Re: <Windows root>\System32\ntoskrnl.exe - error message

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From: roger (sergiorogerdon'tspam_at_esmas.com)
Date: 03/24/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 22:12:18 -0600

Hi Brent,

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:46:07 -0800, "Brent RCDD" <colts_fans@msn.com>
wrote:

>I woke up this morning to my Pc beeping and the subject message after i attempted a hard reboot due to lack of response from the computer.
>
>I have absolutely no idea what this means or what steps I should take to remedy the isue. Can anyone assist?
>
>I am grateful in advance, and would need detailed instructions.

You'll need the recovery console to fix this, that is, you will need
the Windows XP CD.

Start your computer from CD-ROM, and make sure that you select the
drive that contains the Windows XP installation CD-ROM.
In the Microsoft Windows Recovery Console, select R for repair, and
then press Enter.
Select the installation number for the problem installation.
Type the password for the administrator account of that installation,
and then press Enter (It may be that no administrator password was
used, if so just press Enter)
You receive a drive:WINDOWS> prompt, where drive is the drive on which
Windows XP is installed.

Use this command:

(Assuming D is the letter assigned to the CD ROM)
cd D:
cd i386
expand ntkrnlmp.ex_ X:\Windows\System32\ntoskrnl.exe

(where X is the letter of the drive where windows is installed)

More rinformation about the recovery console:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b307654
How to use the Recovery Console

Good luck

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