Boot Up

[all4haydens]

All was OK last nigt but this AM when booting up 30mins
before due to give presentation! the only thing that came
onto the screen was msg saying windows root\system32
\ntoskrnl.exe was corrupt or could not be found. Turning
it on and off did not help. What a pain!

Any thoughts on how to resolve this prob and without
loosing data and presentations.

 

[Stuart]

Usually a damaged boot.ini - there is a recovery console command to recreate
it, but the details escape me at present, but its amazing what you can find
in help:

Bootcfg
Use the bootcfg command for boot configuration and recovery (boot.ini for
most computers).

The bootcfg command with the parameters listed below is only available when
you are using the Recovery Console. The bootcfg command with different
parameters is available from the command prompt.

Usage:

bootcfg /default

Set the default boot entry.

bootcfg /add

Add a Windows installation to the boot list.
bootcfg /rebuild

Iterate through all Windows installations and allow the user to choose which
to add.

Note

a.. You should first make a backup copy of your boot.ini file by using
bootcfg /copy before using bootcfg /rebuild.
bootcfg /scan

Scan all disks for Windows installations and display the results.

Note

a.. These results are stored statically for this session. If the disk
configuration changes during this session, in order to get an updated scan,
you must first reboot the computer and then rescan the disks.
bootcfg /list

List the entries already in the boot list.

bootcfg /disableredirect

Disable redirection in the boot loader.

bootcfg /redirect [PortBaudRrate] | [useBiosSettings]

Enable redirection in the boot loader with the specified configuration.

Example:

bootcfg /redirect com1 115200

bootcfg /redirect useBiosSettings