ntoskrnl.exe corrupt

[Jun]

When I start Win 2003 I found this msg.

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

Before this problem occur
I install 2 OS in my computer. First OS is XP and second is 2003 X64.
They work properly.
Yesterday I "Clean Install" XP and I edit boot.ini file in Win XP like this (via bootcfg command)

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="2" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="1" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

When I choose "2" to enter Win 2003 the above error occurs.

Please help me. I dont want to re-install Win2003.

Thank you.

[kevin_dong]

hi , you can use either of two solution,

1, copy x:\windows\driver cache\i386\ntoskrnl.exe x:\windows\system32

2, copy x:\i386\expand sp3.cab -F:ntoskrnl.exe x:\windows\system32

done.

[patio]

In your boot ini both entries 2 and 3 are pointing to partition #1.
Depending on how you set this up they both cannot be on one partition.
Adjust the boot ini accordingly...