NTOSKRNL bad on Power-Up, but okay after Ctrl-Alt-Del

[Kordau]

This problem is really wierd, and I have not been able to find anyone with a similar problem.

When I power up my machine, I always get the "NTOSKRNL is invalid corrupt or missing" message. So I do a Ctrl-Alt-Del...

Now, sometimes the machine will boot into Win2k without a problem, but more often, the exact same message will appear.

Sometimes I only have to do 1 x Ctrl-Alt-Del restart, most often I have to do 2, sometimes 3, and sometimes even 4!

The machine always boots eventually. Once Win2k has loaded successfully, it will restart any number of times without a problem. BUT, if I shutdown the machine, it goes through the whole process again.

I did used to have 2 versions of Win2k on the machine, but there's only the 1 now. I've tried replacing the NTOSKRNL file numerous times, and doing all the Win2k updates, but nothing helps.

The setup is that I have a 50MB FAT C: partition as the boot drive, and Win2k is installed on an NTFS D: drive.

Any ideas?

Pete

 

[amdtechie]

have u tried repairing the win2k instalation? it will replace all the windows files. this can be done by booting from the cd (if you can) or floppys then choosing "repair" after "install"