ntoskrnl.exe

[Brett]

On a "well kept" Windows 2000 Pro machine, we are now not
able to boot out of the blue. Getting the error
message: "Windows 2000 could not start because the
following file is missing or corrupt
<windows 2000 root>\system 32\ntoskrnl.exe
Please reinstall a copy of the above file"

How do I reinstall a copy when I cannot boot? Is this the
right fix? I'm stuck!!! Please help!!!

Thanks,
Brett
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Explorer Guy]

On a "well kept" Windows 2000 Pro machine, we are now not
able to boot out of the blue. Getting the error
message: "Windows 2000 could not start because the
following file is missing or corrupt
<windows 2000 root>\system 32\ntoskrnl.exe
Please reinstall a copy of the above file"

How do I reinstall a copy when I cannot boot? Is this the
right fix? I'm stuck!!! Please help!!!

Take the drive out and connect it as a slave drive to another W2k
machine you have. Start the computer and your problem drive will be
accessible and you will be able to copy files to it, you'll be able to
run disk checking tools on it, etc. Once you've fixed it up take it
out and put it back into the original computer.

 

[Bengt]

See knowledge base artikel 103673.
Edit boot.ini file.
Remove the read only system. type Attrib -S -R C:\Boot.ini
increase partition no by 1.
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(partition(x+1)
Bengt