NTLDR Missing Press Ctrl Al Del to Restart

[SazzyC0]

This is the error message I keep getting on my PC at home and cant seem to get past this. I have looked it up and am going to try and find my XP disc at home and try and repair this. Has anyone else experienced this / know what causes it / and know the best way to fix it?

[daffy654]

This site has the reasons for this error and some possible solutions:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.ht m

[squarebear]

Before you do the :

copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

as listed in that link, I would first do chkdisk /R as that cured it for me when I had it. This checks the hard disk and attemptes to correct any problems.

[ACtheTROLL]

follow the suggestions in reverse order ... check the disc first ... then if no errors are found ... repair

but be prepared to do a full install .... or possibly install a new disc

hard to say why but - generally (in order of how lucky are you feeling)
1 just 1 of those things ... sometimes it happens
2 you switched off (or crashed) and the file system is corrupt
3 Virus ... or careless and deleted wrong file
4 the HDD is either dead or dying

[SazzyC0]

OK, so I had a look last night and can't find the disc anywhere! What can I do without the disc...help!

[ACtheTROLL]

if you have a floppy
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305595
this will create a startup disc ....

or

http://www.free-av.com/en/tools/11/avira_ntfs4 dos_personal.html

http://www.free-av.com/en/tools/12/avira_antiv ir_rescue_system.html

[pentecost]

If you have not sorted it, it might be worth looking in the bios set up first. I have found that sometimes the bios can misplace the information about the hard drive and running auto detect restores it and the computer starts normally after that.