need new stuff due to hard disk crash

[saulc12]

now when i try to start up i get a NTLDR MISSING message.
on the startup it says
primary master none
primary slave none
secondady master something something (this must be the good drive)
secondary slave none

??

You need to download the set of windows xp installation startup disks from microsoft - this will allow you to format your other drive and create the relevant NTLDR system data - this is a requirement of windows XP install so you muct go through this step even if you buy a new drive - do this with what was your D drive and that should solve your problem. Good Luck.

[DevonB]

yes, that fixt it.. but with an interresting side-effect. the computer can no longer shut down.. hahaha. this is nuts. the desktop dissapears and the mouse frezzes... and thats all that happens when i i tell the comptuer to shut down

You can do a reinstall as a repair, which won't touch what you have installed. Try that first. If that don't fix it, clean reistall it.

Devon