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problem when booting up my home pc

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glitglit

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Nov 24, 2006
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I am using XP pro. I carried out a disk defrag to improve the performance of my pc. When i rebooted the computer the pc went through some of the normal procedures until it reached the point:-

SEARCHING FOR BOOT RECORD.....CD/DVD-0 NOT FOUND
NTLDR MISSING
PRESS CLTR+ALT+DEL TO RESTART

When I do this the computer gives me the same message and does not boot up.
I have not backed up any of my files so I am a bit distressed i might lose
everything if i boot up again with my XP pro cd.
Can you help me please.
Thanking you in advance

Nigel
 
You don't have a CD or Floppy in the machine by any chance?
 
sometime when ntldr is missing you can just get it from another box and put it where its missing from...
 
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