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Missing <windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl file

Posted: 21. Feb 2011, 19:32
by SchneiderIS
I had an unexpected power failure that looks to have corrupted my Windows OS on a VM. The error that I get is:

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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.
Does anyone have any experience with this or am I looking at having to do a Windows restore?

Re: Missing <windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl file

Posted: 21. Feb 2011, 20:21
by Perryg
Hopefully a system restore/repair from CD will fix this. Since it is the guests kernel that is missing or corrupt a standard system restore more than likely will not work.