NTLDR missing – silly but can happend
This might happen if you have a floppy attached to your VM.
Sometimes, when you forget to un-attach a floppy drive from a VM, you might experience this error message.
Windows does not boot
You see the error:
NTLDR is missing
Well, to get your VM work again, just make sure that the SCSI driver floppy drive which is attached to a virtual machine, to disconnect the floppy:
Virtual Machine > Floppy > Disconnect Floppy. 
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This comment was originally posted on Twitter
NTLDR missing – silly but can happend (ESX Virtualization) http://bit.ly/b8qDsg
This comment was originally posted on Twitter
I always find it interesting that we still use Virtual Floppy disks on the VMs.
I think it is primarily nostalgia that keeps those Floppy drives alive in a virtual environment. 
Well, when we’ll not get any younger… that’s for sure, Carlo… -:)
Yes, that’s one of my first modification to virtual hardware – take off everything not needed…. And floppy, once external drivers installed (if any) is not needed any more… -:)
Vladan
We just spent the better part of 2 hours trying to get damned P2V box to book – and thanks to your blog post I’m now kicking myself heartily in the head… Thank you so much!