Thread: The troubleshoot NTLDR is missing

Hi,

In recent times my laptop has shows this message on start up ''NTLDR is missing, press any key to restart''. It will not allow me to go further. I have rang Dell who advised me to restore PC. The problem is when I boot from CD Drive to do restore, it finishes ''loading windows files'' but then stops reading from disc just before the first language selection screen. My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1720 and vista is already installed. Any help will be appreciated. I have heard it may be due to a faulty CD drive which will stop system from booting, but have also heard it is corrupted files which would want to be repaired. Actually I am confused and hope you can help me.

Thanks.

Can you obtain the "recovery environment" and attempt both "startup repair" and if that be unsuccessful, different choices in Bootrec.exe utility? Check after each one.

This message shown by disk drive also if it is not being appropriately attached. Is it appears in BIOS/setup properties? If not, attempt resetting drive.

The disk drive is displayed in BIOS. When it tries to run installation disc it prevents reading disc before language choice screen, which is just before repair screen.