windows system32 error

[sunil]

Hi,

Hello all.

I'm a new user of the techspot forum and have this problem.

I recently upgraded to a new desktop with a 64 bit dual core processor. I installed the 64 bit version of Windows XP pro. The installation itself went ok, but after installing, when I try to restart the computer, it does not start up. Instead I get this message:

<windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe file corrupted or missing please re install from cd.

So, I tried to repair using the Windows CD, and after logging in, I did this:

Type: Expand d:\i386\ntoskrnl.ex_ C:\Windows\System32.
I said yes to overwrite the file, and then pressed <ENTER> to overwrite.

The file was replaced.

However, again when I tried to start up the computer, i continued to get the same error message.

Does any one know how to fix this problem? I tried to reinstall, and also removed the harddrive, replaced it with an older one, and reinstalled windows. Same error message, and same problem.

Could it be a hardware problem? Anything else? Would using Vista instead of the 64bit XP work? Any other suggestions?

 

[BlameCanada]

This page HERE lists these reasons for that error -

1.Keyboard issue

2.Miscellaneous corruption

3.Corrupt boot.ini file.

4.Missing boot.ini file.

5.Missing or corrupt ntoskrnl.exe file.

6.Windows NT installed on a partition bigger then 7.8GB

7.Corrupted hard disk drive or severely corrupted Windows.


Good luck :grinthumb

 

[sunil]

thanks a lot. I'll try to figure this one out.