   scared and the problem is simple
  i have the ntldr is missing message on a hard drive i just restored with symantec ghost.   if i reinstall windows over the old installation, will that put in a new boot sector and allow me to grab needed files off the hard drive ?i know that previously installed programs will not work, i just need some files from the hard drive, i can reformat once i get those files off.   
  This is not a tech support forum damn it. We're not here to help fix your computer problems. Where do you people come from?And...and...Google;  The solution to a problem you don't know the solution to? it's always the same.  Choose a less developed, generally unstable nation, and declare war.Works every time.   ;  put in the windows cd, at first option press r to go to the recovery console.at the recovery console, after you have loged in, type chkdsk or scandisk, I cant remember witch...type help and it will list all the commands, you are obviously a techie as you are here, so you should be able to go from here, or read on microsoft.com/support about thismaybe fixmbr I really cant remember, there are loads of commands about boot records, fixing secotrs and more, you just have to find it, sorry, I am to tired to remember the exact nameI ran a scandisk/checkdisk (cant remember name or program name) and it fixed a MBR problem   ;  Sorry, GDNet is not for tech support. The other users posting tech support questions have participated in the rest of the community.   