Comments on: NTLDR is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:54:31 +0000

JQPWR is compressed.. ctrl+alt+delete to restart….Im having this error once im switching on my PC. What do I have to do? I have windows 7 installed and I dont have the original OS upon a CD but I have a windows xp OS that when trying to reboot is not working either, I have downloaded a recovery of windows 7 on a pendrive but still not working!!! what can I do? and also do I have to burn the recovery on a CD

Many Thanks
G

By: Eddie Mattison

Eddie Mattison — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:23:48 +0000

Hi Roscoe, this looks like a great site to fix “NTLDR is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart on a black screen with white writing when trying to boot into Windows”. I used Comodo Dragon and rebooted to those same words, no further. I have a 854n Hp Media Center running xp. I have tried running a nondestructive recovery and also running recovery disks, I created before, when the computer would boot up. But just like alot of these folks, I’m getting nowhere. I can’t get a command prompt to type in the words that might uncompress it. Do you have any suggestions for me, sir? I looked thru alot of these notes, but not all of them. Found alot of similarities . Haven’t found a solution yet. Please help

By: rick

rick — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:25:43 +0000

Thanks for the reply, would there be an issue if I went with vista? I don’t think mine will run anything above that without hardware upgrades.

By: Rosco

Rosco — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:03:57 +0000

Hi Rick, Upgrading Windows (presumably to Windows 7) will get rid of the NTLDR is missing error.

By: rick

rick — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:43:20 +0000

Since I intend on upgrading the version of windows currently on the machine any ways, would buying a new copy of windows and running tell disk fix my machine?

By: Tim Barry

Tim Barry — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:42:22 +0000

I actually installed a BRAND NEW mouse and restarted. The mouse now moves and I’ve been working thru the SETUP. It’s now at a “Are you Ready to Register with Microsoft screen….so I guess I’m on my way. YOU are THE MAN. How can anyone ever thank you enough?

By: Tim Barry

Tim Barry — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:13:21 +0000

Yes, the cd \ command DID WORK. Now the attrib -c c:ctldr has worked, and the EXIT (enter) command has worked. I’m now on a SETUP screen that I can operate, because my curser won’t move.

By: Rosco

Rosco — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:10:01 +0000

You should check the physical mouse cable and connectors to make sure it is connected properly. Then power down and reboot but make sure the Windows XP CD is removed. You might test the mouse on a different PC also.

By: Tim Barry

Tim Barry — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:04:16 +0000

I don’t SEE either of the last two messages I’ve sent to you, do you see them? My curser won’t move…it’s frozen in the middle of the screen. I can’t go through the Microsoft “Let’s set up your computer” prompts. The curser will not move. Should I power-down and reboot?

By: Rosco

Rosco — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:58:10 +0000

Well Tim…looks like your ‘NTLDR is compressed’ woes are over and you’re into the Windows XP Setup screen.

Have you removed the Windows XP CD and rebooted without it?

By: Tim Barry

Tim Barry — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:49:09 +0000

It now shows welcome to miscrosoft windows screen
and says: “Let’s spend a few minutes setting up your computer.
There is an ARROW curser in the middle of the page and a NEXT button on the bottom, right. But the curser won’t MOVE, when I move the mouse. I’ve had this problem before and rebooting was the only way to get the curser to move again. What SHOULD I do now, Sir?

By: Tim Barry

Tim Barry — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:43:02 +0000

OK…SOME success….It’s now a screen that says:
Welcome to Microsoft Windows
Let’s spend a few minutes setting up your computer
…and it has a next button, on the bottom, right
It shows the ARROW curser in the middle of the screen, but it does not move with the mouse movement. It is frozen in place.
WHAT do I do next?

By: Tim Barry

Tim Barry — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:38:47 +0000

Nevermind! I figured it out and entered the proper command.

It didn’t reject the command, but it also didn’t say anything positive, it just want back to the c:\> line
So I typed EXIT and now I have a light blue screen that says:
Please wait while Windows prepairs to start

You Sir are a GOD among men. I honestly don’t know how to thank you properly, or enough!

UPDATE: It currently show a black screen with Windows XP, Home Edition and the message: Please wait. In the middle of the screen is the hour glass, which is normally spinning, but it’s NOT spinning. It looks like the computer has frozen up again. Gosh, I hope this works! Let me go look again…

By: Rosco

Rosco — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:26:55 +0000

Tim, there’s NO space in the command attrib.

Did the cd \ command work?

The second command should be:

attrib -c c:\ntldr

Sorry mate, can’t make it any clearer then that.

By: Tim Barry

Tim Barry — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:19:58 +0000

It’s giving me the same: The command is not recognized. for the command att rib ….(and the rest of it….)
the second command is not working the way I’m typing it.
Also please indicate which, if any, need to be upper case.
I’m a dummy, which is why I need so much helo….

By: Tim Barry

Tim Barry — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:12:35 +0000

sorry…THAT WORKED! Now, what is the PROPER SPACING in the command: att rib – c c:ntldr
Or is that the correct command? We’re almost there! Please son’t give up on me….

By: Rosco

Rosco — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:03:25 +0000

Theres a SPACE between ‘cd’ and ‘\’

Type cd \ and try again

By: Tim Barry

Tim Barry — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:55:46 +0000

OKAY! I entered “3″ for C:\WINDOWS
(I’ve never SET an Admin password, so I just hit the ENTER key on the keyboard. The following came up:
C:\WINDOWS (and a curser, of sorts, a square box)
I added: cd\ to the end of the command and hit enter again.
The following is what the computer said:
The command is not recognized. Type HELP for a list…

It still displays: C:\WINDOWS>

By: Rosco

Rosco — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:43:16 +0000

Tim,
When you see:

1: H:MiniNT
2: H: \I386
3: C: \Windows

Choose 3

Enter admin password if requested.

Type:
cd \
attrib -c c:\ntldr

Press enter after each of the above two commands.
R.

By: Tim Barry

Tim Barry — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:30:44 +0000

OK….It didn’t hurt to ask, I hope. No phone support. I now have a LOT of typing to do….
I pushed the option to get into the XP Recovery Console, it offered:
1: H:MiniNT
2: H: \I386
3: C: \Windows

I pushed (1) one, per the instructions. NO Admin Password was asked for. I typed: cd\ (and hit the enter button)
(att rib – c c:\ntldr – would have been next)
BUT it didn’t recognize the first command – I type HELP to see what commands it would accept. There are a LOT of them.
I don’t think I’m in the right place, BUT it IS reading the new CD. I just need to figure out what to do next. THANK YOU, SO MUCH, FOR ALL YOUR HELP. I’m close now….closer than I have been