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Asked: 2011-08-20 17:39:40 +0800 CST

NTLDR is corrupt the system cannot boot - Win 2008

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I have a new server with no OS. I setup BIOS to boot from the DVD drive.

I opended the ISO file for Windows 2008 RS using PowerISO. Then burned it to DVD.

I insert the DVD in and when I boot up I get error: NTLDR is corrupt the system cannot boot

Debugging steps:

I tried both Win 2008 Standard and Web editions.

I also tried renaming the files, like changing: en_windows_web_server_2008_x64_dvd_x14-26683.iso to: 26683.iso

I also tried burning it at a slower speed: 2x

Same error each time.

Any ideas?

thanks!

windows-server-2008 bios iso

2 Answers

  1. Sounds like a corrupted ISO. There is no NTLDR in Win2008 and newer OSes. They use BCD and winload.exe. Try verifying the checksum of the ISO with the download source, probably don't match.

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  2. If you opened the ISO and then burned the contents, you did it wrong. Doing that will cause you to lose the boot sector, among other things. You need to burn the ISO as a whole. Windows 7/2008R2 can do this natively. If you're on an older OS, there are tons of tools to do this.

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