JAY EMRIE wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

RJT> JE> A new development in my crazy system problems.

RJT> JE> Every once in a while when I try to boot up I get the following
RJT> JE> message: 

RJT> JE> NTLDR is missing
RJT> JE> Press CTRL + ALT + DEL to restart.

RJT> JE> Doing this causes NOTHING to happen.

RJT> JE> If I press RESET on the case, the system usually reboots correctly.

RJT> JE> This AM, I THINK I noticed that the C: (boot drive) was not
RJT> JE> recognized in the BIOS load phase of booting. I will have to pay
RJT> JE> closer attention to what is happening during that phase in the
RJT> JE> future. 

RJT>Does the drive get recognized if you reset?  It sounds to me like 
RJT>it's taking a little bit too long to respond to the rest of the 
RJT>system,  initially.

JE> Yes, usually, but not always. The drive is not recognized by the
JE> BIOS routine which is BEFORE the loading of anything Windows.

I wasn't thinking of anything windows,  I was thinking that the drive
wasn't "coming ready" soon enough for the rest of the system. 
Maybe the MB in question isn't giving it enough time to spin up,  or
something of the sort?

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