Re: Ntoskrnl missing or corrupt
- From: "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:06:08 -0400
At the Recovery Console you have to enter a number to log on to the Windows installation, for example, you will see something like this when the Recovery Console starts:
Microsoft Windows(R) Recovery Console
The Recovery Console provides system repair and recovery functionality.
Type EXIT to exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer.
1: C:\WINDOWS
Which Windows Installation would you like to log on to?
(To cancel, press ENTER)
In the above example you must answer the question "Which Windows Installation would you like to log on to?" by typing the number "1" and then pressing enter, only then will you be logged on to the Windows installation and only then will you be able to run your commands.
There are only a limited set of commands that can be run when not logged on the the Windows installation, for example, Chkdsk, Fixboot and Fixmbr can be run without logging on to the installation.
John
OldGrantonian wrote:
Hi Peter,.
The link in your post refers to the use of the recovery console.
As I mentioned in my first post, I cannot get the recovery console to launch. I get the message:
Type EXIT to quit the Recovery Console and restart the computer.
But after that message, I get the C: prompt.
"Peter Foldes" wrote:
http://www.ozzu.com/mswindows-forum/ntoskrnl-exe-corrupted-windows-wont-open-t24580.html
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Peter
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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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