<windows>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe file is missing

[Elikat]

Please my Win XP Home edition on starting ,never displays
the desktop icons and start menu,the only message i got
was that the given file is missing.How do i get it.I do
not have my CD of OS?

 

[Darnko]

-----Original Message-----
Please my Win XP Home edition on starting ,never displays
the desktop icons and start menu,the only message i got
was that the given file is missing.How do i get it.I do
not have my CD of OS?
.
Oh My System Restore to a time before this problem

press F8 when restarting keep tapping it as it is
starting try Last Known......

 

[lbrty4us]

Please my Win XP Home edition on starting ,never displays
the desktop icons and start menu,the only message i got
was that the given file is missing.How do i get it.I do
not have my CD of OS?

Did you get the BSOD? If so, you may need to get the CD & replace the
file from the CLUI. You could put the CD in another XP Home machine,
find where the file is on both the HD & on the CD, then use this info
to find/replace on yours.