Hi

I am trying to repair my friends computer. It does not boot from a CD on startup. I checked the boot order as well as the CD-Rom drive. The bot order is set to boot from CD first and there is no problem with the CD-rom drive either.

I am able to start a Windows 2000 installation from boot diskettes but after I insert the CD and format the C drive it says that the winnt.sif file may be corrupt or missing.

On boot-up though if there is no media present other than the 2000 Pro CD it gives me an error message:

NTLDR is missing

Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart

What should I do to start the installation.

csaha

first if there is problem in winnt.sif post your winnt.sif

secondly is that an original win 2000 cd? if not try a bootable cd.

Your answer is somewhere in this picture.

-gosh

i know its the coffee mug, no no the women in pink, uumm maybe its the lamp

Could be your cdrom drive is going bad

Well guys! Google is the way these days.................I think after some time people will be pursuing a degree in Google Search...................

Anyway, I was able to get the problem sorted out. The Windows 2000 disks that I was booting from were made from a different Windows 2000 disk than the one I was booting from. This time I created disks from the CD I was planning to use, and it worked.

Also I created a slipstream disk according to the configuration my friend wanted and when I created the boot disks from the Slipstream CD it worked just great..............fully unattended and just the way he wanted

You bet, he was just thrilled...............

So I feel much better now

Thanks

csaha

Nice site XtremeMac. Any chances of seeing some more pictures of your girlfriend. Just kidding. Sort of.

hmm the blonde u mean?

Yes! That's the one.