Some time ago, I replaced my hard drive. Foolishly, I imaged the individual partitions, not the entire drive. That meant that my system was unbootable. For my primary OS (Linux), that was no problem as I could simply re-run GRUB. However Windows XP remains unbootable.
The machine in question is a netbook which doesn't have a CD drive or a restore partition, so I can't boot from a Windows CD and run
Here's a picture of what I see when I try to boot Windows from the GRUB menu: I don't actually have an XP CD, since of my two machines, the netbook in question has neither a restore partition nor a CD, and my other XP machine only came with a restore partition. So I'll also need a way to get hold of the necessary files.
Scott Severance
Scott SeveranceScott Severance
Windows XP SP3 ISO Free Download 32/64 bit: This is an operating system that is released after the windows XP professional release beta version. This is the latest edition in Win XP SP 3 release covers the enhance and fix the bugs and defects that were present in the previous versions. 3 AnswersYou can use the instructions provided on ntldrmissing.com. 1. Get a blank floppy/cd-r/usb (whatever is on it will be erased), and put it into a working computer. 2. If you have a working Windows machine download fix: Floppy fixntldr.exe. For CD-R fixntldriso.zip and for USB ntldrusb.zip onto a working computer (Backup copies of these files available at their site). 3. Make the new boot disk: Floppy: Don't put the fixntldr.exe on your floppy drive, put fixntldr.exe on your desktop or anywhere on your C: drive. Run the fixntldr.exe file by double clicking it. Click OK to overwrite the blank floppy disc in the working computer, you should see some screens about writing a new floppy disk. (If you don't like running an exe from me, you can run fixntldr_RawRite.zip and just replace the RawRite.exe file inside with one you trust) (now go to step 4). CD-R: Don't burn the file fixntldriso.zip onto the CD. You want to first unzip or 'extract' the iso file onto the desktop, you do this by right clicking fixntldriso.zip and choose 'Extract All' then Next>Next>Finish. Don't burn the file fixntldr.iso to the CD either, we will 'extract' files out of it and burn those files to the CD via a special process depending on what OS version your working computer is. 4. Put the new 5. Power on the broken computer with the floppy/cd-r/usb inside it/plugged into it (if the computer was already on, restart it). Once your computer gets past the BIOS screen your computer should try to access the boot disk and you should see a black screen with white letters that says:
Windows Xp Iso Download Atm Windows 7(The author threw in some Spanish / French / German / Italian / Portuguese for international flavor.) This file is set up to automatically select the '1ST TRY THIS' choice after 30 seconds. Try it first, if it was the wrong selection, you will likely get one of these four errors: Windows Xp Iso Download Atm SoftwareError 1. Windows could not start because file Error 2. 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. Error 3. I/O Error accessing boot sector file Error 4. Immediate reboot If you did get an error, try option 2. Most computers will boot with either option 1 or option 2. Of course if option 2 doesn't work, try option 3, etc, until you have tried all 10. If none work, you can try pressing F8 at the '1st Try This' selection screen, it will give you a prompt where you can select Safe Mode, and then try the '1st Try This' option again. If all goes right you will get your windows back. As I got on the first step very easily form this tutorial.
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Either boot from a USB CD drive or make a Windows boot USB on a computer with a CD drive with a tool like http://wintoflash.com/home/en/ (I haven't used this particular tool and thus can't vouch for it, it's just an example of what's out there). This requires your laptop to support booting from USB, but since you're already dual booting I assume that it does, and that you know how to do so. If all else fails, for example your laptop doesn't support boot from USB, you could pull the drive, mount it in a computer that has a CD drive, and fix it from there.
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There is a much better and free option, use a Linux LiveCD distro and a Pendrive. ![]() Also some Linux Live distros can be booted from a USB stick if BIOS can boot USB media. Windows Xp Iso Download Atm SoftwareRead about Linux command line tools (ntfs-3g, mount, umount, cp) and about how to identify the partition (/dev/sd$#), most modern Linux distro (and some also very old ones) include all of them. Windows Xp Iso Download Atm GameWith that Linux Live distros you can mount the Windows XP partition, copy the file on it, unmount it and reboot.
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