NTLDR Missing

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Recieved my new computer today, which was fitted with my old hard drive, and all the old windows XP stuff on it, decided to move all the files that i needed to the new hard drive, installed some drivers and such, and shut down.
on booting i got BSOD'd, which i figured was a problem with there being 2 versions of XP on, so i format the old drive.
now im getting an NTLDR error, ive resetted the BIOS but to no avail, have i maybe accidently deleted the main windows? if so is there a workaround?
Did a quick google on the NTLDR problem, and its showing that the hard drive isn't configured properly? is it trying to boot from the one I just formatted?
Thanks in advance.
 
You should be able to specify which HDD gets boot priority in the BIOS, but if you want to make certain you are booting from the new drive, temporarily disconnect the power or data cable from the old drive.

Do you have a Windows install disk? If so you should be able to boot from it, launch the recovery console and replace the NTLDR file that way. Check this link for details on how to do that.
 
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