JJMc 0 Report post Posted November 27, 2003 Ok, I upgraded my old HP Pavilion w/ a new MB and Athlon XP 2500 and was trying to install XP over 98 and something went really wrong. It said it needed to restart to make the changes or whatever. So it restarts, and as its coming back up, all it says on the screen is -SOMETHING- like "NTVDR missing...press any key to continue" So I press a key, then it says "boot failed...press any key to continue." Rinse, lather, repeat, can't boot the thing. Also, when I first booted it with 98 after doing the upgrade and before I even tried to install XP, as it was locating all the new hardware it would say "some files have been replaced w/ older files by a program you recently ran." Could this be it? What can I do? All I wanted to do was get XP on there... Any help is greatly awaited. -Big Jimmm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Insane Bump Machine 0 Report post Posted November 27, 2003 Does this help: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...7&Product=winxp ? PS: Did you install Windows 98 yourself or was it still the preinstalled OS from when you bought the PC? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJMc 0 Report post Posted November 27, 2003 Preinstalled OS and XP was a burned copy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Insane Bump Machine 0 Report post Posted November 27, 2003 Then I guess it's exactly the error described in that article. HP probably used a cloned image to install your PC, and didn't create the image on the same type of hard drive that your PC has. If you follow the instructions in the article closely it should work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Waldo Report post Posted November 27, 2003 JMTapes - I'm thinking you don't have an "upgrade" copy of Windows XP. The "upgrade" copy converts your hard drive from FAT32 to NTFS. The standalone disc (made for machines without operating systems) doesn't. That could be why you're getting the "NTVDR missing" error. It can't find the NTFS drive which XP needs to run on, and it has no means of converting your current drive to NTFS. Just a guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Insane Bump Machine 0 Report post Posted November 27, 2003 There is no NTVDR, he didn't remember it right. It's NTLDR, I know that for sure. You could also format your HD with fdisk/mbr, but all your files will be lost after that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted November 27, 2003 Format is the best option. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Haro972 Report post Posted November 28, 2003 So there's no way of getting back to 98 w/ all of my files? EDIT: This is JM. Someone else was logged in and I didn't notice... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted November 28, 2003 Probably is some way but it would probably be complicated if XP has partially installed over 98. That's why you backup before doing this type of thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJMc 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2003 Probably is some way but it would probably be complicated if XP has partially installed over 98. That's why you backup before doing this type of thing. Oh, well excuse the shit out of me.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
