How are you reinstalling XP?

You should be using an install disc, not a recovery disc. When you are asked if you want to reformat the HD, do so.

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Please make sure your boot setting in BIOS. Make sure its booting order is from cd first and then hard drive later. If its new hard drive it does't have boot file to start with. If you are trying to boot with CD, Then it should ask you this message " press any key to boot from CD". Hope it helps. please let us konw how u resolve it.

The file NTLDR is located in the directory i386 on the XP install disc. If you have the ability to look at files on that disc, see if you can find it and then see if you can copy it to any directory. This will see if the file is defective or if that sector of the CD in unreadable.

On the HD, the file should be located in C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386. With SP1 (my original inst) it's about 229KB, with SP2 it's about 245KB.

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