verifying dmi pool data, NTLDR is missing...

[goe602]

verifying dmi pool data, NTLDR is missing, press ctrl+alt+del to restart.

im getting this. what is wrong...?

thank you

 

[mechBgon]

specs?

 

[goe602]

dfi lanparty utnf3 250gb
ati x800
3gb pc2700
80gb maxtor sata
creative audigy 2

 

[mechBgon]

Could be hard-drive failure. It was working before, right? And you didn't unplug the drive's data cable from the motherboard and plug it into a different port or anything?

Maxtor diagnostics link at the bottom of the page there. Give that a try.

 

[Bozo Galora]

NTLDR missing means you have changed something so that the boot sequence no longer is represented correctly, possibly in the boot.ini, like diff drive letters

very common

so heres the definitive thread on this (all 16 pages)

http://www.techimo.com/forum/t37563.html

 

[ribbon13]

Did you have an IDE and a SATA, OS on SATA, and remove the IDE?

 

[goe602]

I had an IDE and a SATA...OS on SATA. I didn't remove the IDE but I did remove the SATA cable from the mobo. I was installing a new video card in my computer when all this happened. =\

 

[mechBgon]

When you plugged the SATA in, did you plug it back into the same exact fitting it was on before? Also check your boot-device priority in the motherboard's BIOS and aim it at your SATA drive again if it forgot which one it's supposed to boot from. Good luck!