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#1 Vas709

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Posted 26 September 2013 - 02:37 PM

Have you ever tried to boot your computer when the message said that NTLDR is missing? If you have activated your hard drive partition/volume on your computer, then you have made a big mistake. I did this and I didn't know what will happen.

You need to repair your missing NTLDR by inserting your Windows CD. You can also insert your USB flash drive instead of CD. To repair this, follow instructions:

Windows 7

1. Insert your Windows 7 CD/USB.
2. When Windows loads up, select your language, and click next.
3. When the "Install Windows" window appears, click "Repair your computer".
4. When the System Recovery Options appears, choose an operating system which is located on the hard drive.
5. Click Command Prompt.

Windows 8/8.1

1. Insert your Windows 8/8.1 CD/USB
2. When Windows loads up, select your language, and click next.
3. When the "Install Windows" window appears, click "Repair your computer".
4. Click Troubleshoot.
5. Click Advanced Options.
6. Click Command Prompt.

Command Prompt

1. In Command Prompt, type:
DISKPART
2. When Diskpart loads up, there are two ways to activate:

A. Disk Partition

1. If you have a disk partition, you can type the following command:
list partition
This will show you how many partitions you have.
2. If your first partition is 1, type in:
select partition 1
3. Then type:
active
4. This will activate your partition. When it succeeds, type:
exit
5. This will bring you back to the Command Prompt. Type exit, or close this program, and reboot your computer.

B. Disk Volume

1. If you have a disk volume, type the following command:
list volume
This shows you how many volumes you have.
2. If your first volume is 1, type the following command:
select volume 1
3. When the volume is selected, type:
active
4. When your volume is successfully activated, you can leave the Diskpart by entering:
exit
5. It will return back to the Command Prompt. Type exit, or close this program, and reboot your computer.

There you go! Now you can boot your computer! If it isn't working, you can activate another volume/partition and boot again. I hope that helps.

Vasja Stojkovic



#2 BruceB

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 10:23 PM

Thank you so much for your tutorial. 

It almost worked for me so I thought I would share the rest of the story.

I had a motherboard based Raid 0 configuration. The boot loader (Ntldr) got damaged during a power outage.

Booting from Windows 8.1 could not repair it.. That is until I followed your steps using the Disk Volume method because no partitions listed. 

I rebooted and I got an error this time that boot records were damaged and that I should use the Windows 8.1 boot disk to repair. This time I did the advanced method to repair the boot records and it WORKED!

 

You don't know how much time I spent on other sites getting no where with tools like LiveBoot, etc.

Your fix was simple and fast..

Thanks so much!



#3 Sha0

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Posted 11 February 2014 - 05:19 AM

What are you folks talking about? NTLdr isn't used by Microsoft Windows 7 nor Windows 8.
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