Hi Charlies,
If you have the retail Windows XP CD you can go to the recovery
console.
When the computer starts, press F12.
Start your computer from CD-ROM, and make sure that you select the
drive that contains the Windows XP installation CD-ROM.
In the Microsoft Windows Recovery Console, select R for repair, and
then press ENTER.
Select the installation number for the problem installation.
Type the password for the administrator account of that installation,
and then press ENTER (It may be that no administrator password was
used, if so just press ENTER)
You receive a drive:WINDOWS> prompt, where drive is the drive on which
Windows XP is installed.
Use this command:
(Assuming D is the letter assigned to the CD ROM)
cd D:
cd i386
expand ntkrnlmp.ex_ X:\Windows\System32\ntoskrnl.exe
(where X is the letter of the drive where windows is installed)
More rinformation about the recovery console:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654
How to use the Recovery Console
More resources:
316941 HOW TO: Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316941
329198 When to Reinstall Windows XP Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329198
Repairing Windows XP:
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
Good luck, hope this helps.
