Missing NTLDR

RemRod · 03-13-2006, 07:44 PM

I just upgraded a pc from Win98 to Win2000Prof. The upgrade went flawless until it asked me to reboot when the upgrade was finished.

Upon rebooting I get a black screen with the words "Missing NTLDR Press any key to reboot"

Does anyone know what could be the problem?

-Rem

**norin** · 03-13-2006, 10:58 PM

you could try the install again. upgrading from one OS to another is and can be buggy at times. a fresh, or otherwise known clean install of the OS, and yes this means formatting and wiping the drive completely of it's data befor the install, or creating a new partition, before the install of the OS.

RemRod · 03-14-2006, 05:55 AM

That is what I figured. I made a boot disk and tried booting from the disk to reinstall windows but on the last boot disk I get the blue screen of death. I also have tried several times to enter the bios to change the boot order so I can boot from the cd and cannot activate the bios menu for some reason. I have tried esc, f1, f2, ctrl+alt+enter and del. Nothing works. Is there another way to enter the bios set up menu that I may not be familiar with?

-Rem

03-13-2006, 07:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
RemRod Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 75 OS: XP Professional SP2	Missing NTLDR I just upgraded a pc from Win98 to Win2000Prof. The upgrade went flawless until it asked me to reboot when the upgrade was finished. Upon rebooting I get a black screen with the words "Missing NTLDR Press any key to reboot" Does anyone know what could be the problem? -Rem

03-13-2006, 10:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
norin TSF Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: L-Town, Maine Posts: 1,748 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	you could try the install again. upgrading from one OS to another is and can be buggy at times. a fresh, or otherwise known clean install of the OS, and yes this means formatting and wiping the drive completely of it's data befor the install, or creating a new partition, before the install of the OS. __________________

03-14-2006, 05:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
RemRod Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 75 OS: XP Professional SP2	That is what I figured. I made a boot disk and tried booting from the disk to reinstall windows but on the last boot disk I get the blue screen of death. I also have tried several times to enter the bios to change the boot order so I can boot from the cd and cannot activate the bios menu for some reason. I have tried esc, f1, f2, ctrl+alt+enter and del. Nothing works. Is there another way to enter the bios set up menu that I may not be familiar with? -Rem