missing start up file pleeeeeaase help

[Guest]

hi, I just puschased a new western digital hard drive. when I went to inslall
xp home with sp1 on it, it came up with a message saying that windows fail to
start because the file <windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe was missing and
that i needed to copy a new version from the installation disk. So, like how
do I do that, and why didn't the install go like it should have. Thanks in
advance for all you help.

 

[Karl]

Here is one solution(?) I found:

If the ntoskrnl.exe file is corrupt or missing this can also generate the
error. To restore this file follow the below steps.

1.. Insert the Microsoft Windows XP CD. Note: If you have a recovery CD
or a restore CD and not a Microsoft Windows XP CD it is likely the below
steps will not resolve your issue.
2.. Reboot the computer, as the computer is starting you should see a
message to press any key to boot from the CD. When you see this message
press any key.
3.. In the Microsoft Windows XP setup menu press the R key to enter the
recovery console.
4.. Select the operating system you wish to fix, and then enter the
administrator password.
5.. Type expand d:\i386\ntoskrnl.ex_ c:\windows\system32
6.. You will then be prompted if you wish to overwrite the file type Y
and press enter to overwrite the file.
7.. Type exit to reboot the computer.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I tried your suggestion, and it did exactly what it said it would do
in your response, the prompt to overwrite did not come up however, so the
file must have been missing all together. upon exiting the recovery console
and trying to boot however, i recieved the exact same message. I am really
having a hard time understanding this problem. do you have any other
suggestions. I have already tried reformatting and reinstallation without
effect. here are my system components, just in case there something in the
mix that may be the problem. the mother board is a gigabyte k8ns ultra 939,
with amd 64 3000+, 512 meg of ram, 160 gig western digital hard drive 7200
rpm, and a pny nvidea personal cinemavideo card. seems like everything should
be working, but i have this error. thanks for any help you can offer.

 

[Guest]

oh and one more thing i do have a full copy of xp home with sp1, i don't know
if it makes much diffence, but just incase