Re: Something deletes my NTLDR + NTDETECT.com

Hi,

If ntldr were missing, you would never be able to boot the system up. The
fact that it only occurs on occasion is an indication that your system is
having trouble reading the hard drive on boot. This may indicate a faulty
drive, or that the installation is damaged (file corruption). I would try
replacing ntldr with a new copy from the I386 folder first to rule out file
corruption. A drive diagnostic tool can tell you if there is a hardware
problem, these are usually free for download from the drive manufacturer's
web site.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Sven T.Eriksson" <s.eriksson@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:434e245f$0$10238$9b4e6d93@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From time to time it occurs that I want to boot my computer and the system
> tells me:
>
> NTLDR missing
> Press ALT+CTRL+DEL to restart.
>
> I could repair this but I want to avoid this situation which is approx.
> once in a week.
>
> Some program must have deleted these two files in the previous session.
> It could not be a virus. I have checked my system with a couple of virus
> scanners.
> No virus.
>
> Does someone else faced this situation?
>
> Is there a way of monitoring until the final shutdown if some (and which
> !) process tries
> to access (delete) these files?
>
> Sven
>


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