ntldr is missing

[Marius Bock]

NTLDR is a Windows file --- it is used during the Windows bootup process -- sits 
in the root of your Windows drive.

Make sure your machine is setup to be able to boot from your CD-ROM and/or 
floppy --- this is changed in the BIOS.

Marius Bock -- marius at henriska.co.za
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s.roman wrote:
> whenever I try to boot my computer from the ubuntu cd, or
> smartbootmanager floppy I recieve the message "NTLDR is missing. press
> ctrl-alt-del to restart". Does anyone know what I'd have to do to fix
> this? I checked around the computer and I'm fairly positive it doesn't
> have anything to do with the hardware. My specs are 2 PATA 20gb hard
> drives, pentium 3 1ghz, 512mb ram, Geforce 2 GTS. It's a HP Vectra
> VL400 MT according to the label. I'm not sure what motherboard model
> it has, but it is an intel 815 chipset. Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Roman
>