NTDLR is missing

Another job for me again. I do not understand how people cannot go online and figure the information for themselves. But these problems are a good learning tool for me.
Ok, with this latest laptop that I got, the screen appears, NTDLR is missing, press ctrl-alt-del to restart. My friend already told me that he ran a Windows XP recovery disk but the blue screen appears and the problem is not fixed.
I ran HDD hard drive check and it fails.
Worse case scenario, does this mean that the hard drive will have to be replaced?
http://tinyempire.com/notes/ntldrismissing.htm
The above is a website I have used and I have tried to reset the Bios options to boot a usb drive with the correction files but nothing happens.
I have searched the web for related problems, namely that the restore disk does not finish and found nothing.
Thank you for your help, you are all making it so that I do not have to really worry about computer problems.

 

Don't get so "Excited", Newbie. :-D :major

Google is always your friend.
NTDLR is missing. (typo) should be NTLDR is missing
http://www.google.com/search?q=NTDLR+is+missing&hl=en&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images

Google covers both spellings, so you are not alone.

Bazza

 

Hmm, so disk sanitize after all huh? I thought so...

 

Missing NTLD and a BSOD... very fatal and irritating combination. It happened to me and here is the overview of what I've done.
1. fixed BSOD making sure that I have the correct BSOD code so I had to "disable auto restart during error".
2. use recovery console to replace the file.
hope this helps.