NTLDR is missing

[BKinslo77]

About 3 days ago, I booted up my computer and after the initial Dell startup, I got a message saying that NTLDR is missing, press ctrl alt del to restart. I have looked all over to find a solution to this, but have not yet found one. There were suggestions to people with a similar problem to insert the Windows XP CD and repair the file from the disk, but this did not work for me. It seems as if my CD-Rom drive is not reading the disk right because nothing happens when I insert the disk. As far as I know, my PC is not trying to boot from a non-bootable source. I did a diagnostic of my CD-ROM drive and it was not reading the media from any disk inserted. I do not know how to fix this problem. Can someone please help me?!?!?!

[mundesley]

See here

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm

Good luck

[BKinslo77]

Thanks, but I found this before I posted the problem and it had no effect on the computer.  Does anyone have any other ideas?

[programming_pat]

Remove any floppy disks or cd's from your computer and try again. Your computer is trying to boot from these drives

[BKinslo77]

there was nothing in the drivesb

[Dusty]

It seems as if my CD-Rom drive is not reading the disk right because nothing happens when I insert the disk.

Did you simply insert the disk or did you try to boot from it?  Is your cd a full version of XP or a recovery disk?  Have you checked that bios is set to boot from the cd first?

Details of your pc please, hardware setup etc..