NTLDR missing

[gautamhir]

Whenever i try to start my pc. a message show that "NTLDR missing" in the black screen. what is the problem? and what may b the solution of it? please help me....

 

[RHochstenbach]

Do you have a floppy disk inserted in your floppy drive?

 

[gautamhir]

Do you have a floppy disk inserted in your floppy drive?

There is no floppy disk inserted in ,my floppy drive. i am using windows xp sp2

 

[cube_]

NTLDR is a hidden system file located in your C: directory. The file must have gotten corrupted through a virus or some other cause...
To fix this issue, you need to copy back NTLDR to drive C:. There are two methods of going about this:

1. FLOPPY - Grab a diskette and copy the NTLDR file to it through a friends computer. The file is hidden and is located in drive C:. Once copied, insert the diskette in your computer and Windows should boot up normally. Once booted up, copy the file from the diskette to drive C:.

2. WINDOWS XP DISC -

• Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer.
• When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.
• Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.
• Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.
• You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password.
• Copy the below two files to the root directory of the primary hard disk. In the below example we are copying these files from the CD-ROM drive letter, which in this case is "e." This letter may be different on your computer.
  
  copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\
  copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\
• Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.

source - NTLDR is missing

 

[gautamhir]

NTLDR is a hidden system file located in your C: directory. The file must have gotten corrupted through a virus or some other cause...
To fix this issue, you need to copy back NTLDR to drive C:. There are two methods of going about this:

1. FLOPPY - Grab a diskette and copy the NTLDR file to it through a friends computer. The file is hidden and is located in drive C:. Once copied, insert the diskette in your computer and Windows should boot up normally. Once booted up, copy the file from the diskette to drive C:.

2. WINDOWS XP DISC -

• Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer.
• When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.
• Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.
• Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.
• You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password.
• Copy the below two files to the root directory of the primary hard disk. In the below example we are copying these files from the CD-ROM drive letter, which in this case is "e." This letter may be different on your computer.
  
  copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\
  copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\
• Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.

source - NTLDR is missing

Thanks.........