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NTLDR is missing (I deleted the Win XP partition)
This thread doesn't really match any of the forums but this seems the closest. I wanted to get rid of my old Windows XP partition, because I needed that space for my full Windows 7 partition. I tried to delete the partition in Windows 7 Disk Management but it wouldn't allow me to delete an active partition. Thus, I decided as a short-term solution, to delete as much as I could from the Windows XP partition, in order to allow it to be shrunk, freeing up space for expansion of the Windows 7 partition. I deleted most of the files in Program Files, Documents and Settings and the Windows folder. Then I went back to the Windows 7 Disk Management and noticed that I could make the Windows 7 partition the 'active partition'. I did this, and then tried again to delete the Windows XP partition. I think it said that I needed to restart the computer. After finishing what I was doing, I tried to restart and go the error:
NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl Alt Delete to restart.
The recovery options on the Windows 7 disc appear to be ineffective. It doesn't find a Windows installation to repair (clearly, it isn't looking hard enough...). Is there a way that I can recover my Windows 7 installation?
I personally blame MS for not being more straight forward in their assignment of locations for boot files. They should create a very small partition especially for this purpose, and not hijack other partitions which the user is then unable to alter without borking their installation. Am I not correct?