Error on boot up; ntoskrnl.exe: corrupt or missing

[Dan]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

We were hit with virus and or trojans yesterday, I ran our
virus scan and fixed the items. But, when I rebooted the
computer I received an error at the beginning stating;
Windows could not start because the following file is
missing or corrupt. <windows 2000 root>\system32
\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the file.

No for the problem, I can not re-install the file because
I can not get into desktop. I tried to boot off of the CD
and get to the point (blue win 2000 setup screen)
of "starting up windows 2000", but the computer just stays
there, and I can only get out of that screen by turning
off the power. I then tried safe mode, but it only loaded
about 15 entries and stopped. Luckly I cound use the CTL-
ALT-delete to re-start; to beginning.

I tried a emergency repair disk from another win 2k
computer but I received an error that disk was invalid.

It appears that I can not even re-install win 2k because
this file is missing or corrupt.

Please help, anyone know how to get this fixed, get into
safe mode, or at worse case, re-install win 2k.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

Dan

The error message you describe usually means that the file C:\boot.ini is
incorrect or missing. This MS Knowledge Base article has two options to
solve the problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=319011

Best regards

Bjorn
--
Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)

"Dan" <contact@daretodreamnetwork.net> wrote:

>We were hit with virus and or trojans yesterday, I ran our
>virus scan and fixed the items. But, when I rebooted the
>computer I received an error at the beginning stating;
>Windows could not start because the following file is
>missing or corrupt. <windows 2000 root>\system32
>\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the file.
>
>No for the problem, I can not re-install the file because
>I can not get into desktop. I tried to boot off of the CD
>and get to the point (blue win 2000 setup screen)
>of "starting up windows 2000", but the computer just stays
>there, and I can only get out of that screen by turning
>off the power. I then tried safe mode, but it only loaded
>about 15 entries and stopped. Luckly I cound use the CTL-
>ALT-delete to re-start; to beginning.
>
>I tried a emergency repair disk from another win 2k
>computer but I received an error that disk was invalid.
>
>It appears that I can not even re-install win 2k because
>this file is missing or corrupt.
>
>Please help, anyone know how to get this fixed, get into
>safe mode, or at worse case, re-install win 2k.