Windows question

[Borgsta]

A mate of mine got this error on his laptop this morning.

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.

He doesnt have the original Dell windows CD and is running XP Home edition.

would this be as simple to fix as copying the file to disk (although im running XP Pro)? He also has a 2nd hard drive connected by USB, is it possible to access that via DOS?

Any help would be much appreciated,

Mark.

 

[Matty01]

A mate of mine got this error on his laptop this morning.

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.

He doesnt have the original Dell windows CD and is running XP Home edition.

would this be as simple to fix as copying the file to disk (although im running XP Pro)? He also has a 2nd hard drive connected by USB, is it possible to access that via DOS?

Any help would be much appreciated,

Mark.

Try this http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;103673

 

[Borgsta]

Jesus christ that was quick.

Will check it out tonight. Thanks!

 

[jim boy]

He also has a 2nd hard drive connected by USB, is it possible to access that via DOS?

Not in any practical sense.

The trick is to boot into an operating system such as dos with either a floppy disk or a bootable CD. Seeing as you mentioned the 2nd hard disk, I'd suggest going with that unplugged. Then as the article mentioned, edit the boot.ini file.