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I just downloaded Microsoft updates. As soon as it finished updating, it rebooted my computer. Once completed, I started getting error with the meassge displayed as
Windows NT could not start because the below file is missing or corrupt:
C:\Winnt\System32\Ntoskrnl.exe.
How do I solve this problem?
There are several causes that can give you such kind of error messages such as your hdd or windows might be corrupt or you erased may be accidentally a related file of C:\Winnt\System32\Ntoskrnl.exe in your local settings in C:\
Repair your Windows installation with Windows bootable disk.
May be because of Missing or Corrupt boot.ini file. This issue often arises after a user has recently added or removed an operating system on the computer or added or removed hard disk drives in the computer. If the boot.ini is severely corrupted or missing a user running Microsoft Windows XP can rebuild the boot.ini to resolve this issue.
Missing or corrupt ntoskrnl.exe file
To restore this file follow the below steps:
1. Insert the Microsoft Windows XP CD.
2. Reboot the computer, as the computer is starting you should see a message to press any key to boot from the CD. When you see this message press any key.
3. In the Microsoft Windows XP setup menu press the R key to enter the recovery console.
4. Select the operating system you wish to fix, and then enter the administrator password.
5. Type expand d:\i386\ntoskrnl.ex_ c:\windows\system32
6. You will then be prompted if you wish to overwrite the file type Y and press enter to overwrite the file.
7. Type exit to reboot the computer.
check your boot.ini file make sure it is pointing to the correct drive, partition, directory
if it is on drive c:(or the first partition) it should look like
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect