Re: win2k will not start - missing ntoskrnl.exe after Partition Magic copy..


"Jacek Bogucki" <gucek@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi!
After copying my _working_ Win2k FAT32 partition to a new (bigger) drive
with Partition Magic and trying to boot from new one I have this message:
Windows 2000 could not start (...) missing ntoskrnl.exe
After copying I replaced old disk with the new one, new partition was set
active in the process. It's same size, first on the disk.

I tried to fixmbr and fixboot, but it didn't have any (visible) effect...
I'm a bit out of ideas for now. Something with drive letters? I know this
thing is twisted badly since Win2k, but I don't really think that this is
it.

Help? :)
Jacek Bo.



It is likely that your partition numbers are incorrect. To fix
it, you could boot the machine with a floppy boot disk like so:
- Format a floppy disk on some other Win2000/XP PC.
Don't do it on a Win9x PC - it won't work.
- Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your Win2000 CD to A:\
ntldr
ntdetect.com
- Create a file a:\boot.ini with these lines
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=10
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="1 Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="2 Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="3 Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINNT="4 Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
- Boot the machine with this floppy, trying each of
the available options.
- When successful, adjust the hidden file c:\boot.ini
accordingly.


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