Help re-intall ntoskrnl

[Marilyn]

Running on my Mac parallels and xp and after a windows update I now get an error that reads
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
How do I fix this problem? I tried booting from the xp cd but I guess because I am in parallels that does not work? Please help

 

[Monk]

I am having the same issue. New to Mac OS X and Parallels so no idea how to fix this issue. Is this file somewhere on the Hard Disk so we can just overwrite it with a new one from an XP machine?
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Thanks

 

[ajay]

I don't know if this will help or hurt. I did a Google search and came up with the following:

http://www.tuneupadvisor.com/fix-exe.aspx

I assume no responsibility for the goodness of this service or product.

 

[unused_user_name]

'ntoskrnl' is part of the OS, and there are several versions of it on the XP disk depending on your hardware.

Do a 'repair install' off the XP cd and it should fix the problem.

 

[Monk]

'ntoskrnl' is part of the OS, and there are several versions of it on the XP disk depending on your hardware.

Do a 'repair install' off the XP cd and it should fix the problem.

Thanks for the input. Do I just need to boot off the XP cd? When I insert it with OS X running the idsk is not recognized. I cannot get it to boot off the CD. Sorry for the silly questions but I am new to OS X.