Hi I have a friend that with this problem. This is the second time I helped him fix the problem by just adding the ntldr file to the root directory but I like to know how to stop this file from keeping deleting it self. Is there s program that can tell me when an other program deletes files ? Thanks for any help.

What makes you think the file is being deleted? Life's more painless for the brainless.

well the file is hidden and he tells me that he has never touch it. I use a live cd that lets me go inside hes hd and you can see that the ntldr file is not there. I guess is some other program that deletes it. does anybody know if spyware/adware has deleted some files like this one ? Thanks for answering Jennifer SUMN.

Causes for NTLDR missing (or getting deleted): 1. Computer is booting from a non-bootable source. 2. Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS. 3. Corrupt NTLDR and/or NTDETECT.COM file. 4. Misconfiguration with the boot.ini file. 5. Attempting to upgrade from a Windows 95, 98, or ME computer that is using FAT32. 6. New hard disk drive being added. 7. Corrupt boot sector/master boot record. 8. Seriously corrupted version of Windows 2000 or Windows XP. 9. Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable. _______________ Source i_Xp/VistaUser

Thanks XpUser for answering Hes boot.ini file has an extra line or two that always gives him the option to use system restore,that might be why he has this problem.

A long shot... a little "nastie" in the system... Maybe run a FULL anti-virus scan; perhaps two differnt utils in this regard. I'd opt to run Trend Micro's "Housecall" - freebie on-line scan. And also say Avast and/or AVG (installed locally) - these are both freebies for home use. I prefer Avast to AVG and certainly to Norton/MacAfee. And then run a full SpyBot and Adaware scan; and opossibly ccleaner. The system "may" be clean... but then again maybe not...?

Recently another person had the same problem everytime he installed I-tunes.