I had a similar problem yesterday. I was having a problem installing WinXPH
on a neighbors computer. I was trying to wipe out all traces of the aborted
installation, so I deleted the NTLDR file from the C:\ folder. After that,
the computer would not even begin to boot from the hard disks or the CD
drives, only from a floppy. I booted with a Win98SE startup disk, asking
for CD support, and then copied the NTLDR file from the WinXPH CD, in the
I386 folder, to the C:\ folder. After I did this I could boot the machine
again from the hard disk and the CD drive. This may or may not be
applicable to your situation. HTH
Jim Maki[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This morning I was burning a DVD when the computer started beeping. I
> checked temps and fans, and all seemed within reasonable ranges. The
> system then shut down and re-booted. Everything "seemed" fine until I
> received the error message "NTLDR is missing. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to
> reboot."
>
> I cannot now get the system to boot from anything but a floppy. I started
> inspecting the innards and discovered a SATA cable with a cracked housing
> which was loose. I replaced the cable and tried again. No luck. (this
SATA
> drive is part of the main, bootable SATA RAID that contains the OS and
> program files)
>
> I have tried to boot from the cdrom (it is enabled in the bios and worked
> in the past). I even set all three selections to boot from cdrom and
still
> get the NTLDR is missing error message. I have checked and reseated the
> IDE and SATA data and power cables. No luck.
>
> Before this problem, the system was set up to boot from the SATA RAID. It
> contains an IDE RAID and two additional IDE drives. I also have an IDE
> CDRW and DVD/RW.
>
> I have several bootable cdr/rw disks that have worked fine in the past
> (bootable win me disk with Partition Magic and Ghost 2003 and Acronis
True
> Image). I have used Ghost to back up the SATA RAID. Now, when I boot to a
> win me floppy with Ghost, I cannot see the SATA or IDE RAIDs.
>
> Any ideas of where to continue troubleshooting? Ideas or tips on what the
problem might be?
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