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March 21, 2000 at 03:58 AM
nohdowt

NT4 Server bootup problem

by nohdowt . Updated 25 years, 9 months ago

My company is running 10 NT4 Terminal Servers on IBM 7000M10 Servers. They got SP4 on them. Just about all of them cannot boot from their 9GB mirrored hard drives anymore. The following message occurs:

“A kernel file is missing from the disk. Insert a system disk and restart the system.”

I have to use a floppy disk with the NT bootup files on them to boot up the servers.
I read Microsoft’s knowledgebase Q155892. I have tried defragging the drive using Diskeeper 5.0 because it supportsMFT defrags, but still no dice. I tried new NTLDR files and renaming & copying them as well.
Anyone have an easy fix for this besides using a floppy or wiping and reinstalling NT?
Thanks!!

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