NTLDR missing

Trying to boot my pc and it comes up with NTLDR is missing, I have been having trouble with my hard drive lately. Any ideas!!

 

Here you go:

1. Use the Windows XP CD-ROM to restart the computer.

2. At the Welcome to Setup screen, press R to repair the Windows XP installation.

3. Press C to repair the Windows XP installation by using the Recovery Console.

4. Type the number that corresponds to the Windows installation that you want to repair, and then press ENTER. For example, type 1, and then press ENTER.

5. Type the Administrator password, and then press ENTER.

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

7. Type the following commands, pressing ENTER after you type each one, where drive is the drive letter that you typed in step 4 of "Method 2: Use the Recovery Console," of this article:

copy drive:\i386\ntldr c:\​

copy drive:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\​

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

NOTE: In these commands, there is a space between the ntldr and c:\, and between ntdetect.com and c:\.

8. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:

type c:\Boot.ini​

A list similar to the following list appears:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

If you receive the following message, the Boot.ini file may be missing or damaged:

The system cannot find the file or directory specified.​

9. If the Boot.ini file is missing or damaged, create a new one. To do so, follow these steps:

a. Use a text editor, such as Notepad or Edit.com, to create a boot loader file similar to the following boot loader file:​

[boot loader]​

timeout=30​

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS​

[operating systems]​

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect​

b. Save the file to a floppy disk as Boot.ini.​

c. Type the following command at the Recovery Console command prompt to copy the Boot.ini file from the floppy disk to the computer:​

NOTE: If you used Notepad to create the file, make sure that the .txt extension is not appended to the Boot.ini file name.​

copy a:\Boot.ini c:\​

10. Type exit, and then press ENTER. The computer restarts.

 

my system will not let me boot from cd, I tried changing my bios to allow first boot from cd. Will not allow. I have a gigabyte motherboard.

 

What model is your MoBo?

 

not sure! I am at work at the moment and have forgotten I think it starts with vsomething

 

Do you press CTRL+F1 or CTRL+G to get into your BIOS?

 

delete gets me to my bios!

 

Ok, once your are in your BIOS

go to Advanced BIOS Features

You may see something similar to this

Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]
First Boot Device [Floppy]
Second Boot Device [Hard Disk]
Third Boot Device [CDROM]
Password Check [Setup]

Change the boot order to CDROM, Hard Disk, Floppy

Do that by Highlighting the Selection, Hit [ENTER], use the [Page Up] and [Page Down] keys to page thru the devices. When done hit [F10] to save and then reboot.

 

Will try that tomorrow, by the way what is NTLDR and what is its function

 

NTLDR is the Boot loader for Windows NT based systems.

 

Thanks for your help. Sorry about pm, I am a bit stressed about loosing info on pc.Thanks again!

 

Just like to keep stuff in the forum. That way if someone else has the same problem they can see the solution.