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by inyampe

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when i try to start my computer, i get the following error message "Windows NT could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt,\system 32\nt oskrnl.exe.please re-install a copy of the above file" I slave the hard disk onanother machine and ran chkdsk ,windows detected the corrupted file but did not correct it.I don't want to format the hard disk,any idea about how to go about it?Need your assistance.

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by steve penn

Rename the ntoskrnl.exe. Then copy a new version from another machine or off the NT disk. Make sure you put the new uncorrupted version in your winnt\system32 folder.

Then try a reboot.

by buckle

I had the same message when I changed the processor on my server. I put in a processor with a faster FSB and this seemed to upset the timing on the PCI SCSI controller. The problem disappeared when I reverted to the old processor. I only had a small amount of time for the upgrade so I have not been able to muck around with the timing settings yet.

by sergey kovzik

you can try to reinstall NT. start setup as usual and at some step it will show the choice - install new or recover old. Choose R for recover. Then it will show menu - what to recover like registry, files, boot sector etc - choose just files. it will copy all files over.

Sincerely, Sergey
Brainbench MVP for Win98 Administration

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