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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>This article explains why a bare metal restore may fail with the error: NTDLR is missing</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p>After the restore completes all you see when you boot the system up is “NTDLR is missing, Press any key to restart”. This is caused by a corrupted NTDLR file. </p> <h4 data-id="to-resolve-this-issue-perform-the-following-procedure">To resolve this issue, perform the following procedure:</h4> <ol><li>Boot from Windows 2003 media</li> <li>Enter recovery console</li> <li>Fixboot</li> <li>Fixmbr</li> <li>Copy from CDdriveletter\i386\ntldr c:\ </li> <li>Copy from CDdriveletter\i386\ntdetect.com c:\ </li> <li>Ensure c:\boot.ini is pointing at proper location</li> </ol><h4 data-id="third-party-sources">Third-Party Sources</h4> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport.microsoft.com%2F%3Fkbid%3D816793">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816793</a></p> </article> </main>