in another. It doesn't work, keep getting:

"NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart"

or, when using a bootable repair CD this:

"Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.
Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information."


What have I done wrong?

I also keep getting an occasional BSOD  

(Additional info: I installed XP onto H:\ drive of a computer, then using it as C:\ in the new one. Don't have XP CD,its on a DVD hence reason for doing it this way)

Basically it wont work the way you are trying to do it..........

And by the sounds of it.......you are trying to illegaly install XP.......

As millions of others have done, we are all guilty of something like that, cannot tell me different..........just dont broadcast it.

Agreed  

Perhaps an admin could lock this thread.......until its been proved that origanal poster is trying to instal XP legally  

[LouisCorney]

But as a clue, your issue is boot.ini and the way the differnt computers determine disks.

Yeah I thought that might be it.

Thanks for the advice and pointing me in the right direction guys.

Don't mind this thread being removed if it hints at anything illegal (I've still got XP serial, just lost the original CD, this isn't illegal is it?)

[Taxi_Driver]

But as a clue, your issue is boot.ini and the way the differnt computers determine disks.

Yeah I thought that might be it.

Thanks for the advice and pointing me in the right direction guys.

Don't mind this thread being removed if it hints at anything illegal (I've still got XP serial, just lost the original CD, this isn't illegal is it?)

If your got a gen serial no for XP.....then prob not........sorry but the way the question was asked.....and as TB said XP want released on DVD.....i thought the same.....the thread sounded dodgey......

[LouisCorney]

No probs... though you did have me worried  

As you can probably tell, I'm a beginner when it comes to PCs

[TheBoy]

Good luck, but swap the dvd drive over with CD, and build XP on the PC that the HDD belongs to is best option

[M16]

If you haven't fixed the problem is a quick solution (By the way this is a common problem even on genuine versions normally happens when transfering everything onto a new hard drive.
First of all put your xp disk into your cdrom drive and let computer boot off it. When you get option to repair computer (Press R) hit R
Once on DOS screen type
copy e:/i386/ntldr c:/
copy e:/i386/ntdetect c:/
(Where e:/ is the drive letter of your cd drive. It might be d:/ depends on how many drives you have)
Once both these files have copied remove the XP cd and  reboot the system.

Hope this helps at least somebody

[TheBoy]

If you haven't fixed the problem is a quick solution (By the way this is a common problem even on genuine versions normally happens when transfering everything onto a new hard drive.
First of all put your xp disk into your cdrom drive and let computer boot off it. When you get option to repair computer (Press R) hit R
Once on DOS screen type
copy e:/i386/ntldr c:/
copy e:/i386/ntdetect c:/
(Where e:/ is the drive letter of your cd drive. It might be d:/ depends on how many drives you have)
Once both these files have copied remove the XP cd and  reboot the system.

Hope this helps at least somebody

Very unlikeyl these 2 files are missing. Or even corrupt.  ntldr missing is 99% normally the boot.ini. ntdestect errors haven't been an issue since NT4 RTM!

[M16]

Had the same problem few weeks ago. believe me it works. Also this is the solution as published in the MCP 70-720 examination guide.
If you oot from the XP disk as you would when you do a fresh install if there is already a version on the harddrive it will give you a repair option.