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Old 12-02-2008   #1 (permalink)


Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
 
 

Updates stole the ntoskrnl.exe

On my ex's Dell Inspiron 1525, she booted it up one day and it said 'Configuring Updates' Then about 5 seconds later it says
'root cause found
boot critical file c: \ntoskrnl.exe is corrupt
repair action : file repair
result: error code : oxa'


Then we managed to get it too boot and it started the Startup Repair tool and reboots. Then says 'Configuring Updates' then claimes ntoskrnl.exe is corrupt yet again... please help me...for her laptop, if not for my peace of mind...she's driving me wild. >.<

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Old 12-04-2008   #2 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 TECHNET
 
 

Re: Updates stole the ntoskrnl.exe

Hi golanth92,


You can try running Check disk and or system file checker to see if this fixes your problems.

Check Disk - chkdsk


System Files - SFC Command

Post back and let us know.
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Old 12-04-2008   #3 (permalink)


Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
 
 

Re: Updates stole the ntoskrnl.exe

As I said, It won't get to the logon screen, it tries to configure them but it doesn't work. I fixed it though...I just used the repair windows function on the install DVD and managed to restore all of her old files for her.
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Old 12-04-2008   #4 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 TECHNET
 
 

Re: Updates stole the ntoskrnl.exe

I'm glad you fixed your problem.
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