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well today i booted my moms laptop and it says..

Windowws could not start because the following file is missing
or corrupt:
<windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
please reinstall a copy of the above file.

when booting so i made a bootdisk to boot into it but i cant access anything other than the A drive =/


any ideas what to try?

its windows xp and a toshiba satellite laptop


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whats a good live cd linux distro that would let me access the files / burn them to cd?

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RE: laptop messed
You could try to use your floppy drive to get dos. Then use that to access your cd rom drive and replace ntoskrnl.exe (which also has your boot screen btw .... welll boot info basically afaik)

Mabbe that would work. Or you could always boot from a cd and reinstall/repair windows :)
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You could try to use your floppy drive to get dos. Then use that to access your cd rom drive and replace ntoskrnl.exe (which also has your boot screen btw .... welll boot info basically afaik)

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when booting so i made a bootdisk to boot into it but i cant access anything other than the A drive =/

:P

yea :/ the windows disks for the laptop are a norton ghost image's which will erase all the data.... which im trying to save

ill try to get a copy of the windows xp cd so i can try to repair it that way i guess
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You said you had access to A drive correct ?? So there is a way (that dont remember) to use your cdrom (you cant access cd-roms directly so you need to insert some floppy or type something).

If nothing works and you have to format your hdd then you could always copy all important files from your laptop to your pc 8-)
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Originally posted by John Anderton
You said you had access to A drive correct ?? So there is a way (that dont remember) to use your cdrom (you cant access cd-roms directly so you need to insert some floppy or type something).

If nothing works and you have to format your hdd then you could always copy all important files from your laptop to your pc 8-)

I can boot from cd or floppy.
:-/ but once i go into dos from the bootdisk can go

c:
it says something about drive dosnt exist
or
cd c:/
says the same thing.

:/ i need to find a way to access the files to be able to copy them :(
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I think your c: is corrupted. It happened to me 2 times. I had to format c: :sad:

Cant you connect it to another machine and copy the files ??
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Try using Knoppix, I've used it a few times to get data off a machine that won't boot.
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RE: laptop messed
Is the HDD file system NTFS?
If yes, then you should use a NTFS Bootdisk (you can also try this if the above doesnt work)  because normal bootdisks can't access NTFS file systems :) (the only command you can use is fdisk :P)

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If yes, then you should use a NTFS Bootdisk
ZOMG!!!!!! i can see my files....just cant copy them anywhere...

..and now msn wont sign in....
and mike :P downloading the windows live thing now
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