"NTLDR is missing"

[jbrooks]

Hello,

I've partitioned & reformatted my hard drive and do NOT have an operating system installed. I've got a C & D partition, with C formatted with FAT32 and D not formatted, because the allocation units are bad and I'm unable to format drive D. But, I feel that I should be able to load the OS & everything I need on drive C.

I used the 4 boot disks for installing Win 2000 professional from the DOS prompt, converted to NTFS from FAT32 and when I reboot to finish the setup my computer says, "NTLDR is missing."

Does anyone know what I should do to correct this problem?
1. Is this a problem because of my hard drive?
2. Shouldn't I be able to use my C drive without using my D drive?

Thank you for your help.

 

[westgate]

I know this might sound silly - but have you removed to disk from the floppy drive before restarting ?
cheers
Ed

 

[jbrooks]

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I have checked & there's no floppy in the drive.

 

[waynemaples]

is the C partition marked as active?

 

[RogerNorberg]

The file system is still looking for ntldr. you could try using the erd and putting ntldr onto the root of C: But, you really need to run fdisk with the /mbr switch then use fdisk to remove any and all partitions, set up a 2 gig primary dos fat 16 partition and get the OS loaded. You could then use the convert command to select the file system you want. Then..use a third party utility to expand your partition to the size you want....

MY 2 cents...But I've found that you never, NEVER, want to mess around with iffy hard drives or multiple partitions when just stating to install an OS....

 

[jbrooks]

Thanks everyone for your responses. My hard drive is bad, so bought a new one and OS loads great. Thanks again!