the windows xp on my system could boot, it gave the follwing error:
Missing or corrupt: .
windows root>\system 32\ntoskrnl.exe.
please re-install.
Kindly assist on what to do.
thanks

you could recopy the file missing from the cd.

do you have a boot disk?

Did you change or erased any files?

Boot in safe mode with networking, update your antivirus (hoping that you have one) and scan the drives.

or if you can't figure anything out you can reinstal on top of XP with the CD and you will keep all you original settings. select the repair option.

Best of luck

Xander

At the Command prompt type: sfc /scannow

There is a space after the sfc

Have your XP CD to hand

Lesley

Sorry! - you can't get into Windows - so can you get into Safe Mode and do the scf /scannow

Lesley

reinstall all hotfixes and security updates after you run the sfc /scannow command.

ntoskrnl.exe is an application that winxp uses to display that Windows Loading image on bootup. NT OS Kernel.

What you can do is to replace the ntoskrnl.exe in your (most probably) C:\Windows\system32 folder with a working one. I'm not sure if you can get it from the Windows XP CD, or if it's hidden somewhere in the CAB files or whatever, but if you can't find it in Windows XP CD, go to http://www.themesxp.org and click on the Boot Screens link, and look for the original XP ntoskrnl.

This is easier to be done if you have a 2nd harddisk. I'm sure there's another way to do it, without using a harddisk, but I can't help you there. So if you have a 2nd harddisk, boot to that harddisk, and copy over the working ntoskrnl.exe to the system32 folder.

When you reboot your system, your Windows XP should be working fine.

Now, if you only have one harddisk or can't get hold of another harddisk for a while, do this : Boot to Windows XP CD. Run the Setup, and select the Repair option.

Ahakz~. Reinstalling Windows XP is my next best suggestion. Sorry.

ZuL

Sorry, that's http://www.themexp.org/

While you're there, I feel that you should know that you can use any of the boot screens there to replace your ntoskrnl.exe. But before you try, I suggest you replace your current ntoskrnl.exe with the original working one first.

ZuL

1. Start your computer with the WinXP CD Migrate to the Recovery Console as described above and your installation (usually number 1)
2. Log into the administrator accound by typing the password for this account. (Remeber that if you have not previously established a password, you simply hit Enter
3. Type expand cd-rom:\i386\ntoskrnl.ex_ X: \Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe

CD-rom is the drive letter of you CD-ROM drive, and X is the drive letter of the hard disk on which WinXP is installed.
If you receive a prompt to overwrite the file, press Y
Type exit, and press Enter at the command prompt.