"ntoskrnl.exe" is missing

[marty]

When trying to boot my Windows 2000 machine I get the follow error message:

"windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or
corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe"

It won't boot in Safe Mode or Last Known Good Configuration. It's a
stand-alone computer, not on a network.

I have tried repairing Windows 2000 by using the original Windows 2000
CD but no luck either.

Any help is really appreciated!

Cheers, Marty

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

When trying to boot my Windows 2000 machine I get the follow error message:

"windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or
corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe"

It won't boot in Safe Mode or Last Known Good Configuration. It's a
stand-alone computer, not on a network.

I have tried repairing Windows 2000 by using the original Windows 2000
CD but no luck either.

Any help is really appreciated!

Cheers, Marty

What is the recent history of the machine? Hardware changes?
Software installations?

 

[Stubby]

That happens when you mess up boot.ini . ntldr can't find the OS file
anymore (ntoskrnl.exe) O find it best to format a floppy on a Win2K
(SAME as your system), copy ntldr, boot.ini ntdetect.exe to the floppy.
Hopefully you have another system, even DOS, that you can use to edit
the floppy version of boot.ini. Try booting with the floppy in A: until
you get a boot.ini that will work. Then copy the working boot.ini back
to C: .

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

To accelerate this trial and error process, make boot.ini like so:

.. . .
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000-1" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000-2" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Windows 2000-3" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINNT="Windows 2000-4" /fastdetect

then see which one works.