NTLRD is missing. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

[sninawale]

I shut down my Laptop (Fujitsu Esprimo) and take it home. Don't use it until this morning when i put it on it gives me an error message

NTLDR is missing. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.

I restart and nothing happens to so put in a Windows XP CD and try that but nothing happens there. I notice that the normal instructions the come as boot up such as the Press F2 to enter setup does not appear.

I have all my documents on this laptop and I can't afford to lose this. PLease Please please help.

 

[Zenthar]

Have you tried any of these?

 

[Zenthar]

You can also check this.

 

[sanchz]

Some boot file got corrupted. Make sure the PC boots from the XP disk (press F2, or F8, or some other F key (read your manual)), and choose install (yes, install), then press F8 to accept the terms, and then select your XP installation and press R to repair install XP and not lose any data.

 

[ubernoobie]

I recommend saving everything on a external source then reinstalling fully

 

[plasmastorm]

Indeed, Backup then reinstall.
No other option really.

 

[Zenthar]

If the problem is by the corruption of only some files, there are ways to restore only these files and not having to repair or reinstall Windows ... follow the links I provided. If worst come to worst, you can also try to use a Linux LiveCD to boot and then try to recover your files before reinstallation.

 

[jsc]

Google "missing ntldr". You will get a lot of hits. It's a very common problem.

 

[CADraven]

You can go to BIOS find Boot Option or Boot Priority, set the first one to HDD. It works for me that way