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Bootcamp/Slipstreamed/XP SP2/Missing NTLDR file
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Jul 23, 2008, 12:43 PM
 
In short: When i try to boot from my slipstreamed xp sp2 cd i get an error : NTLDR file missing thus denying me from booting from it, and installing windows

I did a slipstream today of my old XP cd with SP2, inorder to do an install in boot camp. I followed Paul Thourruts tutorial, and then when that cd failed, the elder geeks tutorial, which also failed. i tried a total of 4 times, and thus now have more windows xp cd's that one would like in his possession at a time!

When i launch the boot camp assistant i do what it tells me to do, and insert the cd i slipstreamed, everything seems to go well, until i reach the actual booting of the cd. I get the error that the NTLDR file is missing, thus preventing me from installing windows, and getting any further, than restarting my mac, and holding the option button, boot in the trusty OSX (10.5)

I've been using NERO burning rom 5 for the burning and writing of the cd's, and i made sure i had the 'hidden' file 'microsoft corperation.img' extracted using the ISObuster program, in order to make the new CD bootable, but little has it apparently helped.

Please help me out here! grean thanks in advance
     
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Jul 23, 2008, 02:26 PM
 
Can you boot off of the original XP CD?

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What program are you using to do your slipstreaming? I have slipstreamed a LOT of discs and never come across this strange .img file.
     
   
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