NTLDR is missing?

Ok,

I was installing windows 98, it got to about 7% and could no longer read the cd. So I took it out and cleaned it. Still no joy. Then I restarted the machine and it threw up

NTLDR is missing?
Press any Key to restart

any ideas what this means???? :confused:

rough_neck

it means you've had NT on there (2k, XP), and it's still in the boot sector - but the (NT-based) OS it's pointing to is missing.

to clean off old boot sectors, boot a Win98 floppy & type "fdisk /mbr"

--jo

* note to self read the question :)

ah, i didn't know NTLDR was in the MBR.

also after clearing the mbr you might have to stick in a boot disk and do a 'sys c:' if it doesn't boot up.

you can use teh xp cd to boot and run setup as normal BUT select the recovery console then type fixmbr, this will sort out ntldr probs then go about as normal

probably a failed installation of windows format your HDD.