Need PC help for Windows XP

[hella_numb]

My brother has a laptop and it had some viruses on it from limewire, etc. so i installed a antivirus program ran that and ran ad-aware. most of the files were deleted but the windows update thing would never turn on and everytime i tried to turn it on some pop ups and shit would open up so i knew his computer wasnt free from infected files. so basically we get to the point where we try to do a system recovery from this 18 cds the computer makes us burn. they all load cool until disk 17 then it gets a error saying its missing a file. now his computer doesnt start up and it keeps sayin missing NTLDR file and it wont boot shit off a cd or floppy drive (laptop doesnt have floppy). ive tried doing some quick research online and couldnt find and real good sites that know how to fix it etc. so does anyone know how to fix this problem or know of a cheap route in fixing it like geek squad or some shit?

thanks

 

[Fucky McFuckerson]

Reformat the HD and start fresh. If it says you are mnissing the NTLDR, youre fucked. That is a critical file located in the boot sector and without it, your windows will not boot, period.

 

[hella_numb]

Reformat the HD and start fresh. If it says you are mnissing the NTLDR, youre fucked. That is a critical file located in the boot sector and without it, your windows will not boot, period.

yeah, i cant reformat it cus it wont even load up. we tried to do the HP recovery system program that came with the pc and it fucked it up instead of fixing it.

 

[Fucky McFuckerson]

yeah, i cant reformat it cus it wont even load up. we tried to do the HP recovery system program that came with the pc and it fucked it up instead of fixing it.

Did you make the first bootable drive the CD/DVD-ROM? If not, then it is trying to boot off the HD, and thats where the problem is coming in. Double check in BIOS to make sure you have the boot devices in the right order.

 

[ClickClack]

^^the first 16 cds worked tho

 

[hella_numb]

yeah but a file was fucked up on disc 17 tho, im not sure my brother was doing it his house cus i left and i know a lot more bout computers then him but now we cant even get it to read shit off its cd-rom drive. is geek squad coo or is there better places?

 

[CHAPO GUZMAN]

find the file and reburn that disc.

geek squad will charge you and arm and leg, they charged someone i know 70 bucks to install a power supply ontop of the cost of the power supply.. so like 165

 

[XxtraMannish]

find one of them hole in the wall computer repair shops

 

[hella_numb]

yeah i cant find the file its missing becuase the windows doesnt even load and yeah im not sure bout a hold in the wall computer repair place but i doubt they got any kind of guarentees on it. but ill have to look around for some.

 

[Fucky McFuckerson]

^^the first 16 cds worked tho

Those recovery CD's can fuck with your BIOS, thats why i asked what was the first bootable drive.

 

[CHAPO GUZMAN]

where you located at? i know a few good spots around the bay, mostly in the west bay tho.

 

[SeriouslyThug]

Did you make the first bootable drive the CD/DVD-ROM? If not, then it is trying to boot off the HD, and thats where the problem is coming in. Double check in BIOS to make sure you have the boot devices in the right order.

co-sign

when u first start up the computer you will see a prompt tellin you to press F2 to go to the bios (could be a different key), then from there make sure you have cd rom as first option so it tries to load from the cd first, then hd or floppy, save settings by hitting what it says to hit in order to save settings (probably F9)

but, if you dont got the 17th cd then you pretty much need a windows xp CD or if you want to download one, make sure its corporate edition and that it is a CD image or an ISO, burn it as a cd image in order for it to have the capability to run on startup since thats the only way you can run it.
burn it as a cd image using an ISO burner, normally i use MagicISO since its small and easy to crack

 

[MKB]

You should just reformat it really shouldn't be a problem. Put a windows disk in then when the computer starts too boot you should have the option to go into the setup by pressing F3 or ESC or something like that. After that go into the menu that has boot devices or drives and make sure that the cd drive is #1 on the list. When the computer boots it should boot from the cd and from there you can reformat the drive and put a clean install of windows on.

 

[DJ Mark 7]

damn and here I thought hella_numb knew everything

 

[short]

heres what to do....just dl a iso of windows xp and burn it to disc....make sure its a corporate edition of windows xp...corporate editions dont require tha activation bullshit...reformat the laptop like dude said earlier and do a fresh install...i think F2 is what u press when the laptop boots to get into bios....then go from there....doin a fresh install from a xp iso is far easier then 18 cds of recovery disks

 

[short]

if ur laptop wont boot up i recommend usin winternals erd commander
burn it to isp set laptop to boot from dvd drive and proceed


http://rapidshare.com/files/99933351/ERD.rar


http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx


the file says 2003 but its erd commander 2007

 

[Mr._Alize_559]

Before doing anything, try booting to an XP disc. Once you get into the recovery console, run the command "fixmbr" and if there's no luck: "fixboot". Just for shits and giggles, if that doesnt work run the "chkdsk" command to see if the hard drive is still good, because that NTLDR (new technology loader) error sometimes means you have a dead hard drive.