hey all, i dont know if i posted this in the right section but i am having a problem right now. When i turn on my computer it says Ntdlr is missing..press alt crtl delete to restart. I put in my windows xp cd and tried to boot it from there and set up my computer. it wont boot from the cd. I tried configuring it in the setup and make it boot from cd, nothing, it still says ntdlr is missing.

I browsed the web for solutions and i tried all of it and it wont work, can anyone help me here?

Hya Itszztom , do you have the boot order set to first floppie second cd/dvd and third HD? Youre prob is probebly easy to fix but you need to boot from a bootdisk or windows cd.


You can get bootdisks here:
http://www.bootdisk.com/

1. Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer. (or put the windows cd in the drive and boot from the floppies.)
2. When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.
3. Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.
4. Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.
5. You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password.
6. Type bootcfg
7. remove the CD from the computer and reboot.

Or if that doesn't work:

1. Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer. (or put the windows cd in the drive and boot from the floppies.)
2. When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.
3. Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.
4. Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.
5. You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password.
6. Copy the below two files to the root directory of the primary hard disk. In the below example we are copying these files from the CD-ROM drive letter "E". This letter may be different on your computer.
   
   copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\
   copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.

ok, i inserted the windows xp disc in the drive

i tried booting from floppy.....ntdlr is missing
booting from cd......ntdlr is missing
botting from hdd.....ntdlr is missing

i tried disabling the floppy drive and the hdd and just try to run the cd drive and.....ntdlr is missing

I tried the copy the ndetect one but i dont think i did it right.
i didnt understand the bootdisc direction iwas givin.
Can someone tell me how to format a bootdisc and stuff

or is there any other ways because it seems i'm just too dumb to get this thing working

I got the bootdisk working and i got passed the ntldr is missing.

Now it says system32\hal.dll is missing

the guy wiped out my hard drive, is this caused by my computer having no os

this is also a new motherboard because my old mobo broke, and i cant boot from windows xp cd...i dont know why

anyone have any suggestions?

Did you check the above? And do you know for sure that the XP disc is bootable?

yea, its set on that order

i might have to take it to the computer shop again later to find out what the problem is

my hard drive, cd, and floppy is running and detected, it wont boot the windows cd and it will boot the bootdisks but i still cant log in to windows