24HOURSUPPORT HELPDESK 26 RE NTLDR MISSING ERROR MESSAGE
From: gdc0mak@no-spam (gdc0mak)
Subject: Re: NTLDR missing error message
Date: 21 Jun 2003 13:20:56 -0700


Ed Rust <edrust2@no-spam> wrote in message news:<3EF4708B.791DD1CF@no-spam>...
> WIN98 se > 192 m RAM > 10 G HDD > > Father-in-law just used the restore disc on his HP Pavilion to start > from scratch. After reloading Netscape 7 (and nothing else), he clicked > on Start/Shutdown/Standby. Now, on restart, he's getting the "NTLDR > missing - Press any key to restart" error message. He says that > pressing "Enter", space bar or any other key only results in getting the > error message again. Restart and pressing F8 key doesn't bring up the > startup options screen 8( so I'm at a loss on what to do next.
> > BTW, I'm trying to diagnose by telephone, so all information is > second-hand.
> > TIA for any help.
> > Ed
The only thing I've ever seen cause this is if a diskette is left in the diskette drive when rebooting. Hope this helps.

Mark

From: "PWB" (mbt_510464@no-spam)
Subject: Re: NTLDR missing error message
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 03:12:25 +0100

I had the same problem with XP , what I had done to cause the message was I had compressed my HDD so as it happened they changed the HD "Ed Rust" <edrust2@no-spam> wrote in message news:3EF4708B.791DD1CF@no-spam > WIN98 se > 192 m RAM > 10 G HDD >
> Father-in-law just used the restore disc on his HP Pavilion to start > from scratch. After reloading Netscape 7 (and nothing else), he clicked > on Start/Shutdown/Standby. Now, on restart, he's getting the "NTLDR > missing - Press any key to restart" error message. He says that > pressing "Enter", space bar or any other key only results in getting the > error message again. Restart and pressing F8 key doesn't bring up the > startup options screen 8( so I'm at a loss on what to do next.
>
> BTW, I'm trying to diagnose by telephone, so all information is > second-hand.
>
> TIA for any help.
>
> Ed

From: nemo (nemo@no-spam)
Subject: Re: NTLDR missing error message
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:21:23 +0100

Check that he hasn't got a floppy disk in the floppy drive.

Regards
Nemo
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:49:47 -0500, Ed Rust <edrust2@no-spam> wrote:

>WIN98 se >192 m RAM >10 G HDD >
>Father-in-law just used the restore disc on his HP Pavilion to start >from scratch. After reloading Netscape 7 (and nothing else), he clicked >on Start/Shutdown/Standby. Now, on restart, he's getting the "NTLDR >missing - Press any key to restart" error message. He says that >pressing "Enter", space bar or any other key only results in getting the >error message again. Restart and pressing F8 key doesn't bring up the >startup options screen 8( so I'm at a loss on what to do next.
>
>BTW, I'm trying to diagnose by telephone, so all information is >second-hand.
>
>TIA for any help.
>
>Ed