Re: Ntoskrnl missing or corrupt

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"OldGrantonian" <OldGrantonian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7DB9BA64-2EA0-4B48-B573-172C77D0E773@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have WinXP Home.

My computer will not start. I get the message:

"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:

Widows_root\System32\Ntoskrnl.exe

Please re-install a copy of the above file. "

Here is what I did:

1) Boot from the system disk (plus SP2).

2) Press "R" to get the recovery console.

3) But the recovery console does not launch. Instead I get the C: prompt

4) At the C: prompt, I do "dir" to verify that the "windows" directory
exists.

5) Type "cd windows"

I get the message "access denied"

When I try to start in Safe mode, I get the same message that Ntoskrnl.exe
is missing or corrupt.

Any advice?

BTW: Last actions before the last good shutdown were:

) Run Secunia to identify files that are not up to date from a security
point of view. (This is a read-only passive program.)

) As a result, I updated Flash, Adobe Reader, MS XML, and Windows Update.
.

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