missing NTLDR

[awalsh]

When I turned on my home P.C. this morning I got the message;

NTLDR is missing
Press any key to continue.

When I press any key it says that the system cant start and to insert the boot disk. Before I do this can anybody tell me if I use the boot disk am I going to lose all the files I had saved on my P.C.? Also I am asuming the boot disk is the windows XP cd that came with the P.C.

Any help greatly appreciated

[awalsh]

I just read another post which explains about windows xp repair install. Should I insert the windows xp cd and try this?

[s7p9a2m4]

Originally Posted by awalsh

I just read another post which explains about windows xp repair install. Should I insert the windows xp cd and try this?

You can set your bios to boot from cdrom first if it is not this way already.

You should be able to boot xp from the cd. If not, then go ahead with a repair install. The repair install should save all data and program settings.

Virus or failing hard drive could cause this.

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm