no boot help

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i have two hard drives one with ME one with win2000
this has been fine for over a year
Now when i start uo the PC i get a missing NTLDR
and the PC hangs up
what is the NTLDR and how can i fix it

many thanks

jt
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Hi, JT.

NTLDR is the FIRST file that the computer loads from the HD when booting
Win2K (or any other NT-based version of Windows, such as WinXP). The
NT-style boot sector looks for NTLDR (the NT Loader) in the Root of the
first active (bootable) partition of the first HD the BIOS sees when the
boot begins.

If there has been any change in your HD lineup since Win2K was installed,
things can get confused and you get one of several such error messages.
Adding or removing a drive or a partition can do it; even plugging or
unplugging a ZIP or other removable drive can do it; changing your drive
info in CMOS can do it...

This KB article might be a good place to start looking for a solution to
your problem:
HOW TO: Troubleshoot the "NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;318728&

If that doesn't do it, use Google to search the support.microsoft.com
website for "2000+ntldr"; I get over 200 hits.

RC
 
I;ve tried to copy a new NTLDR NO JOY
however if i leave my win 2000 cd in the drive the pc
boots normally giving me the option of both operating
systems.
i'm not booting from the cd but it must be getting
somthing from it
 
I;ve tried to copy a new NTLDR NO JOY
however if i leave my win 2000 cd in the drive the pc
boots normally giving me the option of both operating
systems.
i'm not booting from the cd but it must be getting
somthing from it
Click to expand...

All leaving the CD in the drive will do is slow down the boot process.
Nothing will be loaded from it unless you choose to boot from it. How does
the drive show in Disk Managment? Have you run chkdsk? You can also boot to
Recovery Console and run Fixboot.

Leonard Severt

Windows 2000 Server Setup Team
 
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