Missing file ntoskrnl.exe and can't boot up-

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Change bios from boot drive c: to d: That should enable
your windows xp cd boot. I don't have windows xp cd but
thats what I read here.

I have norton systemworks 2003. Unfortunately, if you
have NTSF file structure, you can't boot up with it.
>-----Original Message-----
>Windows XP tells me that I am missing file ntoskrnl.exe
(or, at least, this
>message came up after hitting EVERY type of key at start
up) Regardless, my
>computer will not boot up. I start it up, the bios and
all come up, it
>recognizes my drives correctly, the black Windows XP
Professional screen
>comes up and right before my regular blue 'user' screen
comes up, the
>computer shuts down and restarts automatically, going
through the same
>motions and shutting down right after the black Windows
XP screen. This goes
>on continueously and I can never get to the blue
Windows 'user' screen. I
>tried rebooting with my Windows XP disc, to no avail. It
won't even recognize
>that the disc is in my cd-rom drive. I tried starting in
safe mode and it
>will not boot either. In fact, my 'f8' key will not do
anything. I cannot
>even get into any kind of a 'safe mode'. If I could at
least sign on to the
>computer, I could at least 'play' around with it and try
to fix something. I
>cannot even do that. Is there any way I can somehow boot
up with the use of
>something else or another program disc? Someone told me
that purchasing
>Norton System Works and using the disc at start up will
boot me up. Is this
>true?
>.
>