Windows Xp-NTDL DR is missing

andrew1977

Hello Folks

Can anyone help me please.

When i try to boo up my desktop pc i get the black screen and "NTL DR is missing "

It says press CTRL ALT DLT to restart, but when i do nothing happens.

Thank you

snappieT

OK, NTLDR stands for NT Loader, and it helps Windows to start. Something has gone a bit wrong.

Pop in your Windows install CD (you would have got it when you bought the PC), and go for the option of entering the "Recovery Console". This will re-write NTLDR for you and allow you to boot back into Windows.

Jonathan

snappieT was 90% there.

The recovery console will bring up a commandline (similar to when you open a cmd prompt from within windows). At the commandline, you need to type fixboot.

andrew1977

Thanks folks for the reply, the desktop is donkeys years old, i wouldnt have a clue where the CD is now.

Any other options to get round it or else speak to my buddy in our I.T dept in work tomorrow and he should have the cd i need ?

Gadgetman496

Could the machine be trying to boot from a pen drive, external HDD of CD?

Sometimes the systems BIOS is set to boot from other devices & will give the NTLDR missing error if it sees a non boo-table device first.

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daftdave

yeah man , you need an xp cd to do a repair , your techie buddy should have one handy somewhere , its pretty straightforward from there

andrew1977

Thanks folks for all the advice, fingers crossed i get it up and running again,
Much appreciated to all who replied.

andrew1977

No joy folks, put the windows xp disc in , waited for it to load, just keep getting the NTL DR message , press ctlr alt del to restart, do that but same screen over and over again
If i keep ctrl alt delete pressed a screen comes up saying Phoenix Bios Setup and asking me to enter a password, a password of which i have no idea ?

Anyone help me please ?

Thank you

Jonathan

Unless there is an option to hold a button to choose boot device, you are going to have to remember that password.

Your pc is turning on and looking at the hd first. You need it to look at the cd first.

petes

Or since it's donkeys years old, is there a floppy drive on it?

andrew1977

Insurgent wrote: »

Or since it's donkeys years old, is there a floppy drive on it?

Yes there is an option for a floppy disc .

Cheers.