ok i have a little (MASSIVE) error, on startup, my laptop flashes _ on a black backround screen (on startup, the _ is white, the rest is black) and i can't type in anyting, it won't go away, it happened when i did a checkdisk. i plugged the hard drive into another computer and it said: NTLDR missing, but i tried booting/fixing/reformating, off the c.d but it dosn't work!!!!!

please someone help me!!!!!!!

steve

I suspect that the NTLDR files are corrupted from the checkdisk that you performed.
Here is a link to troubleshoot NTLDR errors and how to restore the corrupted files:

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm