Windows could not start up file is missing..
Windows root sys32\ntoskrnl.exe
How do i install this file......

Can not format c: drive. Can I start safe mode without
windows running?

I had an XP Pro system on an Asus MB.  I recently
upgraded to a an Athlon XP and Soyo Dragon Plus MB.  
Before the MB/processor switch, I removed my anti virus
progam, and all devices such as LAN, sound, etc. from the

I have been trying to use a sysprep image from an PC (Dell Optiplex GX270)
to a laptop (Dell Latitude C640) - and have not been succesful!
The Latitude always hangs on startup with a black screen. On verbose safe
mode it does the same  - stopping when opening the AGP drivers.

During WinXP Pro installation after inserting setup disk
# 6 (last disk) the installation does'nt go forward.
Thinking that it might be a problem with a disk I created
another setup disk but the result is the same. The

I checked the startup folder to make sure it did not
sneak in there.  I also read a knowledgbase article
relating to this problem for earlier operating systems
which involved changing some registry settings.  This

Terry wrote:

Can't you f.cking read, you dumb c.nt? If it says you

I have a conflice with network card and radeon card.  I am
unable to go from 98 to windows XP.  I was on XP and
started having problems.  I am unable to finish install of
update.

dont ask me folks why i did it but as you have probably
guessed im not very computer smart. i just bundled in cd
after cd. have i caused any damage on my laptop or taken
up memory? can i remove the second installation? i think

is there a way to find the winxp product key in the
registry?

i installed win. xp on a computer that had xp already on
it but i was installing it on a seperate hard drive. when
i start the computer with the hard drive i installed xp
on i get a message saying ( invalid boot.ini file booting

Hey real MS peeps,
I'm getting an "invalid CD key" err when trying to install.
This is a brand new box, never installed successfully
before.

Ok I have win 98 2nd edition, and the new installation of
xp home upgrade NTFS.  I want to format my hard drive and
only use the xp home upgrade, I don't have the 98 win
setup disk any more, so I need to know if I can do this

Hope someone can help me my partner has a computer
windows xp she has installed a few programs ans deleted
some.
1st problem:- Is when she goes online her search engine

Hey people,
I've installed MS-DOS 6 (on the 1st partition which is 2048 Mb)and
after that I installed WinXP. So far so good. But now I want to
increase my first partition (using pqmagic) and to do that, first