Art Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 I reloaded Windows XP on a Compaq Presario. This was a standard, non-destructive recovery. After re booting, I received the error message NTLDR is compressed Press C tl+Alt+Del.. The fix is to go to a command line and enter attrib -c ntldr . When I do this I get the message that -c is an invalid switch. In looking through other material I do not see where c is a switch for the attrib command, but I can see where it could be used to "turn off compression" in ntldr. What am I missing here.. Last year I did something similar, not this specifically, and it worked for a compressed disk problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Welcome to the Windows Forum.The fix is to go to a command line and enter attrib -c ntldr .Where did you find this fix, and where did you issue that command from?Do you have a C:\i386 folder on your system? If so, can you try this commandexpand d:\i386\ntldr._ c:\ntldr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted November 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 The attrib -c ntldr came from the HP/Compaq FAQs, which gives a fix for the error "NTLDR is compressed." I will check on the i386 foulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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