Comments on: NTOSKRNL.EXE is Missing or Corrupt

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:00:30 +0000

@mohnsen – Not sure if you are using a laptop or desktop, but it could be that there is a problem with the cables of the HDD, so if you use a desktop you can check that.
Other than that, also make sure the BIOS is configured to boot from CD/DVD, since that can also be disabled.

By: mohsen

mohsen — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:54:49 +0000

hello
My computer has the ntoskrnl.exe problem
I put xp cd in my drive & boot from cd
but the bluescreen doesnt appear
I cant use R key to repear the windows. my system is restarting.
please help me.

By: Allen Ngaiza

Allen Ngaiza — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:28:53 +0000

Thanx a lot. Every thing is cool now. It has worked for me.

By: Shari

Shari — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:06:30 +0000

Anthony,

Experiencing the same issue as @kayla.

Tried the attrib command and still get the “Access is Denied” message when trying to remove the read-only, hidden and system file attributes of the file.

Suggestions?

Thanks

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:36:50 +0000

@Kayla – If you have a single boot system, the OS selection screen might indeed not come up. I tested on multi-boot systems, hence the details in the article.
That it not asking for an admin password is only possible if you have not set an admin password.
But once you see the command prompt window, the commands should work as long as you are certain it is the admin account.
The error you are getting indicates there is a problem with the access to the file you are trying to overwrite (restore).
Try typing:
attrib -r -s -h c:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
Before you execute the first command. This should remove the read-only, hidden and system file attributes of the file.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:08:01 +0000

Need help on this exact issue. I am following the recovery steps for the error ntoskrnl.exe is corrupt or missing, my XP will not boot. I have a dell latitude E6400. When I go to the blue screen above and type R for recovery, the next step does not happen for me (step: Next you will need to select the installation you want to repair and enter the admin password.)

I am never asked which installation or an admin password. It simply goes to the black command prompt screen where I proceeded to type in the expand commands and it did something (hearing the hard disk activity) then returns ACCESS DENIED.

Any ideas? I am using the Windows XP Pro 2000 installation CD which includes SP2.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks!!

By: Confluence: Information Technology

Confluence: Information Technology — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:43:31 +0000

How to fix NTOSKRNL.EXE is Missing or Corrupt…

# Boot into the Recovery Console (F6) with a Windows Server 2003 CDand a floppy with the Dell SAS5 RAID controller drive (for HinLing’s Dell PE 840 server). # Enter the following commands on the Recovery Console: ## expand e:\i386\ntoskrnl…

By: sushant

sushant — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:43:49 +0000

i need sp3 file as i had upgraded my window sp2 to sp3 so its give me a error stop:c000021a

By: sushant

sushant — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:36:30 +0000

nowits working but the message is unable to create file only in system32 i expanded it other folder it expanded with no prob any reason

By: sushant

sushant — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:30:04 +0000

i have entered the command(top expand to repair the ntoskrnl) as u have entered but its not working.system cannot find the file is coming