Really Strange MBR/BCD/NTOSKRNL Error
Nov 4, 2009
I seem to have a unique fault on my Windows 7 install.
Upgrading from XP
Spec: AMD Dual-core 3gig, 4 gb RAM, WD 500GB primary HDD, ATI gfx
So - downloaded and installed Windows 7 from a memory stick.
Installed apparently ok.
Re-booted - came up with the "popular" NTOSKRNL.exe missing/corrupt error.
Re-copied various files; hal.dll, ntoskrnl.exe etc as directed on various sites - no joy.
Thinking it could be a MBR fault and not being familiar with Vista/Windows 7 I stuck in my old XP install CD to use Fdisk.
With the XP install CD in the drive, Windows 7 boots perfectly! (Doesn't even attempt to load XP install/repair)
Take out CD - NTOSKRNL error.
Once in Windows 7 - everything works fine.
Looking at various other options, came acorss a couple of tips about BCD and bootrec such as:
How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows
Error message when you start Windows Vista: "The Windows Boot Configuration Data file is missing required information"
Bootrec used to say the only OS was C:Windows.old.00
Ran fixes as above - now says there are no OS installed.
Windows 7 repair console only finds Windows 7 OS
Am starting to go insane.
To summarise:
Recieve NTOSKRNL.exe error when booting up PC
Boots Windows 7 fine with WinXP install disk in drive
Bootrec finds no OS
Windows 7 repair finds Windows 7
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just installing RTM of Windows 7 to trial until my copy gets here. Hmm having a strange problem, i have installed os first time, after about 3 days, i get the read disc error on startup. (no safemode / F8 option).
now this has happened 2 more times after i had reinstalled. all about 5 days apart (multiple restarts and shutdown) i can't seem to find the source of the problem.
in the repair setup of the Windows 7 disc, i have done a startup repair, and it couldn't find any problems, "os loaded successful" log produced.
now if i use cmd and bootrec.exe /osscan on my c:/
it says zero OSs installed/found
although windows does detect it within the repair utility and when loading sata drivers.
what gives? what am i doing wrong? and why would it do this every few days after i reinstall the OS. its weird. Harddrive has been tested, no bad sectors, all scans of disc complete successful. is it the BCDmanager? and how do i edit that at boot?
bootrec.exe /fixboot and the other options do not work! also i does seem like my other drive letter have changed in boot CMD, however the os partition is still C:/ any ideas?
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*** hal.dll - Address 0xfffff80002c15a3b base at 0xfffff80002c03000 DateStamp
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