NTLDR is missing error message with e6300 overclock

[TmBlackFlag]

Hello everyone. I have an Asus P5B-E with an e6300 and a 1gb stick of Corsair XMS DDR2 800

I have the e6300 overclocked to 2.8 Ghz. I also have an IDE Hard drive and Cdrom on the SAME ide cable because my mobo only has one ide slot.

Now i was playing WoW today and the game crashed. I tried to re-enter the game and all my characters were missing somehow. So i rebooted the computer and got the "NTLDR is missing" error and can't boot back into Windows.

So any ideas on the corruptions on my hard drive? I'm pretty sure i don't have the IDE set to run at 33% of the CPU. I have heard not doing this can overclock the IDE as well and cause problems. What else can i check? Also, how can i fix this?

 

[Duvie]

Often times it is caused by the ram being clocked to far and corrupting the files, or like you mentioned the pci lock not being there or working properly...

 

[prosser13]

This is an evil error

I tried Fixboot, FixMBR, repairing a Windows installation, a new one - I can't remember how I got rid of it, but it wasn't quick

 

[EXEEMLITE]

First try to back off of your oc, load fail safe and see if that does the trick
I used to get that error when I was ocing my opty alot. after I reloaded the fail safe all was good again. Not 100% but a fairly quick and probable solution

 

[Geophagus]

I have had this error, you need to make a floppy disc with a file on link below, also instructions on how hope it helps.

http://www.tinyempire.com/shortnotes/files/ntldr_missing.htm