This problem started to hit me just the other day, I litrally tried everything I could to to solve it, removing programs using appwiz.cpl (because I could not get into control panel) – Running appwiz.cpl from the run line opens add and remove programs without going into control panel.
Anyway this didnt solve it! so I did some more digging and I narrowed it down to a faulty cpl file existing on my system. Heres what I did Read more…
I know a few of you have contacted me regarding reciving a NTLDR error so I thought I would trouble shoot this one for you a bit.
Known Errors
Below are the full error messages that may be seen when the computer is booting.
NTLDR is Missing
Press any key to restart
Boot: Couldn’t find NTLDR
Please insert another disk
NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart
Why is it happining?
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Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable.
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Seriously corrupted version of Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
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Corrupt boot sector / master boot record.
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New hard disk drive being added.
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Misconfiguration with the boot.ini file.
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Corrupt NTLDR and/or NTDETECT.COM file.
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Computer is booting from a non-bootable source.
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Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS.
Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable.
Verify the computer hard disk drive cable is firmly connected by disconnected and reconnecting the cable. Read more…
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