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Problem With Windows XP

  • 08-10-2009 2:09pm
    #1
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭


    Happened ages ago that i had my computer doing some windows xp upgrade and the power cut out. So i tried rebooting to start the long process again and this is the message that i got.
    Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:

    <Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe.
    Please reinstall a copy of the above file.
    I now want to fix this computer but all i can find on the internet to help me involves using a windows xp which i didn't get with mine it was pre installed. Any help? Cheers
    By the way its a Dell Dimension 2400.


Comments

  • #2
    WIZE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


    Can you start the PC in Safe mode and so a system restore


  • #3
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    Any chance you could explain how to do this because i can't figure it out...


  • #4
    Barrypr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭Barrypr


    Did you contact Dell, blag a disk off them?

    Did you go to the dell website to see if you can download this disk?

    For safe mode it tends to be press and hold f8 on start up, but I doubt you will be able to do this.

    Get the disk, copy over the corrupt file(in recovery mode)

    Edit

    This should help you:

    http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000646.htm


  • #5
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    Tried the safe mode thing and the message just came up again. what disk am i even looking for?


  • #6
    Barrypr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭Barrypr


    I'll have a look for you


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  • #7
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    Cheers your a gentleman


  • #8
    Barrypr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭Barrypr


    PM sent


  • #9
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    cheers man. any xp disk will do so?


  • #10
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    no posting or linking to copyright material


  • #11
    monkeypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭monkeypants


    Does the PC have a restore partition? Most Dell machines seem to have them.


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  • #12
    Barrypr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭Barrypr


    How do you suggest he gets to it!


  • #13
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    Can you tell me how to find that, or how it would be found if its present


  • #14
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    control and f11:D

    lose all data but nothing really important on it...was out of action for a year anyway


  • #15
    monkeypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭monkeypants


    Barrypr wrote: »
    How do you suggest he gets to it!
    CTRL-F11 as the machine POSTs.


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