hi there

[Guest]

Hi there i have a question with regards to the windows xp home edition.
i am not able to boot my system as it comes up saying "ntoskrnl missing". so
i used the recovery console to try the chkdsk /r command rebooted and now the
system comes up with another error "windows\system32\config\system corrupt or
missing" and i just don't know what to do. I don't want to lose the data i
have on the system and microsoft says something to the effect of editing the
registry which i'm really nervous about attempting so please could you help
me out and thank you for your time. If i do have to edit the registry then
could you tell me exactly how to do this. thank you again..

 

[MAP]

Hi there i have a question with regards to the windows xp home
edition.
i am not able to boot my system as it comes up saying "ntoskrnl
missing". so i used the recovery console to try the chkdsk /r command
rebooted and now the system comes up with another error
"windows\system32\config\system corrupt or missing" and i just don't
know what to do. I don't want to lose the data i have on the system
and microsoft says something to the effect of editing the registry
which i'm really nervous about attempting so please could you help me
out and thank you for your time. If i do have to edit the registry
then could you tell me exactly how to do this. thank you again..

Here ya go.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/

 

[Guest]

Hi there i have a question with regards to the windows xp home edition.
i am not able to boot my system as it comes up saying "ntoskrnl missing". so
i used the recovery console to try the chkdsk /r command rebooted and now the
system comes up with another error "windows\system32\config\system corrupt or
missing" and i just don't know what to do. I don't want to lose the data i
have on the system and microsoft says something to the effect of editing the
registry which i'm really nervous about attempting so please could you help
me out and thank you for your time. If i do have to edit the registry then
could you tell me exactly how to do this. thank you again..

You have a hardware problem, or your boot loader is missing.
Also the path for windows installation may be missing or not set correctly
in the Boot.ini.
In your case some people get the famous hal.dll is missing or corrupt but
you have the ntoskrnl.exe.
You can copy a new copy for the ntoskrnl.exe from a working computer or from
the CD to that path:
C:\Windows\System32\<folder here>.
or try the recovery console by reading this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477
HTH.
Let us know.
Regards,
nass