EVERYONE PLZ READ! I'm in serious trouble...

[EvilAjax]

Ok, let me cut straight to the point. I downloaded a (bootscreen for XP)Ntoskrnl.exe from Themexp.org. It's the regular Windows XP bootscreen with a damn Pentium 3 logo at the top.. Anyway, after applying the boot screen through Safe mode.. after rebooting, I see the boot screen loading.... but after that, all I see is BLACK.... It doesn't load Windows!!! I've tried all the methods F8 gave me while booting up... I can't even get into Windows through SAFE MODE! I have a Windows XP boot disk but I don't know what to do @ the command prompt.

[Humboldt]

whump until someone who actually knows what they're talking about gets here...

you have the BIOS set to floppy first?

[EvilAjax]

I'm currently at school right now.... I made a backup to the ntoskrnl.exe file, saved it to My Documents folder, inside a My Files folder. HOW do I replace it with the other one? I think the Devil Inside bootscreen has possessed my computer.......
But seriously... is it C:
CD DOCUME~1
CD USERN~1 I dont even know how many characters you need...

How would I find the file through DOS? Someone told me DIR /s ntoskrnl.exe but he wasnt sure.

My teacher told me its A:\> Copy C:\MyDocument\Ntoskrnl.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32
Is that right??

I'm counting on you guys.. please HELP!

Or... is it possible for someone to upload their Ntoskrnl.exe so I could save it to a disk... then somehow replace the current one I have in my System32 folder.... ???

[Prey521]

Have you tried booting off the WinXP cd and running the "Repair Windows Installation" option?

[EvilAjax]

Originally posted by Humboldt
whump until someone who actually knows what they're talking about gets here...

you have the BIOS set to floppy first?

Yeah, did that to get to A:/ prompt with the boot disk I have... I'm going to try and make a copy of this schools ntoskrnl.exe file to my floppy...

I want to know if there is any way to take that copy, and replace the copy I currently have on my computer........ Sounds logical... Anyone know how to do that?

[EvilAjax]

Thanks John

Now all I need to know is how to actually replace the corrupt one...

[EvilAjax]

Originally posted by Prey521
Have you tried booting off the WinXP cd and running the "Repair Windows Installation" option?

I lent my XP Cd to my boy... and he "lost" it

Is there anyway to run this repair option from the bootdisk?

[Prey521]

Originally posted by EvilAjax
I lent my XP Cd to my boy... and he "lost" it

Is there anyway to run this repair option from the bootdisk?

I don't think so, unless you have the XP Cab files on your PC.

[EvilAjax]

****... now it's too big for the damn floppy disk!

Is there anyway to bypass this file while booting into Windows? It's the very first file to load too...

There has to be a way

[EvilAjax]

Originally posted by Prey521
I don't think so, unless you have the XP Cab files on your PC.

Yup, as matter of fact I do... It's in my D: drive... ****, I forgot what the name was though... i386 or something?? CONO!!! This is what I get for messing with the boot screen....

[EvilAjax]

it will still work if I move the zip to the floppy right?


How would I go about it if I wanted to perform the action I want to perform... replace the corrupt file in the System32 folder...

[EvilAjax]

damn... I'm screwed

[Humboldt]

Send Sid a PM ASAP.

I bet $ he can tell you exactly what to do (if you can get in touch with him before you fix it yourself that is).

Sid saved my ass about a month ago...he's the man.

[EvilAjax]

Sent.. damn... I dont think my teacher will let me stay in his computer class longer than I'm supposed to.... I'm doomed

Um... anyone know (where is NORM!?!?!?) the commands I would need to perform in order to copy the ntoskrnl.exe from the zip file John sent me to overwrite the one in my system32 folder? I think this will fix the problem.... I'm searching all over for the instructions but I cant find anything... found a few things, but nothing explaining my situation/

[Humboldt]

A> COPY ntoskrnl.exe C:\Windows\System32 (assuming it's been unzipped).

Yes to Overwrite.

This IS me talking, so take this advice with a couple grains of salt.

[EvilAjax]

That's just the problem... it's like 30 KB too big to fit into the floppy unzipped.... ****!!!!!!!

Does anyone have a ntoskrnl.exe for XP UNDER 1MB? That isn't corrupt... ?

From bootdisk, is there anyway to perform some actions that would allow me to get into Windows???

Thanks for the replies thus far

[64bit]

is this a fat32 install of XP or a NTFS. also do you have SP1 installed or not?

[EvilAjax]

will fixboot c: work??

I just read it from http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/In...leID=8957&pg=2

[EvilAjax]

NTFS... I don't know why the computer store didnt install it as FAT32... and no, I have not installed no SP1 updates.... that I know of.

[Humboldt]

Originally posted by EvilAjax
That's just the problem... it's like 30 KB too big to fit into the floppy unzipped.... ****!!!!!!!

Does anyone have a ntoskrnl.exe for XP UNDER 1MB? That isn't corrupt... ?

From bootdisk, is there anyway to perform some actions that would allow me to get into Windows???

Thanks for the replies thus far

Again, clueless here.
Prey mentioned booting to the cd earlier.

Anyway you could borrow a disk from the school long enough to boot up?

Good grief, I have 9 copies of the file!
Several were included with themes.
Smallest is 1832 KB