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[Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or ...]
I have a problem with my computer starting up.
I get an error: Disk I/O error: Status= 00001020
Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or currupt
<windows 2000 root 7\system 32\Ntoskrnl.exe
Please re-install a copy of the above file.
So heres the problem : I don't have the disk to dop this with.
Can anyone help.
Redsun
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Try pressing F8 on startup and selecting Last Known Good Configuration. Can you get the computer to boot now? Can the computer boot into Safe Mode?
Sorry but without a Windows 2000 CD or a recovery disk to repair your system you are SOL I'm afraid. Could you maybe borrow one from a friend or family member?
aweston, running a chkdsk /r from a Windows XP CD and not a Windows 2000 disk will have disastrous effects on the computer and will only make the situation worse.
Try pressing F8 on startup and selecting Last Known Good Configuration. Can you get the computer to boot now? Can the computer boot into Safe Mode?
Sorry but without a Windows 2000 CD or a recovery disk to repair your system you are SOL I'm afraid. Could you maybe borrow one from a friend or family member?
aweston, running a chkdsk /r from a Windows XP CD and not a Windows 2000 disk will have disastrous effects on the computer and will only make the situation worse.
I now have a windows 2000 disk.
I have tried booting the computer wioth the disk.
It stops booting after the process has started mid way.
in order to get out of this I have to punch F3.
That takes me back to the Booting up with windows 2000 screen.
So the computer stops booting from the Windows 2000 CD mid way? What part in the CD boot process does it stop? Have you tried just being patient and letting the computer boot on its own? Sometimes it can take a few minutes to boot from the CD.
Could you maybe borrow one from a friend or family member? 
