Please help with boot problem in win2k

[Guest_imported]

Hi all, sorry to bother you but i was wondering if anyone new how to solve my problem. Oks here goes
I have a dual boot machine with 98 and 2000 previously had no troubles and loved it. Recently i installed a virus scanner halfway thru scanning it crashed. I got BSOD (i was in 98 at the time as it wouldn't run under 2000). Upon reboot, win2000 gave me this error message. ntoskrnl.exe is missing or corrupt please reinstall. So i had a look around my hard drive found some other copies of it (in dllcache and ntservicepackuninstall) try both of those (and the one on the CD) nothing worked. Searched the internet, found references to boot.ini file i've tried what i could to no avail... if anyone has any idea please please help.
ps:- Relevant system info is:-
win98 is on primary dos partion, it's c: in windows explorer.
win2000 is the first partition (according to partion magic) in the logical partition of the same drive. It's drive e in explorer
I have a second hard drive and it's first partition is listed as d: if that helps at all.
this is my boot.ini file
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
c:\="Microsoft Windows"
If anyone could give me any advice it would be greatly appreciated. The only things on win98 are the internet and games. Normally good. But assignments due in very soon. ANd i have all my adobe products on win2000 and don't want to reinstall or reformat if possible.
ps: - I'll be your online errand boy for a week if you can help

 

[tgoodman]

Have you tried a reinstall of 2k? That may help.

tgoodman

 

[TheFinder]

With Win2K You Do Not Need Partition Magic , I Would Suggest Makeing Win2K Your Primary & Then Createing Your Win98 Partition.

 

[ShaithisDanoveur]

Run the recovery setup by booting the install CD and telling setup to verify startup files, that should fix your problems.

 

[Guest_imported]

Hi all, thanks for your help, i tried all suggestions, but no luck yet. any other ideas?

 

[ShaithisDanoveur]

Boot from the CD, and tell it you wish to install. It should locate your existing Win2000 installation and perform an "upgrade", installing directly over the top of it.

 

[MizLiz]

I too have a boot problem. I'm using a Dell C700 cxe at work. The files got corrupted, I lost several functions, so I reformatted, partitioned, and reinstalled Win2k professional. My restore disk had Service Pack 1 included. I tried to download and install Service pack three which was supposed to have SP2 included....after rebooting, I found that the computer was stuck in an endless cycle of rebooting. No blue screen of death, no error message, just reboot reboot reboot etc.

Fortunately, I had Roxio GoBack installed, so I could roll back time, as it were. Installing Service Pack 2 produced the same results. What the heck is this and how do I fix it?

 

[wolluf]

Does it run ok with SP1 version? (which is a restore - not a reinstall?)
Do you actually need any functionality from SP2/3?
Have Dell got anything to say about possible SP2/3 problems with this model?

 

[MizLiz]

wolluf, since SP2 and SP3 support 128-but encryption, there are now some programs I can't install, since as Adobe Acrobat reader, a crucial app in my business. I really do have to have these things on and working.

 

[MizLiz]

wolluf, since SP2 and SP3 support 128-bit encryption, there are now some programs I can't install, since as Adobe Acrobat reader, a crucial app in my business. I really do have to have these things on and working.

 

[wolluf]

You can't install Acrobat reader? Then I think you've got something else wrong - its installed on every SP level of win2k I've run (and all other flavours of Windows). Suspect you may have something wrong with machine - and SP2/3 issue is just a symptom of this.
Have you contacted Dell - their SP1 restore for this machine may be 'non-standard' & have issues with SP2/3 installed on top of it? - to check it out?

 

[MizLiz]

Oh God, wolluf, I was afraid you'd say that. The Dell techs these days are indifferent, put you on hold, and when they do talk to you, you can't understand them. I swear the whole bunch has been outsourced to Pakistan. When I call, I get very little help. I dread going through this again, but I may have to I guess.

 

[wolluf]

Sorry!

Only other thing I can suggest is to do a normal install of 2k (ie, not use Dell's restore image), if you've 2k install CD & see if SP3 will load on top of that (but I don't know if that would cause other issues with Dell machine).