error when trying to boot from xp install disk

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Limp Gawd
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okay, heres whats up:

i just totally zero'ed my 20 gig maxtor hd, and now when i go to restart and boot from my xp pro disk, i get this error saying "NTLDR is missing, press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart."
anyone got a solution to this?

also, i should probably add that the file system im attempting to use is ntfs.
 
I believe this NTDLR only occurs when you're booting up to the operating system. Is the CD an upgrade CD or not? If so, here's the official link to the problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q314057&ID=KB;EN-US;q314057

Well, in other words:

1) Turn your computer off, power supply off, then turn it all on.
2) As MS recommends: Format; install Windows 98 (with original CD) on FAT32.
3) Format; install Windows XP Professional on NTFS.

I'd just recommend you to delete all partitions then format then install Windows XP Professional. I went through the same thing but as usual, I forget how I fixed that. ;-)

That should work. If not-- format again? It has something to do with overwriting Windows 98's values which causes a problem.

-J.
 
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