Hi Phil,
Just some followup to your questions plus extra info.
F8 -Yes ,a very viable option. (See my previous post on this)
If using command line (cmd) you should use "cd" to change directory. to C:\windows\system32
( bootcfg.exe resides in \windows\system32 )
then type bootcfg /repair.
But below are some other options:
Visual BCD Editor and Dual-boot Repair
http://www.boyans.net/
http://www.boyans.net/VBCD_HowTo.html
http://www.boyans.net/DualBootRepair.html
EasyBCD
http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/
Scroll down to the free version -Requires registration.
No big deal ,these people don't spam you.Just news about updates.
https://neosmart.net/wiki/
https://neosmart.net/wiki/easybcd/
More tips:
*On a Dual- or Multi- boot system you can select Safe Mode on bootup
by immediately tapping F8 after you select your OS on the OS selection boot menu.
Alternatively, once inside the OS, you can also start Safe Mode via the Run menu.
For XP > Start menu > Run > type msconfig > OK ,then on the System Configuration panel
select the Boot.ini tab. Select (tick) Safeboot. Once you tick that box ,you'll get the choice
of several options ,like eg Network. Useful if you want to access the internet for help,
email or forums etc.
You'll have access to several other options and tools in msconfig, but will leave these out
for this discussion.
*Note that after clicking Apply and OK ,you'll get a notice to Restart or Exit without Restart.
If you click Restart ,you'll will start in Safemode for the particular OS.
If you choose Exit without Restart, you'll start in Safemode the next time you'll boot up
Another utility in XP is reached via Control panel > System > Advanced tab >
> Startup and Recovery section > Settings. In the resulting panel you can set the Default OS,
Boot menu display time and edit the Boot.ini (among other things)
* Exiting Safe Mode > You can just reboot ,but will get a notice after logon that msconfig has changed
and is still active and you'll have to unset that or the next time you'll boot up, it will be in Safe Mode.
The procedure for Win 7 is almost identical ,except for different looking panels (GUIs).
You can also use the Search box.
In msconfig you choose the Boot tab (instead of Boot.ini in XP)
There's a lot more to multi-booting ,including booting from a VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) but that's for another time .......
BTW ,while Win 7 provides a repair option on bootup, it's also useful to create a recovery CD or DVD while you're in Windows.
This will give you the same options as are available in the F8 choice menu ,but is useful if F8 doesn't work or not accessible.
Hope this has helped sofar.
Peter E.
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From: "Phillip Williams"
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 4:02 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [PCBUILD] ntoskrnl missing...more info
I had googled my problem and saw it was common. I tried replacing the
keyboard, no change.
Most other repair suggestions used the xp cd to the recovery(or repair?)
console. Still haven't found my cd.
One site said hit the F8 key when booting which I did and got a "select
boot device" box listing all drives. When I select the drive with xp, it
starts up normally. This makes me wonder if its the boot file that's
corrupted.
I got into safe mode with console and tried one suggestion of typing
"bootcfg /repair" but wasn't a recognized command. when the console opened,
the curser was at the end of a line directing to documents and settings.
Should I preface the above with a prompt to the C drive it's on? If so,
what is the actual command? And the bootcfg /repair command I found online
was actually used with the cd's repair console. Will it even work in the
safe mode command console?
At least I'm able to boot up xp now but would like to be able to fix what's
broken.
-Phil-
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