Ntldr?

Valli

Please help oh all-knowledgeables ones

My PC says

NTLDR
press CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart

BUt when I do I just get that ^ again

*throws self on floor and sobs desperately*

espresso

See if this here helps.

JasX

are you trying to boot with aUSB stick or drive still connected or something in the CD drive, disconnect anything non-essential and try again?

dave461_2

I've had this ages ago after using partitioning software.
Try opening your boot.ini file on another pc or with a boot disk and check the line like this -

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS

Mine boots off the main sata drive, 2nd partition.

Valli

JasX wrote: »

are you trying to boot with aUSB stick or drive still connected or something in the CD drive, disconnect anything non-essential and try again?

no - this has come out of the blue, as it were

Valli

espresso wrote: »

See if this here helps.

thanks for that!
Have ended upo running a factory restore as I need my PC for work stuff asap. Fortunately I have some key files on sticks and I have also done an online back up through my AV - lets hope THAT's still there and I can access it!