{"id":20457,"date":"2010-12-29T17:51:51","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T12:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/?p=20457"},"modified":"2010-12-29T17:49:11","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T12:19:11","slug":"fix-ntldr-missing-windows-xp-windows-vista-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/fix-ntldr-missing-windows-xp-windows-vista-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix for ntldr is missing in Windows xp and Windows Vista Computers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NTLDR<\/a>So, recently many of us encountered with an error in our Windows Operating system which is related to NTLDR (New Technology Loader), wherein computer is asked to either restart or insert disk containing the NTLDR file at the time of Boot. This error is common in Windows XP<\/a> but is also reported in several other versions of Windows too like in ME Edition, 2000 or even in the older versions like Windows 95 and in Windows 98.<\/p>\n

Some of the very common errors are as mentioned below:<\/p>\n

\u201cBoot: Couldn\u2019t find NTLDR
\nPlease insert another disk\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNTLDR is missing
\nPress any key to restart\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNTLDR is missing
\nPress Ctrl Alt Del to restart\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Basically, when the computer starts, BIOS which is Basic Input Output System which finds the primary hard disk drive\u2019s active partition and for reading the first sector of the Master Boot record it uses the particular set of information so that it can load the remaining part of the operating system. What exactly happens at the stage when you see that error message out of above mentioned list is either it didn\u2019t find the right drive or the right partition in which it was active where NTLDR is located.
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\nCauses of \u201cNTLDR is missing\u201d boot time error<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are several causes for the missing of NTLDR in the boot time like computer may be booting from a non-bootable source, hard disk is not properly setup in BIOS, corrupt NTLDR and its associate files, misconfiguration of boot.ini file, corrupt boot sector or corrupt master boot record or even faulty IDE\/EIDE hard drive disk cable are the main causes of NTLDR error.<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s check out how you can fix the error of NTLDR on Windows ME, XP and even in Windows Vista<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fixing of NTLDR Error in Windows ME\/XP :<\/strong><\/p>\n