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>-----Original Message-----
>Good luck...come back in this thread with results
>
>Steve Wilson wrote:
>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Steve -
>>>- boot.ini is a hidden readonly system file in the root
>>
>> dir. Remove
>>
>>>those attributes to see/edit it.
>>>
>>>- edit boot.ini with notepad, it's just ordinary text.
>>>
>>>- I can't tell from the thread so far, but if the
system
>>
>> on the
>>
>>>partition is a working system, you might be able to
start
>>
>> it by (on some
>>
>>>other W2k system, MUST be W2k) formatting a diskette,
>>
>> then copying 3
>>
>>>files to it, taking it to your machine, and booting
from
>>
>> it. Then copy
>>
>>>the working boot.ini to the hard drive. The 3 files are:
>>> boot.ini
>>> ntldr
>>> ntdetect.com
>>>
>>>- within boot.ini, "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)" mean the
>>
>> first of each type
>>
>>>of disk support hardware; "partition(1)" means the
first
>>
>> partition on
>>
>>>the drive being pointed to. All 4 values are the most
>>
>> typical (for the
>>
>>>active partition on the primary master hard drive.)
>>>
>>>- often when a boot reports ntoskrnl is missing it's
>>
>> because boot.ini is
>>
>>>pointing to the wrong rdisk or partition. Or the system
>>
>> isn't completely
>>
>>>installed. You may want to experiment with those
boot.ini
>>
>> values, which
>>
>>>are explained in many places on the net.
>>>
>>>Steve Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Steve Wilson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>wrote in message
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>news:321601c49ba7$50529690$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi- I am getting an error pertaining to
ntoskrnl.exe
>>>>>
>>>>>being
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>missing. I need to alter the boot.ini file but I
>>
>> can't
>>
>>>>>>>get past the error.
>>>>>>>Is it possible to boot the machine up and go
directly
>>>>
>>>>to
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>dos?
>>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>When you write "DOS Prompt", you probably mean the
>>>>>>Command Prompt. This is a child process under
Windows -
>>>>>>it cannot run without Windows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If your system partition is FAT32 then you can boot
>>
>> your
>>
>>>>>>machine with a DOS boot disk from www.bootdisk.com
>>>>>>and edit boot.ini.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If your system partition is NTFS then you have to
>>>>
>>>>install
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>your
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>disk temporarily as a slave disk in some other
>>
>> Win2000/XP
>>
>>>>>>machine to edit boot.ini.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You could also reboot the machine with your Win2000
CD,
>>>>>>get into the Command Console, then replace boot.ini
>>
>> with
>>
>>>>a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>version that you supply on floppy disk.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>.
>>>>>>Thanks for the advice- I'll give it a try.
>>>>>
>>>>>.
>>>>>I was able to get the pc to bbot up with the dos boot
>>>>
>>>>disk and I can move around in dos. However, I cannot
>>
>> seem
>>
>>>>to find the boot.ini file, nor can I run the 'edit'
>>>>command. Also, I have copied the ntoskrnl.exe file
>>
>> into
>>
>>>>\windows\system32 but I still get the same error.
>>>>I'm stumped as I can't seem to get pst the error when
>>>>loading Windows which would seem to indicate I can't
>>
>> even
>>
>>>>run the recovery console form the installation cd.
>>>>
>>>>Any help/suggestions would be rgeatly appreciated.
>>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>.
>>>Dan- excellent information and I wll give it a try.
>>
>> Thank you so much for you help.
>>
>> Steve.
>
>.
>Well, I'm not having much luck. I have copied the 3
files from another W2K Pro machine but when I put the
floppy into the disabled machine, it can't see the files.
I know they are hidden but I can't seem to 'unhide' them
in dos to copy them. I've tried the ATTRIB command but
I'm getting an error around "Incorrect DOS version".
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