...file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\System32\ntoskrnl.e

I'm getting this error at boot.

Environment: RAID 0+1, WinXP Pro 64bit, 1G Dual Channel DDR2, 4 160G Maxtor
SATA, Intel 3.0 HP 64bit processor, Intel 945gtp MB, Samsung 970 Digi LCD
(this matters).

Crash resulted from my attempting to get a pci-express ATI all in wonder Vid
card installed. Card was not compatible with OS. I removed it and went back
to the on-board Intel Video.
When I went to install the software to that controls the Samsung LCD and
launched it, my system immediately shut down.
On restart...the error.

2 Questions:
1. Please suggest how to repair this file and boot.
2. How do I access my data? I pulled one drive and attempted to access it
from another RAID 64bit system and I shows 240+Gigs and I cannot access the
data. It is only a 160G drive?

I think I'm going to give up on the 64bit. Video cards, printers, Acrobat,
so many things not compatible. It was an interesting ride but now I'm
concerned about the data.

Thank you in advance and happy helping!

Benjamin

Warren
Tue Aug 22 21:48:01 CDT 2006

What beta build is that? It's beta of course so reporting the problem is a
good move, I've seen that error before but it could be caused by a few
things...looks to me like your drive partition table might be screwy, if
you're familiar with procedures to format/partition a hard drive I'd say dive
in since I found it pretty hard to screw anything up permenantly. If not I'd
say try re-installing Vista using your Intel Video, and you may get the
option to format and/or partition the hard drive that way, so change your
BIOS setting to BOOT FROM CD, insert the Vista installation disc and
re-install.

BTW I'm not sure if there is a repair option with Vista (Beta 2 of course)
yet, but with a XP disc BOOT FROM CD and go through the installation until
you get a repair option, press R for repair and follow the directions logging
into the copy of Windows to repair and try using FIXMBR...that might solve
your problem.

"core20" wrote:

> I'm getting this error at boot.
>
> Environment: RAID 0+1, WinXP Pro 64bit, 1G Dual Channel DDR2, 4 160G Maxtor
> SATA, Intel 3.0 HP 64bit processor, Intel 945gtp MB, Samsung 970 Digi LCD
> (this matters).
>
> Crash resulted from my attempting to get a pci-express ATI all in wonder Vid
> card installed. Card was not compatible with OS. I removed it and went back
> to the on-board Intel Video.
> When I went to install the software to that controls the Samsung LCD and
> launched it, my system immediately shut down.
> On restart...the error.
>
> 2 Questions:
> 1. Please suggest how to repair this file and boot.
> 2. How do I access my data? I pulled one drive and attempted to access it
> from another RAID 64bit system and I shows 240+Gigs and I cannot access the
> data. It is only a 160G drive?
>
> I think I'm going to give up on the 64bit. Video cards, printers, Acrobat,
> so many things not compatible. It was an interesting ride but now I'm
> concerned about the data.
>
> Thank you in advance and happy helping!
>
> Benjamin

Colin
Tue Aug 22 22:14:41 CDT 2006

There are several very good repair options available by entering WinRE after
booting from the dvd. Better and more intuitive than with XP.

"Warren" <Warren@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80F5D76E-EE11-4220-B57D-BBD129AC642E@microsoft.com...
> What beta build is that? It's beta of course so reporting the problem is a
> good move, I've seen that error before but it could be caused by a few
> things...looks to me like your drive partition table might be screwy, if
> you're familiar with procedures to format/partition a hard drive I'd say
> dive
> in since I found it pretty hard to screw anything up permenantly. If not
> I'd
> say try re-installing Vista using your Intel Video, and you may get the
> option to format and/or partition the hard drive that way, so change your
> BIOS setting to BOOT FROM CD, insert the Vista installation disc and
> re-install.
>
> BTW I'm not sure if there is a repair option with Vista (Beta 2 of course)
> yet, but with a XP disc BOOT FROM CD and go through the installation until
> you get a repair option, press R for repair and follow the directions
> logging
> into the copy of Windows to repair and try using FIXMBR...that might solve
> your problem.
>
> "core20" wrote:
>
>> I'm getting this error at boot.
>>
>> Environment: RAID 0+1, WinXP Pro 64bit, 1G Dual Channel DDR2, 4 160G
>> Maxtor
>> SATA, Intel 3.0 HP 64bit processor, Intel 945gtp MB, Samsung 970 Digi LCD
>> (this matters).
>>
>> Crash resulted from my attempting to get a pci-express ATI all in wonder
>> Vid
>> card installed. Card was not compatible with OS. I removed it and went
>> back
>> to the on-board Intel Video.
>> When I went to install the software to that controls the Samsung LCD and
>> launched it, my system immediately shut down.
>> On restart...the error.
>>
>> 2 Questions:
>> 1. Please suggest how to repair this file and boot.
>> 2. How do I access my data? I pulled one drive and attempted to access
>> it
>> from another RAID 64bit system and I shows 240+Gigs and I cannot access
>> the
>> data. It is only a 160G drive?
>>
>> I think I'm going to give up on the 64bit. Video cards, printers,
>> Acrobat,
>> so many things not compatible. It was an interesting ride but now I'm
>> concerned about the data.
>>
>> Thank you in advance and happy helping!
>>
>> Benjamin

Tony
Wed Aug 23 05:48:52 CDT 2006

Several things here are making no sense - the OS is 'Device Independent' so
any graphics card just needs a driver to be compatible. It is true that some
drivers come along with the system, while others don't, if you are short of
a driver I know of no card that hasn't got a 64bit driver, but it isn't
always easy to find them.

Your Samsung LCD, however, may not have a 64bit driver - I don't even know
if it needs one, but that is a possible issue.

Anything that needs a driver in XP x64, must have a 64bit driver - in Vista,
it needs to be signed (WHQL).

Pulling one HD out of a RAID system and inserting it in another, definitely
is making no sense, what you may achieve is that you risk zapping that
drive, and perhaps the rest along with it. If that happened there will
hardly be anything left for you to restore or repair.

My guess is that you installed a 32bit driver somewhere and that made the
computer crash at boot.
You panic'ed and tampered with the RAID and now all is gone!

Let's hope I am wrong. ( I often am!)


Tony. . .

DP
Wed Aug 23 05:53:24 CDT 2006


"Warren" <Warren@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80F5D76E-EE11-4220-B57D-BBD129AC642E@microsoft.com...
> What beta build is that? It's beta of course so reporting the problem is a
> good move, I've seen that error before but it could be caused by a few
> things...looks to me like your drive partition table might be screwy, if
> you're familiar with procedures to format/partition a hard drive I'd say
> dive
> in since I found it pretty hard to screw anything up permenantly. If not
> I'd
> say try re-installing Vista using your Intel Video, and you may get the
> option to format and/or partition the hard drive that way, so change your
> BIOS setting to BOOT FROM CD, insert the Vista installation disc and
> re-install.
>
> BTW I'm not sure if there is a repair option with Vista (Beta 2 of course)
> yet, but with a XP disc BOOT FROM CD and go through the installation until
> you get a repair option, press R for repair and follow the directions
> logging
> into the copy of Windows to repair and try using FIXMBR...that might solve
> your problem.
>


Warren: It looks to me like you're responding to a Vista problem but the OP
is using Win XP Pro x64.



> "core20" wrote:
>
>> I'm getting this error at boot.
>>
>> Environment: RAID 0+1, WinXP Pro 64bit, 1G Dual Channel DDR2, 4 160G
>> Maxtor
>> SATA, Intel 3.0 HP 64bit processor, Intel 945gtp MB, Samsung 970 Digi LCD
>> (this matters).
>>
>> Crash resulted from my attempting to get a pci-express ATI all in wonder
>> Vid
>> card installed. Card was not compatible with OS. I removed it and went
>> back
>> to the on-board Intel Video.
>> When I went to install the software to that controls the Samsung LCD and
>> launched it, my system immediately shut down.
>> On restart...the error.
>>
>> 2 Questions:
>> 1. Please suggest how to repair this file and boot.
>> 2. How do I access my data? I pulled one drive and attempted to access
>> it
>> from another RAID 64bit system and I shows 240+Gigs and I cannot access
>> the
>> data. It is only a 160G drive?
>>
>> I think I'm going to give up on the 64bit. Video cards, printers,
>> Acrobat,
>> so many things not compatible. It was an interesting ride but now I'm
>> concerned about the data.
>>
>> Thank you in advance and happy helping!
>>
>> Benjamin

John
Wed Aug 23 06:34:28 CDT 2006

You won't be able to access your RAID from half a drive, so first reinstall
the same as it was before.
With regards to the error, it usually means that your boot files are messed
up, and not a corrupt file. It is missing because the boot.ini points to
the wrong place or the boot record is corrupt. After you get the system set
up so the RAID partition is intact, make sure you have the boot priority set
so you have the drive with your boot files first in priority (physical drive
first and partition active) Then see if you can see your data from Recovery
Console. If so, do a fixboot for the boot partition (partition with your
os) and a bootcfg /rebuild
Let us know what you get and any problems along the way if you have any.

"core20" <core20@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:31DB9B08-82BD-4412-8110-C286D5742520@microsoft.com...
> I'm getting this error at boot.
>
> Environment: RAID 0+1, WinXP Pro 64bit, 1G Dual Channel DDR2, 4 160G
> Maxtor
> SATA, Intel 3.0 HP 64bit processor, Intel 945gtp MB, Samsung 970 Digi LCD
> (this matters).
>
> Crash resulted from my attempting to get a pci-express ATI all in wonder
> Vid
> card installed. Card was not compatible with OS. I removed it and went
> back
> to the on-board Intel Video.
> When I went to install the software to that controls the Samsung LCD and
> launched it, my system immediately shut down.
> On restart...the error.
>
> 2 Questions:
> 1. Please suggest how to repair this file and boot.
> 2. How do I access my data? I pulled one drive and attempted to access
> it
> from another RAID 64bit system and I shows 240+Gigs and I cannot access
> the
> data. It is only a 160G drive?
>
> I think I'm going to give up on the 64bit. Video cards, printers,
> Acrobat,
> so many things not compatible. It was an interesting ride but now I'm
> concerned about the data.
>
> Thank you in advance and happy helping!
>
> Benjamin

Steve
Wed Aug 23 06:51:48 CDT 2006

core20 wrote:

>I'm getting this error at boot.
>
>Environment: RAID 0+1, WinXP Pro 64bit, 1G Dual Channel DDR2, 4 160G
>Maxtor
>SATA, Intel 3.0 HP 64bit processor, Intel 945gtp MB, Samsung 970 Digi LCD
>(this matters).
>
>Crash resulted from my attempting to get a pci-express ATI all in wonder
>Vid
>card installed. Card was not compatible with OS. I removed it and went
>back
>to the on-board Intel Video.
>When I went to install the software to that controls the Samsung LCD and
>launched it, my system immediately shut down.
>On restart...the error.
>
>2 Questions:
>1. Please suggest how to repair this file and boot.
>2. How do I access my data? I pulled one drive and attempted to access it
>from another RAID 64bit system and I shows 240+Gigs and I cannot access the
>data. It is only a 160G drive?

A single drive from a RAID10 setup would be unreadable on its' own.

I'd probably try a repair install of XP64.


>I think I'm going to give up on the 64bit. Video cards, printers, Acrobat,
>so many things not compatible. It was an interesting ride but now I'm
>concerned about the data.

You should be able to connect another drive into the machine (perhaps
EIDE), install XP32, add the RAID driver and have it see the entire RAID10
array as additional partitions, intact.

--
Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
---------------------------------------
MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

Dominic
Wed Aug 23 06:53:48 CDT 2006

Have you tried booting to Safe Mode and removing the monitor driver and any
ATI software?

If you know which version of ntoskrnl.exe you should have (it seems you do
not) you could use recovery console to restore the correct version.

Otherwise, a repair install of x64 should recover your installation, unless
your RAID array has been damaged by removing one of the drives.

The monitor driver, which would only provide information about the monitor's
capabilities, is unlikely to be the root cause of your problems. I assume
you have checked the memory and disks for faults.


"core20" <core20@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:31DB9B08-82BD-4412-8110-C286D5742520@microsoft.com...
> I'm getting this error at boot.
>
> Environment: RAID 0+1, WinXP Pro 64bit, 1G Dual Channel DDR2, 4 160G
> Maxtor
> SATA, Intel 3.0 HP 64bit processor, Intel 945gtp MB, Samsung 970 Digi LCD
> (this matters).
>
> Crash resulted from my attempting to get a pci-express ATI all in wonder
> Vid
> card installed. Card was not compatible with OS. I removed it and went
> back
> to the on-board Intel Video.
> When I went to install the software to that controls the Samsung LCD and
> launched it, my system immediately shut down.
> On restart...the error.
>
> 2 Questions:
> 1. Please suggest how to repair this file and boot.
> 2. How do I access my data? I pulled one drive and attempted to access
> it
> from another RAID 64bit system and I shows 240+Gigs and I cannot access
> the
> data. It is only a 160G drive?
>
> I think I'm going to give up on the 64bit. Video cards, printers,
> Acrobat,
> so many things not compatible. It was an interesting ride but now I'm
> concerned about the data.
>
> Thank you in advance and happy helping!
>
> Benjamin

core20
Sun Aug 27 00:51:01 CDT 2006

This is Core20, I originated this question; Iâ??m the soul in fearâ?¦

First off, you guys ROCK to spend time on this helpingâ?¦.

Second, "DP" is very right: The system is NOT Vista. It is a WinXP PRO
64bit install with 4 SATA drives RAID 0+1 (intel 945gtp board), 1Gig DDR2.

Drives 1, 2 and 3 of the 4 RAID drives have never been touched.

In my ignorance, I thought that this RAID configuration would make all the
drives redundant. Meaning, if I crashed, the data, the same and all of it,
would be on each drive. So, I could pull out one and boot a second system
with that drive attached and quickly noticed that that was not going to work.
STTTUUUPPPIIDDDD...

There was a ref in the responses that I might have 'zapped' that drive so
now I'm apprehensive at putting that one drive back in. Drive 4.

Therefore, what I have is 3 of the 4 drives. I have drive 1, 2, and 3. 4
is the one I pulled out. Did I mention...STTUUPPPIDDDD...?

Anyhow, some direction would be clearly appreciated.

Last info that might matter: I ran an ASR and saved the backup of that
floppy to my RAID before the crash. Will this help me at all?

I have the MS Action Pack which is where I loaded the 64 bit in the first
place...I have the orig 64bit CD.

What would you guys recommend I do?

May I suggest that getting my data off is Priority 1. I can repair Later.

What I was "just going to do before I thought to log in here and see if
anyone had any ideas" is unplug drive 3 & 4, intel RAID floppy in A: and MINI
XP CD in the DVD drive, to see if I could access the data on drives 1 & 2.

I also have Winternals 5.0 (which is NOT supposed to be MS Pro 64bit OS
compatible). There is another, Hirenâ??s Boot CD, yada yada.

One of my Admin friends said that I had to have the orig drive 1 & 2
installed into a machine, TOGETHER, SIMULTANEOUSLY, TO GET THE RAID ONLINE
and THEN â?¦ boot with a utility to access the data. Yes or No??

Do I need these drives installed simultaneously in order to access my data?

Any thoughts on the Primary Objective of accessing and getting the data off
this RAID 0+1?

After Primary Objective 1 is accomplished; I note Article ID 887675 that
pertains to a WinXP SP-2, not 64bit. Thoughts about this repair method for
the OS?

How do I get the data off? Please.

Wow. Anyone who can follow all thisâ?¦hats off to youâ?¦

core20
Sun Aug 27 01:30:01 CDT 2006

If I try Safe Mode; same error.



"Dominic Payer" wrote:

> Have you tried booting to Safe Mode and removing the monitor driver and any
> ATI software?
>
> If you know which version of ntoskrnl.exe you should have (it seems you do
> not) you could use recovery console to restore the correct version.
>
> Otherwise, a repair install of x64 should recover your installation, unless
> your RAID array has been damaged by removing one of the drives.
>
> The monitor driver, which would only provide information about the monitor's
> capabilities, is unlikely to be the root cause of your problems. I assume
> you have checked the memory and disks for faults.
>
>
> "core20" <core20@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:31DB9B08-82BD-4412-8110-C286D5742520@microsoft.com...
> > I'm getting this error at boot.
> >
> > Environment: RAID 0+1, WinXP Pro 64bit, 1G Dual Channel DDR2, 4 160G
> > Maxtor
> > SATA, Intel 3.0 HP 64bit processor, Intel 945gtp MB, Samsung 970 Digi LCD
> > (this matters).
> >
> > Crash resulted from my attempting to get a pci-express ATI all in wonder
> > Vid
> > card installed. Card was not compatible with OS. I removed it and went
> > back
> > to the on-board Intel Video.
> > When I went to install the software to that controls the Samsung LCD and
> > launched it, my system immediately shut down.
> > On restart...the error.
> >
> > 2 Questions:
> > 1. Please suggest how to repair this file and boot.
> > 2. How do I access my data? I pulled one drive and attempted to access
> > it
> > from another RAID 64bit system and I shows 240+Gigs and I cannot access
> > the
> > data. It is only a 160G drive?
> >
> > I think I'm going to give up on the 64bit. Video cards, printers,
> > Acrobat,
> > so many things not compatible. It was an interesting ride but now I'm
> > concerned about the data.
> >
> > Thank you in advance and happy helping!
> >
> > Benjamin
>
>
>

Warren
Tue Sep 05 14:16:02 CDT 2006

Also be sure to get your drivers directly from the manufacturers otherwise
you might be getting something that isn't going to treat your system very
nicely. Have you solved your issue yet?

"core20" wrote:

> If I try Safe Mode; same error.

core20
Sat Oct 07 15:44:01 CDT 2006

Oddly, the unit booted.

I had the win 64bit Pro CD in the drive and the floppy with the correct
drivers from the Intel site in the floppy drive.

When I booked it went all the way to desktop?

Huuummmm...

Thank you to everyone for all your time!




"Warren" wrote:

> Also be sure to get your drivers directly from the manufacturers otherwise
> you might be getting something that isn't going to treat your system very
> nicely. Have you solved your issue yet?
>
> "core20" wrote:
>
> > If I try Safe Mode; same error.

core20
Sat Oct 07 17:51:02 CDT 2006


what code would I type in at the prompt in repair console for it to run a
repair install of 64x?

In the old win2000Pro, if you boot to the CD, it was simple to run Repair.

In winXP, there isn't the same interface to just hit Repair. I always get
the dos prompt and I have never actually seen a code to type that will
"repair" Windows.



"Dominic Payer" wrote:

> Have you tried booting to Safe Mode and removing the monitor driver and any
> ATI software?
>
> If you know which version of ntoskrnl.exe you should have (it seems you do
> not) you could use recovery console to restore the correct version.
>
> Otherwise, a repair install of x64 should recover your installation, unless
> your RAID array has been damaged by removing one of the drives.
>
> The monitor driver, which would only provide information about the monitor's
> capabilities, is unlikely to be the root cause of your problems. I assume
> you have checked the memory and disks for faults.
>
>
> "core20" <core20@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:31DB9B08-82BD-4412-8110-C286D5742520@microsoft.com...
> > I'm getting this error at boot.
> >
> > Environment: RAID 0+1, WinXP Pro 64bit, 1G Dual Channel DDR2, 4 160G
> > Maxtor
> > SATA, Intel 3.0 HP 64bit processor, Intel 945gtp MB, Samsung 970 Digi LCD
> > (this matters).
> >
> > Crash resulted from my attempting to get a pci-express ATI all in wonder
> > Vid
> > card installed. Card was not compatible with OS. I removed it and went
> > back
> > to the on-board Intel Video.
> > When I went to install the software to that controls the Samsung LCD and
> > launched it, my system immediately shut down.
> > On restart...the error.
> >
> > 2 Questions:
> > 1. Please suggest how to repair this file and boot.
> > 2. How do I access my data? I pulled one drive and attempted to access
> > it
> > from another RAID 64bit system and I shows 240+Gigs and I cannot access
> > the
> > data. It is only a 160G drive?
> >
> > I think I'm going to give up on the 64bit. Video cards, printers,
> > Acrobat,
> > so many things not compatible. It was an interesting ride but now I'm
> > concerned about the data.
> >
> > Thank you in advance and happy helping!
> >
> > Benjamin
>
>
>

John
Sat Oct 07 17:59:12 CDT 2006

At the first option screen where you have a repair option using Recovery
Console, you want to select install (the other option). After you accept
the license agreement you will have the option to install or repair one of
the current installations. That is where you want to select the repair
option.


"core20" <core20@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E9040D1-7602-493F-BF64-E4658C3BC7C8@microsoft.com...
>
> what code would I type in at the prompt in repair console for it to run a
> repair install of 64x?
>
> In the old win2000Pro, if you boot to the CD, it was simple to run Repair.
>
> In winXP, there isn't the same interface to just hit Repair. I always get
> the dos prompt and I have never actually seen a code to type that will
> "repair" Windows.
>
>
>
> "Dominic Payer" wrote:
>
>> Have you tried booting to Safe Mode and removing the monitor driver and
>> any
>> ATI software?
>>
>> If you know which version of ntoskrnl.exe you should have (it seems you
>> do
>> not) you could use recovery console to restore the correct version.
>>
>> Otherwise, a repair install of x64 should recover your installation,
>> unless
>> your RAID array has been damaged by removing one of the drives.
>>
>> The monitor driver, which would only provide information about the
>> monitor's
>> capabilities, is unlikely to be the root cause of your problems. I assume
>> you have checked the memory and disks for faults.
>>
>>
>> "core20" <core20@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:31DB9B08-82BD-4412-8110-C286D5742520@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm getting this error at boot.
>> >
>> > Environment: RAID 0+1, WinXP Pro 64bit, 1G Dual Channel DDR2, 4 160G
>> > Maxtor
>> > SATA, Intel 3.0 HP 64bit processor, Intel 945gtp MB, Samsung 970 Digi
>> > LCD
>> > (this matters).
>> >
>> > Crash resulted from my attempting to get a pci-express ATI all in
>> > wonder
>> > Vid
>> > card installed. Card was not compatible with OS. I removed it and
>> > went
>> > back
>> > to the on-board Intel Video.
>> > When I went to install the software to that controls the Samsung LCD
>> > and
>> > launched it, my system immediately shut down.
>> > On restart...the error.
>> >
>> > 2 Questions:
>> > 1. Please suggest how to repair this file and boot.
>> > 2. How do I access my data? I pulled one drive and attempted to
>> > access
>> > it
>> > from another RAID 64bit system and I shows 240+Gigs and I cannot access
>> > the
>> > data. It is only a 160G drive?
>> >
>> > I think I'm going to give up on the 64bit. Video cards, printers,
>> > Acrobat,
>> > so many things not compatible. It was an interesting ride but now I'm
>> > concerned about the data.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance and happy helping!
>> >
>> > Benjamin
>>
>>
>>

core20
Wed Oct 11 00:45:01 CDT 2006



"core20" wrote:

> Oddly, the unit booted.
>
> I had the win 64bit Pro CD in the drive and the floppy with the correct
> drivers from the Intel site in the floppy drive.
>
> When I booked it went all the way to desktop?
>
> Huuummmm...
>
> Thank you to everyone for all your time!
>
>
>
>
> "Warren" wrote:
>
> > Also be sure to get your drivers directly from the manufacturers otherwise
> > you might be getting something that isn't going to treat your system very
> > nicely. Have you solved your issue yet?
> >
> > "core20" wrote:
> >
> > > If I try Safe Mode; same error.