ive just fixed my girlfriends computer and installed windows 7 from the student iso burned to dvd, installed ok, etc but when i take the instalation dvd out the drive i get the message ntldr is missing ctr alt del to resart etc, but if the disk is in it askes to book from disk you leave it it will load windows 7 fine no prolem at all, ive tried changing the order of the boot in the bios but still get the same problemany idea how i can fix it?
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Try putting win 7 disk in, booting from it, then run startup repair to fix your boot problem (may need to be run up to 3 times to fix the issue)
You need to make sure your boot order is bios is correct also, initially you will want dvd first to run the fix, then HDD first to boot normal win 7
Hope this helps
Sounds like the computer is booting from a non-bootable source. Go into the bios and change the boot order so that it boots from the hard drive first
cheers guys, il try that then, ive tried changing the bios so hdd boots 1st not the dvd and thats when i get the message.....
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Do you have 2 hard drives, are you wanting to dual boot with XP?
it was running XP, but upgraded from that to 7, then formated the 2nd hard drive. no i dont want to duel boot. the other thing is her mum went on it and by accident tried installing windows again as the dvd was left in the drive so i had to do a reinstall and just installed over the top and all the old folders go to a folder called windows.old but none of the old files are there :| which is really annoying! any ideas?
Sounds like you lost everything already with all the reinstalling might be easier to just format the entire drive and start over with a clean install.
Always better than upgrading as you dont import any corruption from the old OS
Check out these links
Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version
Bootable ISO - Create from Installation Files
Hi reedy ,
Please post a screenshot of the Disk Management window.
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...en-forums.html
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