Restart System - Message NTLDR Missing File
Feb 26, 2005
I just now installed the KDE Cygwin (kde-cygwin)for Windows on my Win XP SP2 machine. However, upon restart I am now receiving the message "NTLDR Missing". I have tried following the instruction found on numerous forums and at computerhope.com but I continue to receive the same message every restart. This is what I have done so far: Restarted with the Win XP CD-ROM and went to the Recovery Console. Logged into my C: drive using the admin password. Copied "F:i386NTLDR" and "F:i386NTDETECT.com" to the root of my C drive. Ran "bootcfg /rebuild" and then "fixboot". After doing all of the above I restarted and am still met with the "NTLDR Missing" message. Again I booted back into the Recovery Console and checked to see what had been written into the boot.ini file using "bootcfg /list" and this is what I got:
[1] ""
OS Load Options:
OS Location: C:WINDOWS
Does this look right?? I tried typing the "fixmbr" command in and was met with the message, "This computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot record." which was followed the threat that if I continued then I might lose all of the data on my drive, which is not an option for me. I am trying to avoid the need run a "repair installation" from the Win XP boot CD. That would require a lot of PITA work to update Windows back to SP2 and reinstall a bunch of other apps.
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Aug 6, 2007
I was getting the message "ntldr is missing-press any key to restart". I was able to fix that through trail and error. After I restarted my computer I got the message "disc error". Would someone be able to help out. I am running Windows XP.
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Sep 2, 2007
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Jan 1, 2007
I just reformatted my 20G HD. I have an Intel D845GLLY motherboard with a Pentium 4 processor. When I try to load Windows XP Pro from the installation disk it says "NTLDR is missing", so either it is not on my installation cd, or most likely the files are corrupt. I got my XP Pro from the MSDAA; I am in school to be a Computer Forensic Specialist. So, I got a floppy disk and copied NTLDR, NTDETECT, and boot.ini to it. When I put the floppy in my computer though, it says that it is not bootable. How do I get those (3) files on my computer that has been formatted? Are there other files that I need on my floppy.
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Jun 15, 2006
My buddy uses his computer, well his wife does for avon and stuff and she is having a fit so he called me. anyway he said the kids won't admit it but I don't know what they did blah, blah, blah I told him to calm down I would see what could find out for him. The computer turns on but comes up to a black screen and has the message
NTLDR is missing
press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.
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Aug 27, 2009
Booting up a Dell Dimension 9100. It has been working fine for 2 weeks since reformatting. Today, I tried to boot the machine and it gave the ntldr missing error message but it was in french. I put the install disk in and ran the fixboot and chkdsk utilities from command line. It booted up and ran fine. I shut down and tried to reboot again and the error message appeared again. Corrupt bios? I plan on updating the bios tomorrow and trying that. I have never seen a bios error message appear in French. Has anyone ever seen this before?
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Aug 19, 2006
I think this is a major problem I did a system restore on my home pc and it went to the hardware screen showing NTLDR is missing, I assume its a windows file and although it says press cont+alt+del to restart, it doesnt work , can anyone help as I dont have a windows XP cd as it came already set up, also how on earth has it happened simply from doing a restore?
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Jan 17, 2008
Ive been trying to install windows xp pro onto a compaq presario 5000 for the last 2 months but it doesnt want to go. i tried a flat out cd boot,
but i get an error "NTLDR file is missing" (never pressed a key when it said "Press any key to boot from cd"
I tried using the setup disks from microsoft at How to obtain Windows XP Setup boot disks
but right b4 the installation starts i get an error, "Value 0 in the setupsomethingorother file is corrupt or missing"
I tried to install windows xp pro from inside windows 2000 pro, but the stuff freezes the second i click install windows xp from the autorun menu's.
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Feb 14, 2005
she just defaged and she then restarted and now it wont start it says NTLDR is missing press any key 2 restart and when you press a key it says the same thing over and over again. what do i do or will i need 2 reformat?
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Jan 19, 2006
i booted up my other PC the other day and it wouldn't boot. i got the message 'missing NTLDR file press ctl-alt-del to reboot, and when i do the same message appears. i'm running a gen windows XP home OS.
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Oct 13, 2005
computer that has two hard drives and a different os on both hard drives. 1 Drive has windows 2000 pro, and the other has xp home. It was configured so that on boot up, there would be a choice of which operating system to boot into, though I do not know which drive was giving this choice. At this point when I boot, I get the error message "ntldr is missing press any key to restart". I have changed the boot order in the bios to see if it will boot from the other hard drive, and I get the same results.
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Apr 12, 2005
I have a 4 yr old second machine that is running windows 98(fat32) and I wanted to install XP on it. So I'm thinking ok I need to repartition it and make it NTFS before I can put xp on it right? So I try to boot up from my XP cd and it gives me a error saying
cd boot: couldn't find ntldr , I've tried to boot up on 2 other Original XP cds and I get the same error.
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Jan 17, 2005
All of a sudden I cannot boot up my Toshiba laptop (2.3mhz pent4, 512 RAM, Windows XP Home with SP2). I get the error message "Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:C:windowssystem32configsystem".By hitting the F8 key when starting I can get the start menu and I've tried booting into safe mode and I've tried "boot using last known good configuration" - but still get the same error message.
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May 7, 2006
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Jun 22, 2009
I ran a recovery on my computer and now I get a message, "NTLDR is Compressed press atl. ctrl. del to restart." When I restart it gives the same message each time.
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Whenever I start up windows on my HP, I get an error message saying I'm missing the hpzjrd01.dll file. Windows still runs, and I haven't noticed any problems, but I'd like to get rid of this error message. I've found sites (dll-files.com, etc.) where I can download the file, but I'm not sure if its safe and have not idea what folder to save the file in anyway.
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Feb 3, 2006
I recently had my computer ( AMD Athlon 3000+ ) ( Asrock K8 Combo-Z ) ( Seagate 200GB HDD ) running fine at 2.40GHz.I decided to push it to 2.50Ghz so I did. But then XP gave me an NTLDR error. "NTLDR is missing, Press Ctrl Alt Del to restart...". I read around on this forum and found out the best way to fix this is to use the Windows XP Install Disc -Recovery app.I have another problem though. When I insert the disc it says "Press any key to boot..",after that screen it says "Inspecting computer's hardware.." and then just goes to a blank screen.
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Jul 18, 2005
Computer is packed with spy-ware and viruses. I've been trying to clean it up and now I'm getting this message on start up. What should I do. The computer won't even start up. He is running a bootleg version of windows. And his setup disk doesn't seem to help. Windows could not start because the following file is either missing or corrupt. windowssystem32configsystem, You can attempt to repair this file by running windows setup using the originally setup CD-ROM. Select "r" at the first screen to start repair.
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Jan 26, 2005
what i would like is a step by step of how to repair this problem i have tryed copying this file from the xp disk to copy ntoskrnl.exe as follows e:where e is my cd drive e: copy e:i386toskrnl.exe c:windowssystem32 and it tells me file cant be found but when i do a dir e:i386 it gives me the file.
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Feb 4, 2005
So my sister gets hold of a computer in the house and ruins it, and here is the dilemma I am facing: I turn on the computer and right away i come to this message....
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
windowssystem32configSYSTEM
Attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the Original CD-ROM. Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair.
So I enter the cd rom and press 'r' for repair, I choose C:windows, however before it can begin to repair it asks me for an 'Administration Password' which I have no idea of after many attempts.
I do not want to have to format the pc since I have some very important files on it. Any help is appreciated.
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I initially had a problem with my xp which came up with a missing Hal.dll file and wouldnt boot. I tried using the xp recovery disc and eventually tried using Fixboot, thinking (foolishly?) that this is would help fix it. It now gives me a NTLDR error... Any suggestions as to how to fix this, have even tried slaving it externally but it only shows up a small completely empty drive at the moment, either 10mb or 10gb cant really remember,
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Mar 11, 2008
I am trying to set up a new computer and am using a HD that I formatted with my other PC so it would be empty. I am trying to install windows on the HD and I get the error NTLDR is missing.
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Jan 26, 2006
I deleted some base files on my C: the files were not in a folder just right on my root C:well i hit restart and now when my computer wont boot. it says."NTLDR is MISSING.. press CTRL + ALT + DEL to restart."well i went to this website.
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Jul 5, 2005
My son has phoned me. In spite of loads of precautions he is in trouble again.Three months ago his Mesh desktop gave him the thumbs down when his Maxtor 160Gb failed. he bought another and another copy of XP Home because he couldn't put his hand on the first one (money to burn).HD1 has been formatted and set upo with an installation of XP in reserve. His usual copy is on the new Maxtor, HD0. I understand that all of his data is held in separate partition and that he has a backup of his O/S using Acronis True Image v8, and a bootable rescue CD. Hid HD0 failed and he tried to format it to restore his backup. No go.Now he can't get his XP on HD1 to boot. His rescue CD won't boot.His True Image install disk which can be a rescue disk won't boot andall he gets on POST is "NTLDR is missing".
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Oct 9, 2006
My computer started this last night,after power beening off for a while.NTLDR is missing ctrl+alt+del to restart.I can't get my recovery disk to work,it quits after about 5 min.Sometimes the dvd burner won't open,so i can get it out.I gave up on it after a while.It so nerve racking.Hope someone can help me,its my kids computer.
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Jan 14, 2006
I recently reinstalled XP Pro on my computer. There's usually no problems but now after the install, if I set the bios to boot from my hard drive I get the message NTLDR (or something near) Is missing press ctrl alt del to reboot. I do this and the same thing happens.
However, if Iset it to boot from CD and then ignore the "press any key to boot from CD" MEssage it then skips and boots files
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Jun 9, 2005
Computer is an HP pavilion notebook zd7000. XP Pro. HP recovery does not seem to be an option on this notebook. I did have this pc in for repair once before as user loves to download music, etc.. and I do remember having to load format and load from the xp cd.
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Apr 9, 2008
I have had the following error message appear when i start my PC NTLDR Missing, When i press ctl alt del to restart the same things happens and i go around in circles. I have put the XP disk in to hopefully boot from that but the PC will not pick up the disk and start from it. I have looked in the bios to change where the system is looking but still no joy, can anyone else point me in the right direction?.
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