My laptop fell

[NOSaintsFan02 0]

My laptop fell on my floor and though it wasn't a hard fall, it still seemed to be affecting my computer.

 

First everything went well, but then when I decided to restart my computer it went blank on me and this message came up...

 

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:

 

<Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe.

Please reinstall a copy of the above file.

 

I've searched Google for the problem and most solutions involve using your Windows XP CD to restore it. But I do not have an XP CD so is there any other solution?

 

I am currently on my brother's laptop and I was thinking possibly of copying the C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntoskrnl.exe file off his to a blank CD and putting it in my comp in hopes of it reinstalling.

 

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Cormac 0]

Go ahead and do the copy job and if you have any more problems come back and repost.

[NOSaintsFan02 0]

Ok, I'll try it right now.

[NOSaintsFan02 0]

I got nothing.

[peterh 1]

You need to boot using the Recovery console or use a Linux Live CD to copy files to your Windows partition. Try Knoppix or one of the other Live CD distributions.

 

[NOSaintsFan02 0]

Thanks.

 

I rebooted again this evening and it worked this time.