XP won't start anymore

[dan smith]

After using Windows XP Pro mainly trouble-free for the
last 5 months, it now won't start at all.

The first time it happened it went from the "American
Megatrends" screen to a black screen with the
message "ntoskrnl missing or corrupt"

Now even this screen dosen't come up, instead it's just a
black screen.

What can I do - I have another computer up and running
and Win 98 boot disk if these are any good.

Dan

 

[David A. Spicer]

If all else fails you can do a Repair Install and 'shouldn't' lose any data
other than Windows Updates. Go here and check out "How to run a Repair
Install":
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm

 

[Sir_George]

dan,

Although the article was not specifically written for XP it may help;

http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q124550