Dwk Needs Help :(

[DWk]

weird but my xp gets stuck during bootup...in the boot screen....but the progress bar doesnt freeze or stop..... it just goes on and on...and the hdd has no activity after 5 seconds of activity...

oh yea i can log in safe mode.... :(

any ideas? :ph34r:

[I.am]

That happened to me few months back when one of my external hardware was conflicting. What kind of hardware do you have? USB mouse?externall hdd...?etc?

Try taking each one out and restart and by the process of elimination you will know if its a hardware conflicting problem.

[DWk]

i think i found the problem....

ok i tried booting as "Safe mode with networking"
and when it tried loading ntoskrnl.exe (i have an idea of what this file is) it told me it was corrupt..... this doesnt happen when you boot as only safe mode....

So i went in safe mode as admin and tried replacing ntoskrnl.exe with ntoskrnl.ex_ (of course, renaming it) from the i386 folder in winxp cd..... and when i tried bootin in safe mode with network.... it not only doesnt load ntoskrnl.exe....but freezes at Mup.sys.... i already went back to the "original" ntoskrnl.exe but its not working :(

any idea on how to replace this file with the original?

[Livy]

you also have to replace the dll chache version aswell i think.

search for all ntoskrnl.exe on your system and replace them all, or windows will use the old one.

[DWk]

problem is..... there are no ntoskrnl.exe in the winxp cd...only ntoskrnl.ex_ (notice the underscore there....) so im not sure wtf.... im looking in winxp site right now.... :ph34r:

[skelley521]

Try and trace your tacks since you last restarted, any and all software or hardware that you may have installed.
Do you have any restore points set??
My friend had a simular problem and somehow his IDE connector to his hard drive came loose. He thinks he may have bumped it a few weeks ago when he installed a new stick of ram.

Just a few points,
Steve


edit: sp, too many brews....lol

[DWk]

actually.... a friend of mine came by with a hard drive of his own and we put it in my pc so i copied him some movies i had.... .... and in the bios all drives are detected ok....

[I.am]

Try this,


Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD, at the first screen choose
R=Repair option, press the R key
Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of
Windows you want to repair. Typically this will be #1
Change to the drive that has the CD ROM.
CD i386

expand ntkrnlmp.ex_ C:\Windows\System32\ntoskrnl.exe

If WindowsXP is installed in a different location, just make the necessary change
to C:\Windows
Take out the CD ROM and type exit


That is an excerpt from another forum saying a similar problem. here is the link with all the responses, that might help you as well.
ntoskrnl.exe (http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1067680871)

hope this helps, :)
I.am

[DWk]

sniff

"Unable to create file ntkmlmp.exe"

why the hell is it trying to creat ntkmlmp.exe instead of ntoskrnl.exe :angry: :ph34r:

[DWk]

lol same problem those guys have :lol:

[I.am]

I just read all the replies. Dont follow it! They doesnt seem to be quite right! It might just case an infinite reboot.
Let me try finding other solutions other than just reinstalling windows.

[DWk]

yea..... but reinstalling is getting closer and closer....really fast :( :ph34r:

searched MS again for it....didnt find squat :angry:

[I.am]

Originally posted by DWk@12 December 2003 - 21:45
yea..... but reinstalling is getting closer and closer....really fast :( :ph34r:

searched MS again for it....didnt find squat :angry:
ok Try the last option on this page
http://sft-cyber.com/Bootini.htm

The problem could occur if your bootini isnt right. Follow above and that doesnt work check ur Bootini. Instructions are on that same page.

Microsoft has info about this error for winnt http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;124550 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;124550)

[balamm]

You can't just paste in ntoskernl.exe :lol:

It has to be installed and added to the registry.

Yer screwed! Partition that OS up as far as you can, create a new active partition, delete the boot.ini and nt loader files from the old partition, and reinstall. Then copy anything you can, documents, pictures, etc, back from the corrupt OS.

[DWk]

k ima try.....although that first link looks a little hard....well not hard but confusing....

it tells to edit boot.ini.... but doesnt say WHAT to edit.....

[DWk]

oh thx :lol:

[DWk]

fine whatever..... right now im repairing with winxp cd.... but i think after that im gonna format it all......dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :rolleyes: :ph34r:

[balamm]

So, yeah.....

Anyway, next time you swap your OS hard drive into another PC, use partiton magic to set it NOT active first. Then it won't conflict with the OS in the machine you swap it too. When you return it to your own machine, partition magic again and set it active.
What you did was wipe out the boot files and ini and messed up the attributes with those from the other machine so it could boot. Your OS has become a slave to that one. ;)

[DWk]

weird it was set up to slave..... sniff oh well i think the repair is almost done...ima go check brb i post again

[DWk]

lol not working.....mmmmk format time then....after that i copy all important info and i make some chop suey with the friggin pc :( :angry: :)

[balamm]

Originally posted by DWk@12 December 2003 - 20:30
weird it was set up to slave..... sniff oh well i think the repair is almost done...ima go check brb i post again
Even with the jumpers set to slave, the active partition is still active. If another OS sees this while booting, it will "correct" it.
It won't "uncorrect" it when you remove it back to your PC. You would have to do some repairs and reset it active maybe.
That XP repair process probably wouldn't work either if the OS has been upgraded since install. It usually tries to restore pre SP files and settings and makes an even bigger mess.