I formated the 80 gb that I was having trouble with at another PC. Using maxblast 5, I took it out to the dell dimension 4100 an it says that it cant find ntldr press alt crtl delete to restart. I have the BIOS to boot from the cd drive but it dont load the disk info.What operating system did you put on the drive? ntldr is the "program"/script used to boot Win2K, and XP (I'm pretty sure.)I wasnt able too. 2k, mite have to format it on the pc I had used or something.Hello Squall. There are plenty of ways to troubleshoot a "NTLDR is missing" error message. I am listing two articles that will cover most of them.

How to troubleshoot the "NTLDR Is Missing" error message in Windows 2000

"NTLDR is missing" error message when you INSTALL or upgrade Windows XP over Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition

The above article should cover most troubleshooting procedures. Perform each step and see if the problem is resolved or not. There is another guide here but I will have to find it. LET us know how it goes. Good LUCK.

-- GokuI was able to solve the problem an dodge the bullet by using another pc to format an install 2k then reinstall it out there.