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Matthew Bouley Joined: Jan 12, 2009 Posts: 7 Other Topics	Posted Jan 12, 2009 at 7:23:31 PM Subject: PClinuxOS_2007 Please help I have installed PClinuxOS_2007 onto a blank harddrive in my laptop and it now comes up with a error message: NTLDR is missing Press ctrl - alt - del to restart. Can anyone help me past this. The program runs great of the CD and everything looks good on the install. I just can't get it to run from the harddrive.
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tophandcwby Joined Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 81 Other Topics	Posted: Jan 12, 2009 7:31:14 PM Subject: PClinuxOS_2007 Please help It sounds to me like you didn't modify the master boot record (mbr) with grub or lilo. Try running one or the other.
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Matthew Bouley Joined Jan 12, 2009 Posts: 7 Other Topics	Posted: Jan 12, 2009 7:34:02 PM Subject: Re: PClinuxOS_2007 Please help how do you do that.
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Yomo Joined Jan 12, 2009 Posts: 6 Other Topics	Posted: Jan 12, 2009 7:36:16 PM Subject: PClinuxOS_2007 Please help Follow this instruction http://saleem-khan.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-to-reinstall-grub-on-pclinuxos.html
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Matthew Bouley Joined Jan 12, 2009 Posts: 7 Other Topics	Posted: Jan 12, 2009 7:37:43 PM Subject: Re: PClinuxOS_2007 Please help thanks I'll try that.
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Reed Joined Feb 07, 2008 Posts: 758 Other Topics	Posted: Jan 12, 2009 7:40:22 PM Subject: PClinuxOS_2007 Please help I would guess the boot loader isn't installed correctly. I believe that's a windows error message not a linux one, and it's trying to boot from a non-bootable drive. Did you let pclinuxos install the bootloader (grub) to the mbr (master boot record)? This thread talks about it under opensuse: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/susenovell-60/opensuse-11-ntldr-is-missing...-690714/ Open up /etc/grub.conf with a text editor and post the contents here. Also, open up the Konsole program, type: fdisk -l and post the output here. Have you tried reinstalling? When you say install onto a blank hd in your laptop, does that imply you have more than one harddrive? http://wiki.soslug.org/wiki/how_do_i_install_pclinuxos
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Matthew Bouley Joined Jan 12, 2009 Posts: 7 Other Topics	Posted: Jan 12, 2009 7:51:23 PM Subject: Re: PClinuxOS_2007 Please help I had two hd on my laptop. The main crashed and I took it out put the back up into the main slot. I had windows vista on the main; but the secondary said that there was no operating system found I assumed that windows didn't even touch that drive.
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