NTLDR is missing....HELP!
 

trying to load xp on a desktop - when it tries to boot it says: Boot from CD : twice and then CDBOOT: Couldn't find NTLDR
I then get 'NTLDR is missing error'....

I'm not a expert but I've tried a few different things. The computer didn't work when I got it so I don't know what os was on it but from the problem it would appear to have been 95' - It has a cd drive as the primary - dvd rom as slave - 40gb 'freshly formated' hd - I'm trying to load xp from the dvd-rom drive. I was told to find and copy - Ntldr(dot)exe, boot(dot)ini, and NTDETECT(dot)COM from a different cpu - to a disk and load from there but I can't find the [ntldr] or [boot] files - any suggestions??? :helpme

Throw it away and buy a new one. Not worth the problems.

"I'm trying to load xp from the dvd-rom drive"

Load it from the cd-rom

If you can't figure it out beyond that, you need to make start up disks & boot from floppy, it'll be about 6 disks (if i remember correctly)

just type "xp startup disks" in google

dvd disc

just reload

I'm trying but it won't read/access the xp disc - I've messed with the bios configurations trying 3 or 4 different settings but it still freezes up and gives me the NTLDR is missing - press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to reboot

Your XP disk is probably messed up.

happens sometimes ...

boot with a win98 or millenium start up.

once loaded at the prompt:

fdisk

then:

delete partitions

then reboot I think ( or later)

then: create partition

etc....

try then to boot from the XP cd on reboot ...

You could also format the drive after all the " fdisk" shit ....

no 876543

directfiesta - thanks - sounds like it should work - gonna have to dig for a 98 or me disk tomorrow :thumbsup

NP.

get your boot disk here :

http://www.bootdisk.com/

faster than searching our desks....