Hi, I'm on and old WINDOWS XP Pro, SP3 and been having some problems lately, like programs having errors and programs shutting down, today when I rebooted I get this message-
'Verifying DMI Pool Data-
MTLDR Is Missing
Press CTR- ALt- Delete to restart'

The trouble is, I cannot get into anything, not Safe mode, not the Bios screen, nothing works, even tried using my Windows CD to maybe do a repair or reinstall, but it WONT even read the disc!

OK, GOT into the bios SECTION, but not sure what to do from there, can anyone help me out?Given the history, it sounds like the hard drive has finally failed, and you will probably need to get a new one and reinstall. Your data is probably gone.
I found a link here- http://ccm.net/faq/4716-xp-recovery-console-admin-password-forgotten that seemed to work, so crossing my fingers a repair will work, will find out soon.....
Fullbug , it is your choice. The recovery console might help. But not always.Be very careful. Do the wrong thing and  maybe erase and date that was still there.
IMO you should get another drive and do a clean INSTALL on the new drive and then see if you can read your data off of the old drive.