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"ntoskrnl.exe is missing or corrupt"appears unless disk is inserted
When I installed Windows 7 Pro x64 today, I did a custom install but I didn't format my drive beforehand. After it restarted the first time, it came up to a screen that said this:
After several failed attempts my Dad somhow got it to install properly, and it worked fine until I needed to reinstall updates. When it restarted again, the same screen came up. I put in the Windows 7 DVD and restarted, this time it booted without any problems. My boot is setup as "Boot from CD/DVD Drive" first, and "Boot from HDD" second. But when it said "Press any key to boot CD/DVD" I didn't press anything, and it just moved on normally.Code:Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: < Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above file
I ran the startup repair but it did not find any problems.
So can somone tell me how to fix this?
Thanks
Last edited by bomberswarm2; 17 Jan 2013 at 06:15. Reason: new info