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when you see the compaq screen press the f10 key then go to boot sequncing a make sure it says cd rom than hard drive try to find this option. Then save the settings and put the xp cd in then reboot again and it sood enter windows xp setup.
Ntldr file is essential file in order to boot system...If it is missing then your system wont start..try to repair this file from XP/vista CD .. then problem will vanish
What happened is when you changed the drive letters you switched one that should not have been changed.... You need to change it back so the original C: is C:
Because the original NTLDR file was on the C: drive which is the Windows XP Boot Loader and when you swapped it it couldnt find the ntldr on the new C:
From my opinion the only way to switch it back is to reinstall the OS onto the drive you want to be C:
I can get into the Boot First Screen but can't seem to change anything within it... These screens seems to be selectively responsive to my key presses.... I can get the bios screen up, boot order screen up but not necessarily do anything within them... e.g. I can't restart the pc using ctrl alt del when the missing NTLDR message appears.... also I have put an XP disc in and it says to press any key to BOOT from CD .... I Do so but obviously it doesn't recognise it so it gives me the missing NTLDR message again! :(
You have a non-bootable CD in the CD drive and the startup sequence is looking at the CD drive before the hard drive. Remove the CD and you should be able to boot.
Dan
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