and thats all it will do the same thing over and over ctlr+alt+del.to restart..can't get pass that..even with the disk it's same thing when i put that in to.....it's a toshiba m40/m45
2007-10-02 02:30:51 · 4 answers · asked by he a 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
When your computer starts, the BIOS attempts to find the primary hard drive's active partition to read the first sector for the MBR (Master Boot Record), it uses that info to load the rest of the OS. For Windows NT4/2k/XP the NTLDR (New Technology Loader) takes it from there. If you get the "NTLDR is missing, press any key to restart" what's most likely going on is the BIOS either didn't look for the right drive, didn't find the right partition, it wasn't active, didn't find the MBR, or the MBR didn't list NTLDR in the right place, the location of NTLDR changed, or you are looking at a hardware failure situation
Look here for a program to fix it
http://tinyempire.com/notes/ntldrismissing.htm
2007-10-02 02:52:14 · answer #1 · answered by topdn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its an indication that the OS cannot start up. You need to check one of the following things:
- that you don't have another device plugged in like a external drive or USB stick etc.
- That you don't have a floppy in your disk drive.
- Check to make sure that the disk drive that has your OS on is properly connected, try disconnecting it and connecting it again.
Worse case, your drive may be shot and will have to install with another drive.
You can also try to use the recovey disk, you need to the OS disk to boot with and you'll be promted to press a key (forgot which one) to perform a automatic system recovery.
Good luck
2007-10-02 02:41:48 · answer #2 · answered by pderover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check to see if you have a floppy or a CD in one of the drives. That can cause that error if it is looking for Windows on the disk.
If there is no floppy or CD then something has happened to the hard drive that has corrupted the Windows program so that the laptop can not find it to boot. You will probably need a pro (or a favorite geek) to look at it.
2007-10-02 02:39:20 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your hard drive got diconected or your memory is not working
2007-10-02 02:34:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋