On 05/11/05, Simo Kauppi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 04:20:50PM +0100, Alessandro Ciorcalo wrote: > > On 05/11/05, Simo Kauppi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The 'ntldr missing' could mean that it is really missing from the > > > Windows disk. I guess you can mount the Win disk from Linux and check if > > > the Win is missing some of its files. > > > > Thank you Simo, I have tried all possible combinations in the menu.lst > > file but there's no way to let it raise. As you have suggested I have > > mounted the /dev/hdb disk under linux looking for the boot files but I > > can't see them, neither with ls nor with ls -a, since they usually are > > hidden in windows, but there's no trace of them. > > Yes, you should see them from Linux mount even though they are hidden in > Windows. I'm afraid they have been deleted accidentally.
yes, they have been accidentally deleted: I booted the system from the secondary drive and still got the message "ntldr missing". So far I have to restore - and maybe reinstall - windows on the secondary drive minding to preserve debian on the first!!! Thank you Simo, Good night! ilvecchioalex
