NTLDR missing ???

[C14RKEY]

Hi,
I have just changed my motherboard for a nf7-s v2. Now when i try to install a fresh copy of windows i get the message "NTLDR is missing".

I cant seem to work out what it is.

My xp cd works on all my other pc's so its not that, everything is plugged in ok and my hdd has just been formatted.


Thanks.

[ultimate]

Do a google search just type in NTLDR and you should be able to sort out you prob.

Heres one I did earlier!!
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm

[mike_w]

NTLDR is the bootloader - I think it just tells the computer what there is to boot. If you're booting from a CD, it shouldn't be looking for NTLDR - make sure that the computer is booting from the CD. It sounds like it is trying to boot off the hard drive.

[C14RKEY]

When i tell the BIOS to boot of cd-rom it still does the same thing.

[mike_w]

When it boots up, does it actually say something along the lines of 'Booting from CD-ROM'?

[C14RKEY]

When it boots up, does it actually say something along the lines of 'Booting from CD-ROM'?

yep it says "Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM" then i can hear the cd drive spinning

then it goes to NTLDR is missing.

[5cupa]

i have had this problem in the past and had to rebuild parts of the .sys and win.ini via the dos xp recovery panel.

[Jonny]

I think it's not reading the CD properly. It is trying to read from it, hence the spinning, but fails, and so tries to boot from the HDD, which it can't do properly, because of the new mobo. NTLDR is the first stage of booting windows, and it will fail due to your new mobo.

Edit: Though I have no idea why your XP CD doesn't work...

[C14RKEY]

I just cant work out why the XP CD wont work as it works on my other computers.

[ultimate]

Is the cd drive recognised in the bios.

[C14RKEY]

Is the cd drive recognised in the bios.

Yep it is,

Doing The install using Bootable floppies i got the the ms website.
seem to be working