NTLDR is missing press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to restart
Jess Maree:
Pedobait's PC is officially FUBAR'ed. Thank God for sister's laptop. Apologies of any spelling/grammar errors.
I was on the 'net and my shitbox PC froze on me. I restarted it, and I got the error "NTLDR is missing press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to restart". I looked around with my mad Google-fu and I have no idea how to fix it. I don't understand hardcore techie language, forgive me.
OK, so I read that I can make the computer work by copying files from the Win XP installation CD. But I don't have it. I have a zOMG Vista upgrade disk, but when I put in the program key thing-o it said I had to install Windoze from my current OS.
In short, WTF do I do? Could I just by a new Windoze CD and re-install it? If I have to go to Vista I will, and I don't have any importaint stuff on the PC so I don't mind losing anything. Luckily the semester is almost over so I don't have any assignments to work on. Windoze can suck on my big, hairy, metaphorical balls. I really hate Micosoft right about now.
Thank you for any advice, and if I dissappear for ages this is why.
ETA: I know how to access the CD drive so I could re-install Windoze but I don't know how to make a boot disk. WTF is a boot disk? Yeah, Windoze will get a boot alright. A boot up the ass with my steelcaps!
toad:
I had something similar happen to me on a computer a few years back, and I think we were able to recover all the data by acquiring a new windows CD (don't buy one, borrow one off a friend) and doing a reinstall but not a complete reformat. If you don't mind losing all the data, I'd go down that path.
Unfortunately, I have the horrible sinking feeling that this was a major symptom of the computer dying, however, and we ended up replacing it as a result.
Hopefully someone can lend you some more helpful advice!
Theo:
"NTLDR is missing" : http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm#b
If that's hard to understand, your only choice is to reinstall windows. A copy of Windows XP installation CD can be found at the pirate bay ;)
witch:
Just double check you haven't got a floppy disk in the drive and that your PC is not set to boot from floppy.
Not that that's EVER happened to me....
Ryslin:
boot disk in old days was floppy disk that gave you a bit of OS to get you moving (so you could install other things..oh like an OS)
Technically if you have the original xp cd..just pop that in the drive and go. Most OS cdroms are bootable
You may need to load into bios to make sure booting from CDROM is enabled.
(usually press delete right after post beep)
If you pirate .. you need to read up on how to make a bootable cdrom for the OS you are burning to disk. This can be easy or difficult depending on the OS on the computer you are making the burn on.
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