Major Problem!

[Dark Assassin]

Ok, so I left my fully functioning computer a few minutes to get a bite from the fridge and I come back to a major error when I look back. I didn't see what happened, save for my computer window was in safe mode it looked like and I had a small popup saying that Windows recovered from a serious error and I needed to reboot.

I restarted it and I am getting an error message saying that NTLDR is missing and it prompts me to reboot. Anyone know what this message means?

IC7 with BIOS 21
P4 2.4c
(2) Maxtor DM9 120 GB SATA HD's in RAID-0
Powercolor 9700 Pro
Running XP Pro with SP1

Dark Assassin

 

[Stanley Pain]

well NTLDR is a boot file that is required for windows to boot.

It can mean a couple of things.

- Bad harddrive
- Corrupt partition/boot record
- Bad Windows install

Try booting into the recovery console and run fixboot and fixmbr

That *might* help.

Otherwise you might have to re-install/reformat.

You should also run a disc diagnostic program for your HD.

Cheers,

MR. Pain