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RALPH MONNETT
HELP!! Unbootable computer, double error: "NTLDR is
missing" --when this error corrected by making boot
floppy with NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, and Boot.ini file, the
error upon rebooting becomes:
Windows 2000 could not start because the following file
is missing or corrupt:
<windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
Please re-install a copy of the above file
When this error is corrected by copying ntoskrnl.exe from
win 2000 cd-rom onto hard drive with recovery console, I
get the same error message upon rebooting. I then
removed hard drive in question, connected it as slave in
spare machine, and explored to see if ntoskrnl.exe was in
C:\winnt\system32\ntoskrnl.exe and sure enough it is
there. Also ran virus scan on the entire drive with
updated norton antivirus, as well as F-prot programs and
NO VIRUSES showed up anywhere.
So now I've got the created boot floppy as above, I've
copied ntoskrnl.exe to the hard drive, and I've scanned
for viruses--what can I do next while this hard drive is
connected to my spare machine to make it boot when
replace into original machine (short of formatting). By
the way the computer in question has more than one hard
drive and I've loaded windows 2000 onto 2 partitions on
the second hard drive, but still cannot boot the machine--
get same error messages. What am I missing here? Thanks
for reading this long post and any help.
missing" --when this error corrected by making boot
floppy with NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, and Boot.ini file, the
error upon rebooting becomes:
Windows 2000 could not start because the following file
is missing or corrupt:
<windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
Please re-install a copy of the above file
When this error is corrected by copying ntoskrnl.exe from
win 2000 cd-rom onto hard drive with recovery console, I
get the same error message upon rebooting. I then
removed hard drive in question, connected it as slave in
spare machine, and explored to see if ntoskrnl.exe was in
C:\winnt\system32\ntoskrnl.exe and sure enough it is
there. Also ran virus scan on the entire drive with
updated norton antivirus, as well as F-prot programs and
NO VIRUSES showed up anywhere.
So now I've got the created boot floppy as above, I've
copied ntoskrnl.exe to the hard drive, and I've scanned
for viruses--what can I do next while this hard drive is
connected to my spare machine to make it boot when
replace into original machine (short of formatting). By
the way the computer in question has more than one hard
drive and I've loaded windows 2000 onto 2 partitions on
the second hard drive, but still cannot boot the machine--
get same error messages. What am I missing here? Thanks
for reading this long post and any help.