NTLDR is missing error message

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Windows XP. Dell Dimension 8300

At startup I get the message"NTLDR is missing, hit control, alt, delete to
restart." Doing that gets me about 2 seconds of the Dell startup page and
then I'm back to the same message.

I booted up using F12 and ran tests. Result was keyboard error.

Key Sequence and Key Interactive failed.
Error codes: 2C00:031B and 021C.

Since I can't get beyond the error message I can't try any of the fixes
Windows Help suggests. And, by the way, my search only gives me results for
Windows 2000 not XP.

I have not recently changed or upgraded any software.

Suggestions?
 
dusty boots said:
Windows XP. Dell Dimension 8300

At startup I get the message"NTLDR is missing, hit control, alt, delete to
restart." Doing that gets me about 2 seconds of the Dell startup page and
then I'm back to the same message.

I booted up using F12 and ran tests. Result was keyboard error.

Key Sequence and Key Interactive failed.
Error codes: 2C00:031B and 021C.

Since I can't get beyond the error message I can't try any of the fixes
Windows Help suggests. And, by the way, my search only gives me results
for
Windows 2000 not XP.

I have not recently changed or upgraded any software.
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For once, the error message is actually telling you what is wrong (though
asking you to press ctrl,alt + del is almost as clever as the error mesage
telling you that there is no keyboard and to press F1 to continue).

You need to replace the missing NTLDR from your windows installation disc.
It can be found in (assuming your CD drive is D:) D:\i386\ntldr. Just copy
it to your root folder on your hard disc. You may need to boot from the
install disc and go into the recovery console to copy the file.
 
Thanks, computerhope has me started on the right path but I'm stuck on
instruction #3 "copy these three files, from the root of the Windows drive
(C:\)
Boot.ini
NTLDR
Ntdetect.com

How do I find these files? I have gone to my computer, c drive, Windows but
cannot find the files. Thanks.
 
dusty said:
Thanks, computerhope has me started on the right path but I'm stuck on
instruction #3 "copy these three files, from the root of the Windows drive
(C:\)
Boot.ini
NTLDR
Ntdetect.com

How do I find these files? I have gone to my computer, c drive, Windows but
cannot find the files. Thanks.
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The instruction reads: "Copy the below two files to the root directory
of the primary hard disk. In the below example we are copying these
files from the CD-ROM drive letter, which in this case is "e." This
letter may be different on your computer.

copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\
"

Maybe your CD drive isn't the E: drive, maybe it's the D: drive. Then
again, if you have an OEM Restore CD, none of the files or folders
needed may be present on the CD. Look in C:\i386\ for the two files and
if there, copy from that drive.

copy C:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy C:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

Look for the files elsewhere on your hard drive too.
 
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