XP won't start anymore

[dan smith]

After using Windows XP Pro mainly trouble-free for the
last 5 months, it now won't start at all.

The first time it happened it went from the "American
Megatrends" screen to a black screen with the
message "ntoskrnl missing or corrupt"

Now even this screen dosen't come up, instead it's just a
black screen.

What can I do - I have another computer up and running
and Win 98 boot disk if these are any good.

Dan

[David A. Spicer]

If all else fails you can do a Repair Install and 'shouldn't' lose any data
other than Windows Updates. Go here and check out "How to run a Repair
Install":
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm

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"dan smith" > wrote in message
...
> After using Windows XP Pro mainly trouble-free for the
> last 5 months, it now won't start at all.
>
> The first time it happened it went from the "American
> Megatrends" screen to a black screen with the
> message "ntoskrnl missing or corrupt"
>
> Now even this screen dosen't come up, instead it's just a
> black screen.
>
> What can I do - I have another computer up and running
> and Win 98 boot disk if these are any good.
>
> Dan

[Sir_George]

dan,

Although the article was not specifically written for XP it may help;

http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q124550

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"dan smith" > wrote in message
...
> After using Windows XP Pro mainly trouble-free for the
> last 5 months, it now won't start at all.
>
> The first time it happened it went from the "American
> Megatrends" screen to a black screen with the
> message "ntoskrnl missing or corrupt"
>
> Now even this screen dosen't come up, instead it's just a
> black screen.
>
> What can I do - I have another computer up and running
> and Win 98 boot disk if these are any good.
>
> Dan