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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Windows Server 2008: NTLDR is missing

Does your server start up with this message:

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  • NTLDR is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

If your answer is an affirmative YES, this is what you’ll need to do:

1. Mount Windows Server 2008 DVD and boot from it.

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2. Click “Repair your computer”

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3. Make sure “System Recovery Options” finds an Operating System and click Next.

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4. Systems recovery tool is started and click “Command Prompt”

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Since Windows 2008 / Windows Vista the Windows Setup includes some new tools. We are going use the bootrec.exe.

5. Execute the following commands from the command prompt:

  • bootrec.exe /FixMbr
  • bootrec.exe /FixBoot
  • bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd

6. Close “Command Prompt” and click Restart

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Windows Server 2008 boot will be booting up again !