ometime s, maybe most, you have to hit any key on keybrd to get it to boot
from CD!!

"Lorne" wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> i am assisting a neighbour with her computer (she's so cute, i couldnt say
> no to her)....
> On boot up, she is getting the message:
> missing or corrupt file: ntoskrnl.exe reinstall a copy of the above
> file.....
>
> so after researching the net and newsgroups i thought i found the way to
> repair this.... easy enough, just boot from xp cd and use the repair
> console.... BUT here is the problem.... i can not get the computer to boot
> from the cd rom!!!
> I went into the bios and set boot priority to:
> cd/rom 1st, floppy 2nd and ide hard drive 3rd (can't go wrong with this,
> right?) Using her windows xp, the computer says searching for boot record
> from cd.... then after sevceral seconds, changes to try to boot from the
> hard drive.....
> Ok, i thought maybe the cd rom is not working...... so i put in a spare cd
> rom.... same thing..... took the cd and put it into a different computer,
> and the cd boots up......
>
> so, any idea of what my issue is all about???
>
> thank you all....
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