Windows XP start up error message

[Tommy]

When i start my other computer a black screen appears with
the follow error message: "Windows could not start because
the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows
root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of
the above file." Does any one know how i can fix this?

Thanks,
Tommy

 

[Stephen Johnson]

Do you have a Windows XP disk? If so, then you may have to do a repair install. To do a repair
install, boot from the XP cd, then press "R" at the screen where it shows your installed windows
versions. DO NOT press "R" at the screen where it says "Press 'R' to repair a Windows Installation
using the recovery console". If you need more help, feel free to email me or post back here. If you
email me remember to remove the spam filter.

Stephen

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Tommy

Boot your PC with the XP CD in the CD drive and select 'To repair a Windows XP Professional installation' by pressing 'R' to access the Recovery Console - then at the command prompt type the following:

expand X:\i386\ntoskrnl.ex_ C:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe - where X is the letter of your cd drive and C is the letter of your system drive.

Take the XP CD out of the cd drive, reboot and see if your PC boots normally.

 

[Bern]

Have you scanned for viruses?

Funlove 4099 (top)

W32.FunLove.4099 infects .exe, .scr, and .ocx files in Windows 95/98/Me and
Windows NT. This virus disrupts infected files from running and therefore
causes system crashes.

The virus is able to spread itself across NT networks by altering the
Windows NT Kernel file

"Ntoskrnl.exe"

allowing all users access rights to all files on an infected PC. The virus
also changes the "Ntldr" file so that there is no "Ntoskrnl.exe" checksum
alert given on reboot.

An infected Windows NT machine therefore has its file access security
compromised. There are removal tools available to clean the virus from an
infected PC. For more details please check the links below.


a.. Trend Micro Web site

a.. Symantec Website

a.. McAfee Website

a.. F-Secure Website

 

[Guest]

what kind of system is it? HP? Dell? what are you using
for internet connectivity?

I've had this same thing happen on a series of systems.
I'm looking for commonalities.

My solution by the way was to make the affected HD a
slave on a working system, got off all data and user
files, reformatted the drive then reinstalled as master
to it's original system & reinstalled Windows and all
software.

If there's another answer, I'd love to hear it.

/g