NTLDr is missing

i have had problems with this..i have nothing on my hard drive and it will not let me boot windows xp from a disc.and it keeps on sayin NTLDR IS MISSING..PRESS CONTROL, ALT DELETE TO RESTART..please please please can somebody help me

 

Hello tyler,

i have nothing on my hard drive and it will not let me boot windows xp from a disc
I'm assuming that you want to install XP.

Do you have the cdrom as the first boot device in the BIOS? Set C as the second boot device, save, exit, and re-boot. Place the XP cd on the cdrom drive before trying to bootup.

If that's not the problem - although I think it is because you say there isn't anthing on the HD, then enter NTDLr into the search at the top of this page - lots of hits.

Regards - Charles

 

Not trying to be stupid - I take it there wasn't a floppy in the drive....

 

Hello aggletonm,

Until tyler posts back, we're not going to know. That's one of the annoyances of doing this.

Regards - Charles

 

If it is saying NTLDR IS MISSING OR CORRUPTED,

Then quite possibly it is from a faulty ram stick,
try a different stick that should solve the problem.