Installing Microsoft XP

Some articles to read
NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message When You Upgrade or Install Windows XP Over Windows
95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314057
Creating a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;311073

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Mary Sauer MS MVP
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"J Noon" wrote in message
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Attempted to install XP Home Edition for PCs without
windows on new computer, {BYO}. After XP recognized the
hardware and partioned the hard drive and while loading
files the installation stoped and left the message "NTLDR
is missing - press ctrl+alt+delete to restart." I tried
this a dozen times and the same message keeps coming back.
Where do I go from here? In addition, how do you get the
PID when you do not have the software on you hard drive
yet? Is it on the packaging anywhere? Do I have to clear
the hard drive of the existing XP data or will it start
where it stopped once the problem is corrected. What is
NTLDR? HELP!