<windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe Please reinstall a copy of the above file

[BobT]

I get the following message at boot.
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.
<<<<<<

How can I recover?

TIA

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I get the following message at boot.

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.
<<<<<<

How can I recover?

TIA

What is the recent history of this machine?

 

[BobT]

PC locked up while working in outlook express. Email
When rebooted, above message appeared.

 

[Joe Wright]

I get the following message at boot.

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.
<<<<<<

How can I recover?

TIA

Click Start, Run, type SFC /SCANNOW, click OK. If any are damaged or
missing files, they'll be replaced. You may need to reboot afterwards
so damaged files will be replaced.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

You can get this message if the file c:\boot.ini is corrupted.
I suggest you boot the machine with your WinXP CD, get
into the Recovery Console and run these commands:
fixboot
fixmbr
bootcfg /rebuild

 

[Guest]

Joe, how can youclick Start & Run if your computer won't boot?
-Eric

 

[Joe Wright]

Joe, how can youclick Start & Run if your computer won't boot?
-Eric

Sorry, I must have misread that one.