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Taliesin · 08-18-2003, 01:38 AM

Help guys - I did something stupid.

I installed a new Win XP Pro boot screen by overwriting ntoskrnl.exe in windows\system32. The problem is that I installed the ordinary version when I should have used the SP1 version. Now the machine reboots at the end of the boot cycle.

So.

Is there any way I can get a command prompt (I backed up the original file)? I don't have a boot disk, and the safe mode with command prompt option still needs ntoskrnl.exe. Can I download an emergency boot disk from Microsoft?

Thanks in advance.

08-18-2003, 01:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Taliesin Crazy Location: Oxford, UK	o shi... - I broke my WinXP Help guys - I did something stupid. I installed a new Win XP Pro boot screen by overwriting ntoskrnl.exe in windows\system32. The problem is that I installed the ordinary version when I should have used the SP1 version. Now the machine reboots at the end of the boot cycle. So. Is there any way I can get a command prompt (I backed up the original file)? I don't have a boot disk, and the safe mode with command prompt option still needs ntoskrnl.exe. Can I download an emergency boot disk from Microsoft? Thanks in advance.