HOW TO REMOVE NTOSKRNL.EXE ERROR

Have you installed Windows XP or Server 2003 on your computer? Does this seems familiar? Is your Windows NT couldn’t start because the following files is mission or corrupted: \System32\Ntoskrnl.exe. If yes, there are lost of methods to resolve it. The error ntoskrnl.exe occurs as a result of one or more causes: corrupted or delete NTOSKRNL.EXE file, missing drivers for hard disk controller, corrupt boot volume or invalid boot.ini configuration.

Method 1 : Before following the below methods, you should fix this error by following these two tips:

Disconnect any PS/2 or serial keyboards you may have and try again.

Boot your Windows into Last Known Good Configuration.

Method 2 : If method 1st fails, then boot into the recovery console from your installation disk

Method 3 : Once in run chkdsk /r and successfully completer reboot. If this doesn’t work, boot into the recovery console once again and try the following:

Method 4 : From the prompt type attrib -R C:\boot.ini followed by enter

Method 5 : Then del C:\boot.ini followed by enter

Method 6 : With the boot.ini gone, it’s time to rebuild it type bootcfg /rebuild followed by enter

Method 7: When prompted to search for installed OS’s entry

Method 8 : When prompted for the load identifier enter the name of the installed OS, for 

exampleMicrosoft Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition followed by enter

Method 9 : When prompted for the load options enter type /fastdetect followed by enter

Method 10: Next enter fixboot C: followed by enter

Method 11: Now to give it a whirl, restart and see if it’s fixed

Method 12: If all the above methods unable to worked hop into the recovery console once again and enter fixmbr C: followed by enter and then reboot.

Method 13: If non of the above worked, you may require to run this command to replace the ntoskrnl.exe file itself: expand D:\i386\ntoskrnl.exe C:\Windows\system32 or try to run bootcfg /rebuild

Tips

If you are not having a Windows installation disk, you need a disk known as “repair disk” or “recovery disk”. These types of disks are bootable and have Command Prompt tools installed. To perform this simply boot from the OS install disk as per booting into the recovery console but instead of selecting R for the console select Enter to set up Windows [version] now. Accept the Windows licensing agreement by pressing F8 key and then when it has found the installation press R to start the repair.