-----Original Message-----
Sounds like you're still not booting from the CD-Rom at this point. Possibly
look for the key stroke at POST to start from the CD-Rom drive or check the
mobo manual for instructions.
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Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
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|I drove to the office and found the win 2000 disk. I can
| not boot to it. I can not boot to safe mode. I can not
| boot to sage mode with command prompt. The diagnostics
| disk will also not do anything. I just get the same black
| screen message!!! Any ideas on how to get around this
| error mesesage?
|
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >You can use the WinXP CD to boot into the Recovery
| >Console, then examine and/or modify c:\boot.ini. Use
| >the "type" command to see its contents, then make a
| >new version on some other machine and copy it back
| >to the problem PC with a floppy disk.
| >
| >
| message
| >| >> Thanks, I'll try these suggestions in the morning if I
| can
| >> locate the Windows 2000 disk. I tried booting with a
| >> Windows xp disk but I still get the same error
| message. I
| >> can't even boot into safe mode! I hope what you
| suggested
| >> works but i have a feeling it won't boot to the win 2000
| >> disk either!
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >> >-----Original Message-----
| >> >
| >> message
| >> >| >> >> I volunteered to "clean up" a laptop computer for my
| >> >> boss. All I did was remove temp files, run Spybot &
| >> >> Adware, removed unused programs, then defragged. In
| the
| >> >> middle of defrag I got a black screen. I had to re-
| boot
| >> >> but now all I get is this error:
| >> >> Windows could not start because the following file is
| >> >> missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32
| >> \ntoskrnl.exe.
| >> >> Please reinstall a copy of the above file.
| >> >> This laptop is running Windows 2000 - I do NOT have a
| >> >> Windows 2000 CD and I always do NOT have the admini
| >> >> password. I called my boss and he doesn't know where
| >> the
| >> >> disk and doesn't even remember setting a password
| three
| >> >> years ago when he bought the laptop. Can any suggest
| >> >> anything I can do to get this working before work in
| the
| >> >> morning!!!!!!
| >> >
| >> >You might as well go to bed and start the job tomorrow
| >> >with a clear head and the proper tools.
| >> >
| >> >If your machine crashed in the middle of a defragging
| >> >operation then you're probably short of a few system
| >> >files (at best), or your file system is hosed (at
| worst).
| >> >Personally I don't think that the benefits of
| defragging
| >> >are worth the risks. In many cases you would not notice
| >> >the difference unless you used a stop watch.
| >> >
| >> >Here is my suggested course of action. Take one step
| at a
| >> time
| >> >and only move to the next step if unsuccessful.
| >> >- Get the Win2000 installation CD. Suggest tactfully to
| >> > your boss that it's worth a lot of money - surely he
| >> > stored it a safe place.
| >> >- Read the information in this link:
| >> >
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=kb;en-
| >> us;103673
| >> > If you system drive is on an NTFS partition then you
| >> have
| >> > to boot into the Recovery Console to access
| >> c:\boot.ini. This
| >> > requires booting from your Win2000 CD.
| >> >- Boot from the CD and select "Repair" when prompted.
| >> >- Install Windows over the top of the existing
| >> installation.
| >> >- Reload Windows into a different folder.
| >> >
| >> >When finished, do some planning ahead:
| >> >- Start a register with the Win2000 licence number.
| Print
| >> > a hard copy.
| >> >- Store the Win2000 CD in a safe place.
| >> >- Create a second admin account. It's silly relying on
| one
| >> > single admin account - you would not rely on a
| single
| >> > house key, would you?
| >> >- Store the details of that second account in a safe
| >> place,
| >> > together with the Win2000 licence number.
| >> >
| >> >
| >> >.
| >> >
| >
| >
| >.
| >
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