whenever i boot w/o the xp disc i get the error message missing ntlrd, i dont have to boot from cd i just have to have it in the drive. How could i correct this
NTLDR is a critical system file needed. I had this problem on my mum's computer a few months ago, you should be able to select 'repair' from the windows cd - like I did. Press F8 every second until the screen comes up with options on what to do.
when i had xp on my first partition, and was reinstalling 2k adv srv on the 2nd every 6 weeks (for school) we had to do this to reinstall the ntldr and other various things : boot to XP cd select recovery console, and from there : FIXMBR C: (assuming C:\ is your primary partition) FIXBOOT C: COPY CDDrive:\I386\NTLDR C:\ (insert the cd drive's actual drive letter in place of "CDDrive" COPY CDDrive:\I386|NTDETECT.COM C:\ BOOTCFG /rebuild then you reboot, and all should be well. if you arent missing ntdetect.com, you may well be able to skip that bit.
