"NTLDR is missing" - do I have to reinstall XP to get around this and boot up?

[tdick]

Hello, I am getting error message "NTLDR is missing" when trying to
boot up my Dell Dimension 8250 XP box. F2 and F12 work but F8 (safe
mode) does not, at least I have not been able to get it to boot to safe

mode. Have rebooted from the XP boot disk and run chkdsk /r but this
does not solve it. Am advised by a local tech help person that only
solution will be to reinstall XP. Does anyone know of alternatives to
this? I would rather not do a full reinstall of XP if I can help it.
Thanks.

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Try this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318728

hth

 

[tdick]

Thanks. This article is for Windows 2000, I am on XP. Scared to do
anything which might render the disk (and a lot of stuff on it)
inaccessible if it does not work.

 

[Brian K]

Hope this helps.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm

 

[Black Baptist]

rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:

Hello, I am getting error message "NTLDR is missing" when trying to
boot up my Dell Dimension 8250 XP box. F2 and F12 work but F8 (safe
mode) does not, at least I have not been able to get it to boot to safe

mode. Have rebooted from the XP boot disk and run chkdsk /r but this
does not solve it. Am advised by a local tech help person that only
solution will be to reinstall XP. Does anyone know of alternatives to
this? I would rather not do a full reinstall of XP if I can help it.
Thanks.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-
us/bootcons_fixmbr.mspx



http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-
us/bootcons_fixboot.mspx