NTLDR missing

[Christopher]

New drive 160Gb Maxtor, Win XP Pro, clean installed. 2
weeks later after rebooting computer I get "NTLDR missing
press "ctr-alt-del"

Anybody had that? Reformating HD not an option.

 

[ras]

Insert XP CD and do a Repair installation. It will just repair / overwrite
the system files so you won't lose any data.

 

[Taurarian]

Make sure you don't have a floppy in the drive when booting.

Perhaps this information will be of assistance to you:

Possible cause is a damaged boot sector or a missing or corrupt ntldr or
ntdetect.com files. Use the COPY command to replace damaged files from the
Win XP CD.
Boot from the Win XP CD and enter the Recovery Console. At the Command
Prompt type the following ( "X" is your CD-Rom drive letter). Allow the
files to overwrite the old files
COPY X:\i386\NTLDR C:
COPY X:\i386\NTDETECT.COM C:
A damaged Boot Sector can be repaired at the command prompt by typing
FIXBOOT and press Enter. Then answer "Y".

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654
How to use the Recovery Console

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314057
"NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message When You Upgrade or Install Windows XP
Over Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition