Ntoskrnl problem.XP won't boot.

**2ftrain576** · May 15th, 2004, 10:27 AM

My IBM Thinkpad T40 will not boot to Windows XP Pro. I just get a black screen with the 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.

How do i go about reinstalling this file, or does this mean i have to re-install windows XP? Thanks for any help.

**NooNoo** · May 15th, 2004, 10:57 AM

Do you have a restore disk only - one that insists you format or do you have a windows xp cd that is usable?

here is the fix

**2ftrain576** · May 15th, 2004, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

Do you have a restore disk only - one that insists you format or do you have a windows xp cd that is usable?

here is the fix

Thanks NooNoo i 'll give it a try. Yes i do have axp cd that is usable.

**NooNoo** · May 15th, 2004, 11:18 AM

good, so if that doesn't work, you could use chkdsk with /r or /f at repair console.

**2ftrain576** · May 15th, 2004, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

good, so if that doesn't work, you could use chkdsk with /r or /f at repair console.

Sorry NooNoo, ithought it was a full install disk. Any way to a fix using an upgrade XP disk? Question.When using a Win ME boot disk i only get the virtual drive C:, and the cd drive D:. Is that because the boot disk can not read the ntfs file system? if that is so that should mean that i can not copy a new ntoskrnl.exe to a drive that is not available yes?

**TripleRLtd** · May 15th, 2004, 04:56 PM

Yes, do it the same way but you must boot from the CD, not an ME boot disk. You have NTFS (score one for you -ed

) so ME can't "see" it. You'll need to go into Bios Setup and change the boot option to CD first.

**2ftrain576** · May 15th, 2004, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by TripleRLtd

Yes, do it the same way but you must boot from the CD, not an ME boot disk. You have NTFS (score one for you -ed

) so ME can't "see" it. You'll need to go into Bios Setup and change the boot option to CD first.

ok i was able to boot into the recovery console, but none of the suggestions worked. I'm still get the missing or corrupt ntoskrnl.exe message. Is there anything more i can try? There is some mission critical info on this box.

**TripleRLtd** · May 15th, 2004, 08:16 PM

Have you done EVERYthing listed from NooNoo's fix article.?This should have fixed it. Have you tried a repair install yet? If so, does it not find the old XP installation?

**2ftrain576** · May 15th, 2004, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by TripleRLtd

Have you done EVERYthing listed from NooNoo's fix article.?This should have fixed it. Have you tried a repair install yet? If so, does it not find the old XP installation?

Yes. For one last try, i copied ntoskrnl.exe from my box to a usb pen drive, then copied from the pen drive to the ibm box..What do you know...it worked.
Thanks for all the help guys

**TripleRLtd** · May 15th, 2004, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by 2ftrain576

Yes. For one last try, i copied ntoskrnl.exe from my box to a usb pen drive, then copied from the pen drive to the ibm box..What do you know...it worked.
Thanks for all the help guys

Cool, and good thinking.