NTLDR

NTLDR stands for NT Loader. This program manages the boot hard disks on computers running Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003. His first job is to load drivers and other information material to boot NT. The following sequence is loading the file type (NTFS or FAT), then just reading the boot.ini file which allows to use multiple operating systems simultaneously. Last used by NTLDR to boot Windows itself, starting the program NTdetect.com who reads the BIOS setup and the bus types (PCI, AGP, PCI Express, ...) and time / date.

This file is often associated with the following error message

• NTLDR is missing
• Could not find NTLDR

The causes of these error messages at startup from either:

• the computer boots from a CD or floppy disk drive not bootable
• The hard drive is not configured correctly in the BIOS
• NTLDR and / or corrupt NTDETECT.com
• Improper configuration of boot.ini
• Tests for updates from a computer in Fat 32 (Win98, 98 or Millennium)
• New hard drive added.
• Boot sector (boot sector) or corrupted MBR (case of multi-boot), use the command Fixboot and fixmbr in the Recovery Console.
• Irreversible corruption of Windows 2000, XP, Vista, ...
• Bad wiring connection or absent from an IDE hard disk

Associated definitions: HD - disk crash - Base of register