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When I try to boot up I get NTLDR IS MISSING Press Ctrl Alt Del to restart
I know that I can fine a million corrections to a missing NTLDR file online, but most of them involve booting from the windows CD, going to repair and copying the file. This is a problem since for some reason when I try to boot from the CD I get the same message. I believe that for some reason it is not reading from the CD, but recently the drive was operating properly.
Name: jam Date: January 18, 2009 at 09:34:12 Pacific
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Are you seeing the prompt, "press any key to boot from CD"? It may be hid behind the Compaq splash screen. If you don't hit a key, the system will bypass the CD & attempt to boot into Windows.
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Response Number 2
Name: OtheHill Date: January 18, 2009 at 10:33:28 Pacific
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Or you may not have the boot order in the setup screens set to CD BEFORE the hard drive.
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