NTLDR is missing Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart,,, HELP!

I have a dell computer with Windows 2000 Professional

First I was in google.com and until there was a blue flash and the computer
quickly rebooted. Now it says,

NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

Down there is a white blinking cursor.
I DO NOT HAVE THE WINDOWS 2000 CD NOR A RECOVERY DISC. It is a genuine copy
of Windows, it was a refurbished computer. I need to get this computer
starting before monday.
Can I still call microsoft to receive another CD free?
PLEASE HELP!

THANK YOU!!!!!!

Try creating a boot disk. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows 2000
the disk must contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows
2000 machine, not a DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the
floppy), and copy Windows 2000 versions of ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini
to it. Edit the boot.ini to give it a correct ARC path for the machine you
wish to boot. Below is an example of boot.ini. The default is to start the
operating system located on the first partition of the primary or first
drive (drive0). Then drive0 partition 2 and so on.

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,2"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,2"

Another possibility is to try loading the controller driver also from
floppy. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows 2000 the disk must
contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows 2000 machine,
not a DOS/Win9x, so the "NT" boot sector gets written to the floppy), then
copy ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it. Edit the boot.ini to give it a
correct ARC path for the machine you wish to boot.

In order for this to work you'll want to change the arc path in boot.ini
from multi syntax to scsi syntax to indicate that Windows 2000 will load a
boot device driver and use that driver to access the boot partition. Then
also copy the correct manufacturer scsi driver to the floppy but renamed to
ntbootdd.sys


Something like this below;

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows
[operating systems]
scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,1"
scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,2"
scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,1"
scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,2"

Any of the refurbished pc's I ever bought from Dell came with reinstallation
media. Call them for it.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Edgar" wrote:
|I have a dell computer with Windows 2000 Professional
|
| First I was in google.com and until there was a blue flash and the
computer
| quickly rebooted. Now it says,
|
| NTLDR is missing
| Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
|
| Down there is a white blinking cursor.
| I DO NOT HAVE THE WINDOWS 2000 CD NOR A RECOVERY DISC. It is a genuine
copy
| of Windows, it was a refurbished computer. I need to get this computer
| starting before monday.
| Can I still call microsoft to receive another CD free?
| PLEASE HELP!
|
| THANK YOU!!!!!!

I do not have access to the Windows 2000 machine or another one, but I have
an Windows XP Home computer, can I copy it from there?

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> Try creating a boot disk. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows 2000
> the disk must contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows
> 2000 machine, not a DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the
> floppy), and copy Windows 2000 versions of ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini
> to it. Edit the boot.ini to give it a correct ARC path for the machine you
> wish to boot. Below is an example of boot.ini. The default is to start the
> operating system located on the first partition of the primary or first
> drive (drive0). Then drive0 partition 2 and so on.
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=10
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,1"
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,2"
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,1"
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,2"
>
> Another possibility is to try loading the controller driver also from
> floppy. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows 2000 the disk must
> contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows 2000 machine,
> not a DOS/Win9x, so the "NT" boot sector gets written to the floppy), then
> copy ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it. Edit the boot.ini to give it a
> correct ARC path for the machine you wish to boot.
>
> In order for this to work you'll want to change the arc path in boot.ini
> from multi syntax to scsi syntax to indicate that Windows 2000 will load a
> boot device driver and use that driver to access the boot partition. Then
> also copy the correct manufacturer scsi driver to the floppy but renamed to
> ntbootdd.sys
>
>
> Something like this below;
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=10
> default=scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows
> [operating systems]
> scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,1"
> scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,2"
> scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,1"
> scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,2"
>
> Any of the refurbished pc's I ever bought from Dell came with reinstallation
> media. Call them for it.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Edgar" wrote:
> |I have a dell computer with Windows 2000 Professional
> |
> | First I was in google.com and until there was a blue flash and the
> computer
> | quickly rebooted. Now it says,
> |
> | NTLDR is missing
> | Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
> |
> | Down there is a white blinking cursor.
> | I DO NOT HAVE THE WINDOWS 2000 CD NOR A RECOVERY DISC. It is a genuine
> copy
> | of Windows, it was a refurbished computer. I need to get this computer
> | starting before monday.
> | Can I still call microsoft to receive another CD free?
> | PLEASE HELP!
> |
> | THANK YOU!!!!!!
>
>
>

Yes you can.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Edgar" wrote:
|I do not have access to the Windows 2000 machine or another one, but I have
| an Windows XP Home computer, can I copy it from there?

This may sound elementary to you but I'm not intending it to be insulting.
Do you by chance have a non-bootable floppy inserted in a floppy drive. If
you do and the BIOS is set to boot from floppy first that can cause the
message you are seeing.

"Edgar" wrote:

> I have a dell computer with Windows 2000 Professional
>
> First I was in google.com and until there was a blue flash and the computer
> quickly rebooted. Now it says,
>
> NTLDR is missing
> Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
>
> Down there is a white blinking cursor.
> I DO NOT HAVE THE WINDOWS 2000 CD NOR A RECOVERY DISC. It is a genuine copy
> of Windows, it was a refurbished computer. I need to get this computer
> starting before monday.
> Can I still call microsoft to receive another CD free?
> PLEASE HELP!
>
> THANK YOU!!!!!!