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02-08-2009, 11:36 PM
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Newb Techie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 31
|  Booting up "NTLDR is Missing"
Not sure what is causing this, but when I'm booting up my PC, after the PCI Device listing dialog is displayed, it says
NTLDR is missing, press Alt+CTRL+Del to restart.
I can't seem to get around this. Any idea what this is? | 
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02-08-2009, 11:50 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 5,481
| Re: Booting up "NTLDR is Missing"
NTLDR is missing
It's a very common error usually fixed with a repair with your Windows CD/DVD. | |
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02-09-2009, 01:46 AM
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Yee Ol' Salt Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: USA Posts: 626
| Re: Booting up "NTLDR is Missing"
Usually it means your Bios is booting to the wrong drive or your main drive has lost it's boot files.. have you installed a new drive or made changes in your Bios recently? check to see if your Bios is booting to the correct drive..
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02-09-2009, 10:19 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: C:\Windows\System32 Posts: 25,728
| Re: Booting up "NTLDR is Missing"
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02-09-2009, 05:17 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 13,739
| Re: Booting up "NTLDR is Missing"
boot to your windows CD, go to the recovery console, and use the "fixmbr" and "fixboot" commands
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09-10-2009, 03:28 PM
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Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: ny Posts: 2
| Re: Booting up "NTLDR is Missing"
i have a question and i am looking for a bit more help. i am not great with fixing computers... but i know mine pretty well and i can fix it usually when its on the fritz... but in the last 1-2 months i have been getting this "ntldr is missing" error message and my ex gave me the spotmau power suite to help me fix it... but... i frequently turn my computer on and it will have this error message and i will fix it and then the next day i go to turn it on and it wont boot still... can anyone please tell me what to do? i can keep using spotmau as a temporary solution... but i want this fixed its driving me crazy...
thanks,
Sparkey
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09-10-2009, 03:33 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: C:\Windows\System32 Posts: 25,728
| Re: Booting up "NTLDR is Missing"
Have you checked any of the links provided? They should fix the issue easily.
Can also try inserting the XP CD and getting to the recovery console, from there type in these commands from the DOS prompt:
fixboot
fixmbr
Restart and that should fix it as well.
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09-10-2009, 09:26 PM
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Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: ny Posts: 2
| Re: Booting up "NTLDR is Missing"
do you know why this error message comes up almost everyday? i dont get it... though... i dont get alot of this stuff...
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09-10-2009, 09:59 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: C:\Windows\System32 Posts: 25,728
| Re: Booting up "NTLDR is Missing"
It is because your MBR, Master Boot Record, is not correct. Using the steps provided it should fix this error.
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09-11-2009, 02:19 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 13,739
| Re: Booting up "NTLDR is Missing"
If you fix it using the Windows XP recovery console, and it still becomes corrupt, it's probably malware on your system.
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