Win2k Crash(no longer will boot) for no reason-- need HELP!!

[eP?]

My workstation at work is running windows 2000 using Fat32 and this morning after shutting it down last night, wouldn't boot. I went to Microsoft's support site and tried editing the boot.ini file and set the boot partition parameters, but it didn't help. This is the error message we get: Windows NT could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \System32\Ntoskrnl.exe. We copied this file over from the CD to the directory but nothing will help. That's why I need your help.

 

[Bozo]

Start Win2k in safe mode (F8). Then select Last Known Good Configuration". Then restart.

Or

Start Win2k setup from the CD. Then select to do a Repair. Let it repair the system files and boot. Hopefully that will get you going.

Bozo

 

[eP?]

Tried the last known good configuration but couldn't find the file. Also tried the repair option, but it wanted the Emergency Repair disk which I don't have and I'm not sure that it would work from another computer because I thought it used machine specific information.

Thanks for the feedback and keep it coming.

 

[paulip88]

If you just installed the Win2k installation, you should have no problems repairing it from the repair info that is on the hard disk.

 

[aznmist]

You get that error if you upgrade to Win 2K SP1 and your system doesn't like it...

 

[eP?]

Thanks for all the input, but I decided to just reinstall.

 

[Venomous]

I had a similar problem. It was from dualbooting. Win98 deicded it wanted to gobbled up my NT setup. Its a pain and i only have the upgrade CD. If i know now, what i didnt then, i would have gotten the entire win2k installtion opposed to the upgrade.

You CANNOT boot off the upgrade which causes major headaches!

 

[zuffy]

eP?,

when you say you copied the Ntoskrnl.exe from CD, did you expand the file? The file is compressed.