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DOCUMENT:Q103268 20-AUG-1993 [W_NT]
TITLE :Windows NT Err Msg: Boot Couldn't Find NTLDR...
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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SUMMARY
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The file allocation table (FAT) file system allows a maximum of 512
files or directories in the root directory of a given partition. If
this limitation prevents Windows NT Setup from copying the file NTLDR
to the root of the bootable partition, you will be unable to complete
the installation of Windows NT.
MORE INFORMATION
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If you attempt to install Windows NT to a machine that has a bootable
partition that is formatted as FAT and has reached the limit of 512
files on the root directory, Windows NT Setup will be unable to copy
NTLDR to the root of drive C. If NTLDR cannot be copied to the root of
drive C, you will receive the following error:
Setup encountered an error while copying the file NTLDR.
The offending file will be skipped but setup may not be able
to correctly install Windows NT.
You will not be given the option to exit Setup at this point, and
Setup will resume. When you are prompted to restart at the completion
of the text mode portion of Setup, you will receive the following
error as Windows NT attempts to load the graphical portion of Setup:
Boot couldn't find NTLDR.
Please insert another disk.
To work around this problem and successfully continue the setup of
Windows NT, perform the following steps:
1. Restart the machine with an MS-DOS system disk.
2. Delete one or more files from the root of drive C.
3. Expand NTLDR._ from either Disk 1 of the Windows NT
setup floppy disks, or from the \i386 directory of the
Windows NT CD-ROM, to the root of drive C.
NOTE: EXPAND.EXE is compressed on both the Windows NT setup
floppy disks and the Windows NT CD-ROM. You can, however,
use EXPAND.EXE from MS-DOS 6.0 or Windows 3.1.
4. Remove the MS-DOS system disk and restart the machine, which
should bring the system back to Setup.
NOTE: Similar problems may occur with the file NTDETECT.COM.
The four steps outlined above should also solve this problem.
Additional reference words: 3.1 NTDETECT SETUP
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