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I got an "NTLDR is missing" on Win XP and fixed it, but why did this happen and how did this fix work?

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So, believe me, I've read all the related posts on how to fix "NTLDR is missing" issues on SuperUser and this is not that question. I actually did manage to fix my problem, but I don't entirely understand why the fixed worked and its bugging me. I'm hoping someone out there can fill in the blanks f…

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Fix for: I got an "NTLDR is missing" on Win XP and fixed it, but why did this happen and how did this fix work?

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According to ComputerHope.com the causes for a "NTLDR is Missing" error message are: Computer is booting from a non-bootable source. Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS. Corrupt NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM file. Misconfiguration with t…

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