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Alan

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NTLDR is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart
« on: February 24, 2011, 12:32:04 PM »
After switching on your computer or after restarting Windows XP you receive the error NTLDR is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart on a black screen with white writing when trying to boot into Windows.

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Re: NTLDR is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2011, 12:36:07 PM »
Solutions
Solution 1 – Attrib NTLDR

The NTLDR file must be altered in order to clear this error and correctly boot.

   1. Boot into the Recovery Console
   2. When the console asks you to choose a Windows install to work with, enter 1 and press Enter
   3. When prompted, enter your Administrator password
   4. At the console prompt, enter the following commands, pressing Enter after each:

    cd \

    attrib -c c:\ntldr

    exit

try thise thinks if that dosen't work


C:\WINDOWS> prompt, type cd \
then type attrib -c c:\ntldr


or

C:\WINDOWS> prompt, type D:\
then type attrib -c c:\ntldr
exit

or
C:\WINDOWS> prompt, type D:
then type attrib -c c:\ntldr
exit

this should solve your probleme