Sometimes you come across an error when you start your Windows XP computer which says “NTLDR is missing”. This is because you might have deleted the NTLDR file from your windows installation partition. NTLDR is a boot loader for windows XP. If you encounter with this problem, better do not panic, because it is very simple to troubleshoot it.
Here’s how you can fix this error:
- Pop-in your original bootable Windows XP CD in your CD/DVD drive.
- After some loading process, you will be taken to Installation screen. Here select the Repair option
- After you successfully managed to get into the Recovery Console (Repair), select the Windows installation that you want to fix.
- Now just type
X:\i386\NTLDR C:\
Here, X: refers to your CD/DVD drive and C: refers to your Windows installation partition. Change the alphabets as according to the configuration on your computer.
Reboot the computer and you are done.
