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NTLDR is missing

Asked by Arka3L in Windows XP Operating System

Tags: ntldr, missing

Hey guys, quick question for you, should be easy for some.

I recently purchased and built a new machine. Currently i'm running the following:

AMD 64 3200+
1 Gig PC3200 ram
PCIe XFX Geforece 6800 GS
1 Maxtor 160 gig drive
1 random old 40 gig drive
1 DVD/RW drive
1 DVD/CD drive

running XP SP2

Now, i know this error generally has to do with the floppy, but i have no disk in the drive. After setting everything up, (everything is configured the same as before) my drives have not changed, all my drivers are installed correctly. But AFTER I did a windows update, after the first bios bootup screen, when it starts the scan for my drives to figure out which one to boot from, i get "NTLDR is missing. please restart your computer."

Funny thing is, if i restart, i have the option to select how to bootup. I select the Maxtor drive, which is still setup as master, and it works fine..... This is why i'm so confused, if its set to master, set to the first drive to boot from, why am i getting such an error? Esp if my floppy doesn't have any disk in it..... Of course i can simply, unplug the drive, but why would i want to do that in the long run?
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