NTLDR

[Guest]

When I start the computer all I get is the message "NTLDR is missing. Press
any key to restart".

 

[Bruce Chambers]

When I start the computer all I get is the message "NTLDR is missing. Press
any key to restart".

Do you have a non-bootable floppy disk in the floppy drive? Is your
BIOS recognizing the presence of your hard drive?


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[Guest]

You'll need to boot with your Windows CD, and when you see the message "Press
any key to boot from cd...." obviously press a key, ha ha.

Choose the Repair (R) option, but do not begin a "repair install". You want
to choose "Recovery Console" (C). You'll need the administrator password
(usually blank on many home systems, unfortunatly).

Type MAP, and then press ENTER. Note the drive letter that is assigned to
the CD-ROM drive that contains the Windows CD-ROM.

Type the following, and then press ENTER.
copy drive:\i386\ntldr c:\

Now type this, and press ENTER.
copy drive:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

If you are prompted to overwrite the file, type y, and then press ENTER.

Finally, type EXIT, press ENTER, and allow the computer to reboot.


Shawn

 

[Jone Doe]

When I start the computer all I get is the message "NTLDR is missing.
Press
any key to restart".

Take the disk out of the floppy drive and try it again.

or check the following possibilities:

Cause:

1.. Computer is booting from a non-bootable source.
2.. Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS.
3.. Corrupt NTLDR and/or NTDETECT.COM file.
4.. Misconfiguration with the boot.ini file.
5.. Attempting to upgrade from a Windows 95, 98, or ME computer that is
using FAT32.
6.. New hard disk drive being added.
7.. Corrupt boot sector / master boot record.
8.. Seriously corrupted version of Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
9.. Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

When I start the computer all I get is the message "NTLDR is missing.
Press any key to restart".

"You receive an "NTLDR is missing" error message when you start your
computer" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320397/en-us

"Changing Active Partition Can Make Your System Unbootable"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/228004/en-us

 

[Guest]

I booted to the XP CD and this is what I see:
1 H:\MiniNT
2 H:\I386

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Visit my website http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Click the Win XP Faq
button and take a look at question 37 'How do correct an ntldr or ntdetect
not found message'


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[Guest]

Thanks to all of you for your advice. This computer is two years old. It came
with XP. Nothing has been added.