# reinstalling windows problem
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstalling-windows-problem/21467
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 11, 2006, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstalling-windows-problem/21467 "2006-12-11T10:20:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2006, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstalling-windows-problem/21467/1 "2006-12-11T10:20:50Z")
i just reformatted the HD and when i went to put it back into the other computer i get an error on start up saying “NTDLR not found” what does that mean??
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### Author:  [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2006, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstalling-windows-problem/21467/2 "2006-12-11T10:34:11Z")
CAUSE
This issue may occur if your start device (such as a floppy disk drive, hard disk drive, or CD-ROM drive) does not contain boot files.
[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555304](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555304)
I have this same problem with my parents computer,It will boot with the XP CD in the drive but if I take the CD out I get the NTDLR not found.
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstalling-windows-problem/21467/3 "2006-12-11T10:59:40Z")
nt loader is required to be present (in default configuration) in the root of the boot partition.
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2006, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstalling-windows-problem/21467/4 "2006-12-11T11:24:45Z")
A. Disk in the floppy drive
B. Windows is not properly installed on the disk
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2006, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstalling-windows-problem/21467/5 "2006-12-11T11:31:14Z")
ill make a boot disk and see if that solves it, i thought the windows cd’s were bootable
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstalling-windows-problem/21467/6 "2006-12-11T11:43:01Z")
They are, if you have the computer set to boot off of a CD.
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstalling-windows-problem/21467/7 "2006-12-11T20:41:49Z")
> [@FuzzyFish](#):
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> They are, if you have the computer set to boot off of a CD.
oh got ya
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstalling-windows-problem/21467/8 "2006-12-12T08:10:02Z")
ok now i have the boot disk running and i forgot what an i suppose to do when it comes up with “A:\>/” ? i know i am suppose to type something but i cant remember