NTLDR Missing....please help!

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From: SteveL (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/13/04


Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:39:46 -0700

Sounds like you have a diskette in the floppy drive (A:).
Pull out and reboot.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi. I have a Dell Inspiron 2600 and Windows XP.
>Everytime I try to start my computer, I'm taken to a
>screen that says "NTLDR missing. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to
>restart." When I do this, I am taken back to this
>screen. I've tried to follow Microsoft's instructions,
>but I'm not tech savvy and can't figure out how to make
>a "boot disk". I have my OS disk, and I tried to repair
>it with that, the problem is, I don't quite know how. I
>tried to run CHKDSK, but it kept locking up my computer.
>Is there any way to fix my computer without losing all my
>data? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
>.
>



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