ntldr is missing

[s.roman]

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:38:54 +0200, Marius Bock <marius at henriska.co.za> wrote:
> 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
> >
>