# reinstalling windows problem

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**Created:** [December 11, 2006, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstalling-windows-problem/21467 "2006-12-11T10:20:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@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")

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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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