I start up my computer and i get a black screen that says
"NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"
at the startup screen pressing f10 doesn't bring up system recovery and I don't have a startup disc for my computer.
Its a Windows xp 2005 media center edition.
Re: I start up my computer and i get a black screen that...
What is the model of your computer,? if the recovery software is in a hidden partition there must be a way to access it from boot, otherwise, you will have to buy a windows disk and reinstall windows.
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The startup files are corrupted.You need to put the windows disk in the DVD and make the computer boot off that when it starts up. Booting off the DVD may need to be set in the BIOS if the machine does not do it automatically.
When the window comes up you select install windows.
Second option is repair my computer. Then follow the prompts.
If by accident having compressed the entire boot partition, then Vista will display the following error:
BOOTMGR is compressed. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
This can usually be solved by using Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) and perform a "Startup Repair". If that fails then use WinRE to enter the "Command Prompt" and execute these commands:
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