Dual boot can't load x64 w/o CD in boot drive.
 

I have loaded x64 in a dual boot with WinXp 32 bit. The 32 bit version works
fine, but I can't boot into the x64 version without setting bios to boot
from the CD first and have the x64 install CD in the drive. If I don't have
the CD in or set the computer to boot from hard drive or removeable drive I
get the following message:

"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."

My system specs:

CoolerMaster CM Stacker
Thermaltake Purepower 680W
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (Rev. 1.2) Bios 1007
AMD 64 FX53 - ADAFX53DEP5AS
Thermaltake Venus 12
Corsair TWINX 1024 - 3200XL PRO
2 x eVga 6800 Ultra PCIe
Audigy 2
Nvidia SATA Drives:
WD 74GB Raptor - WinXP SP2 - nForce 6.53 - video 73.00
WD 74GB Raptor - WinXP x64 - nForce 6.56 - video 76.71
Maxtor Diamond 10 250GB
2 X 80GB Seagate SATA drives-RAID 1 - Silicon Image
Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-108
Plextor DVDR PX-716A
Mitsumi floppy drive
Samsung 213T

Any Ideas what could be causing this, it is annoying to have to keep the CD
in the drive.

Re: Dual boot can't load x64 w/o CD in boot drive.
 

"aimbie" <aimbie[no spam ]@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:9cWdnZIi3JIvwRvfRVn-ow@comcast.com...
>I have loaded x64 in a dual boot with WinXp 32 bit. The 32 bit version
>works fine, but I can't boot into the x64 version without setting bios to
>boot from the CD first and have the x64 install CD in the drive. If I don't
>have the CD in or set the computer to boot from hard drive or removeable
>drive I get the following message:
>
> "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."
>
> My system specs:
>
> CoolerMaster CM Stacker
> Thermaltake Purepower 680W
> ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (Rev. 1.2) Bios 1007
> AMD 64 FX53 - ADAFX53DEP5AS
> Thermaltake Venus 12
> Corsair TWINX 1024 - 3200XL PRO
> 2 x eVga 6800 Ultra PCIe
> Audigy 2
> Nvidia SATA Drives:
> WD 74GB Raptor - WinXP SP2 - nForce 6.53 - video 73.00
> WD 74GB Raptor - WinXP x64 - nForce 6.56 - video 76.71
> Maxtor Diamond 10 250GB
> 2 X 80GB Seagate SATA drives-RAID 1 - Silicon Image
> Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-108
> Plextor DVDR PX-716A
> Mitsumi floppy drive
> Samsung 213T
>
> Any Ideas what could be causing this, it is annoying to have to keep the
> CD in the drive.
>

Just curious....did you do what the above error tells you to do?

Bobby

RE: Dual boot can't load x64 w/o CD in boot drive.
 

Aimbie, try this: in XP32 fromthe desktop go to My Computer -> Properties ->
Advanced -> Start and Recovery -> Configuration. Then, in the pull down menu
that appear you have one option for XP32 and another option for XP64. The one
that shows first is the default. You can change that.
Also you can go see those two options by pressing F11 during the post of
your computer, without having to insert any disk or CD.

GB.

"aimbie" wrote:

> I have loaded x64 in a dual boot with WinXp 32 bit. The 32 bit version works
> fine, but I can't boot into the x64 version without setting bios to boot
> from the CD first and have the x64 install CD in the drive. If I don't have
> the CD in or set the computer to boot from hard drive or removeable drive I
> get the following message:
>
> "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."
>
> My system specs:
>
> CoolerMaster CM Stacker
> Thermaltake Purepower 680W
> ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (Rev. 1.2) Bios 1007
> AMD 64 FX53 - ADAFX53DEP5AS
> Thermaltake Venus 12
> Corsair TWINX 1024 - 3200XL PRO
> 2 x eVga 6800 Ultra PCIe
> Audigy 2
> Nvidia SATA Drives:
> WD 74GB Raptor - WinXP SP2 - nForce 6.53 - video 73.00
> WD 74GB Raptor - WinXP x64 - nForce 6.56 - video 76.71
> Maxtor Diamond 10 250GB
> 2 X 80GB Seagate SATA drives-RAID 1 - Silicon Image
> Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-108
> Plextor DVDR PX-716A
> Mitsumi floppy drive
> Samsung 213T
>
> Any Ideas what could be causing this, it is annoying to have to keep the CD
> in the drive.
>
>
>

Re: Dual boot can't load x64 w/o CD in boot drive.
 

No, I have not tried to replace the file it says. Then again it boots just
fine as long as I have the CD in the DVD drive. Secondly, I see the screen
to select XP 32 or x64 fine.

I have done some searching on Plantamd64.com and it appears this is
happening to others with the same motherboard and setup. Sounds like it is a
bios issue or some problem with the Nvidia SATA controller.

Re: Dual boot can't load x64 w/o CD in boot drive.
 

I am having the same problem. I had no problem with the beta of x64. I
have searched for the ' missing' file from my 32-bit system and it is
present.
Also, the partition shows a 760 mb windows system(the loaded 64-bit system)
, but from the install disk, it shows the partition empty when trying a
re-install.

Also, the first time I installed into a partition which had been previously
on the drive, empty and formatted, the second time I installed I let windows
delete and format, then install, same result. 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."

I had to fix the boot.ini from recovery console, since there is virtually no
time from the boot screen as it flashes and instantly went to this error.
When fixed I can boot to my 32-bit system

My system is an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
2 gig Corsair RAM
AMD 3500+
4 SATA drives
No raid installed

adDog!" <mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com> wrote in message
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>
> "aimbie" <aimbie[no spam ]@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:9cWdnZIi3JIvwRvfRVn-ow@comcast.com...
>>I have loaded x64 in a dual boot with WinXp 32 bit. The 32 bit version
>>works fine, but I can't boot into the x64 version without setting bios to
>>boot from the CD first and have the x64 install CD in the drive. If I
>>don't have the CD in or set the computer to boot from hard drive or
>>removeable drive I get the following message:
>>
>> "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."
>>
>> My system specs:
>>
>> CoolerMaster CM Stacker
>> Thermaltake Purepower 680W
>> ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (Rev. 1.2) Bios 1007
>> AMD 64 FX53 - ADAFX53DEP5AS
>> Thermaltake Venus 12
>> Corsair TWINX 1024 - 3200XL PRO
>> 2 x eVga 6800 Ultra PCIe
>> Audigy 2
>> Nvidia SATA Drives:
>> WD 74GB Raptor - WinXP SP2 - nForce 6.53 - video 73.00
>> WD 74GB Raptor - WinXP x64 - nForce 6.56 - video 76.71
>> Maxtor Diamond 10 250GB
>> 2 X 80GB Seagate SATA drives-RAID 1 - Silicon Image
>> Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-108
>> Plextor DVDR PX-716A
>> Mitsumi floppy drive
>> Samsung 213T
>>
>> Any Ideas what could be causing this, it is annoying to have to keep the
>> CD in the drive.
>>
>
> Just curious....did you do what the above error tells you to do?
>
> Bobby
>
>
>

Re: Dual boot can't load x64 w/o CD in boot drive.
 

The problem is, you've installed the 32-bit version of the file. The files in
the system32 directory are 64-BIT FILES! (Yes, I know, it makes no sense at
all. But there it is.) 32-bit files go in the SysWOW64 directory.

--
Charlie.

John Barnes wrote:
> I am having the same problem. I had no problem with the beta of x64.
> I have searched for the ' missing' file from my 32-bit system and it
> is present.
> Also, the partition shows a 760 mb windows system(the loaded 64-bit
> system) , but from the install disk, it shows the partition empty
> when trying a re-install.
>
> Also, the first time I installed into a partition which had been
> previously on the drive, empty and formatted, the second time I
> installed I let windows delete and format, then install, same result.
> 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."
>
> I had to fix the boot.ini from recovery console, since there is
> virtually no time from the boot screen as it flashes and instantly
> went to this error. When fixed I can boot to my 32-bit system
>
> My system is an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
> 2 gig Corsair RAM
> AMD 3500+
> 4 SATA drives
> No raid installed
>
> adDog!" <mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com> wrote in message
> news:%23wCqkYMWFHA.1148@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "aimbie" <aimbie[no spam ]@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:9cWdnZIi3JIvwRvfRVn-ow@comcast.com...
>>> I have loaded x64 in a dual boot with WinXp 32 bit. The 32 bit
>>> version works fine, but I can't boot into the x64 version without
>>> setting bios to boot from the CD first and have the x64 install CD
>>> in the drive. If I don't have the CD in or set the computer to boot
>>> from hard drive or removeable drive I get the following message:
>>>
>>> "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."
>>>
>>> My system specs:
>>>
>>> CoolerMaster CM Stacker
>>> Thermaltake Purepower 680W
>>> ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (Rev. 1.2) Bios 1007
>>> AMD 64 FX53 - ADAFX53DEP5AS
>>> Thermaltake Venus 12
>>> Corsair TWINX 1024 - 3200XL PRO
>>> 2 x eVga 6800 Ultra PCIe
>>> Audigy 2
>>> Nvidia SATA Drives:
>>> WD 74GB Raptor - WinXP SP2 - nForce 6.53 - video 73.00
>>> WD 74GB Raptor - WinXP x64 - nForce 6.56 - video 76.71
>>> Maxtor Diamond 10 250GB
>>> 2 X 80GB Seagate SATA drives-RAID 1 - Silicon Image
>>> Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-108
>>> Plextor DVDR PX-716A
>>> Mitsumi floppy drive
>>> Samsung 213T
>>>
>>> Any Ideas what could be causing this, it is annoying to have to
>>> keep the CD in the drive.
>>>
>>
>> Just curious....did you do what the above error tells you to do?
>>
>> Bobby

Re: Dual boot can't load x64 w/o CD in boot drive.
 

You should be able to copy that file over from the CD - it resides in the
\amd64 directory as "ntoskrnl.ex_" -- use expand.exe to expand it and move it
into your system32 directory.

--
Charlie.

aimbie wrote:
> No, I have not tried to replace the file it says. Then again it boots
> just fine as long as I have the CD in the DVD drive. Secondly, I see
> the screen to select XP 32 or x64 fine.
>
> I have done some searching on Plantamd64.com and it appears this is
> happening to others with the same motherboard and setup. Sounds like
> it is a bios issue or some problem with the Nvidia SATA controller.

Re: Dual boot can't load x64 w/o CD in boot drive.
 

I am sure you can, but that's not the problem! The files are not corrupt
that's just the error message you get when x64 can't find the hard drive.
Many others with this motherboard and more than 1 SATA harddrive have the
same issue.

It didn't happen with the betas just the release version. I have installed
x64 about 5 times now and it happens every time. I don't think its possible
for the file to be missing (which it isn't because you can see it sitting
there when you boot into WinXP 32) or corrupt (because if you boot with the
CD in the CD rom drive as the first boot option it works fine and its not
getting the file from the CD).

Maybe you should reply when you have something to add.

<<<<<>>>>>>>>>

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:uF20feOWFHA.2700@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> You should be able to copy that file over from the CD - it resides in the
> \amd64 directory as "ntoskrnl.ex_" -- use expand.exe to expand it and move
> it into your system32 directory.
>
> --
> Charlie.
>
> aimbie wrote:
>> No, I have not tried to replace the file it says. Then again it boots
>> just fine as long as I have the CD in the DVD drive. Secondly, I see
>> the screen to select XP 32 or x64 fine.
>>
>> I have done some searching on Plantamd64.com and it appears this is
>> happening to others with the same motherboard and setup. Sounds like
>> it is a bios issue or some problem with the Nvidia SATA controller.
>
>

Re: Dual boot can't load x64 w/o CD in boot drive.
 

Whatever

--
Charlie.

aimbie wrote:
> I am sure you can, but that's not the problem! The files are not
> corrupt that's just the error message you get when x64 can't find the
> hard drive. Many others with this motherboard and more than 1 SATA
> harddrive have the same issue.
>
> It didn't happen with the betas just the release version. I have
> installed x64 about 5 times now and it happens every time. I don't
> think its possible for the file to be missing (which it isn't because
> you can see it sitting there when you boot into WinXP 32) or corrupt
> (because if you boot with the CD in the CD rom drive as the first
> boot option it works fine and its not getting the file from the CD).
>
> Maybe you should reply when you have something to add.
>
> <<<<<>>>>>>>>>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
> message news:uF20feOWFHA.2700@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> You should be able to copy that file over from the CD - it resides
>> in the \amd64 directory as "ntoskrnl.ex_" -- use expand.exe to
>> expand it and move it into your system32 directory.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>>
>> aimbie wrote:
>>> No, I have not tried to replace the file it says. Then again it
>>> boots just fine as long as I have the CD in the DVD drive.
>>> Secondly, I see the screen to select XP 32 or x64 fine.
>>>
>>> I have done some searching on Plantamd64.com and it appears this is
>>> happening to others with the same motherboard and setup. Sounds like
>>> it is a bios issue or some problem with the Nvidia SATA controller.

Re: Dual boot can't load x64 w/o CD in boot drive.
 

I appreciate your replies, but sometimes they aren't related to the problem.
In this case you aren't pertinent to the problem.

The chipset is NVIDIA Nforce4
I have the same problem as stated earlier
I installed on a New sata hard drive I partitioned roughly 80gig each for XP
Pro and XP 64-bit
I ran the install program as stated above several ways and always bad
results.
I ran the install program with all 4 sata drives hooked up and with only the
new drive installed. Same results. (the only difference is the drive, and
it is a new Hitachi Sata II drive 300gb (I know it is no faster, so no
sarcasm please) for info, in case this is the same with others, and there is
something about the SATA II specs and this operating system that makes it
not able to be a boot drive.
In frustration, I decided to install on a partition I knew I could boot from
after copying the drive.
It installed perfectly in that partition and I was able to complete the
install
The operating system is useless to me since no one (would be useful if
Microsoft would) has provided the name of a dial-up modem with 64-bit
support. Your sarcasm about HS is useless. Per the only DSL supplier in my
area, my section will get DSL ' when pigs fly'

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:uZbB8uRWFHA.3572@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Whatever
>
> --
> Charlie.
>
> aimbie wrote:
>> I am sure you can, but that's not the problem! The files are not
>> corrupt that's just the error message you get when x64 can't find the
>> hard drive. Many others with this motherboard and more than 1 SATA
>> harddrive have the same issue.
>>
>> It didn't happen with the betas just the release version. I have
>> installed x64 about 5 times now and it happens every time. I don't
>> think its possible for the file to be missing (which it isn't because
>> you can see it sitting there when you boot into WinXP 32) or corrupt
>> (because if you boot with the CD in the CD rom drive as the first
>> boot option it works fine and its not getting the file from the CD).
>>
>> Maybe you should reply when you have something to add.
>>
>> <<<<<>>>>>>>>>
>>
>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>> message news:uF20feOWFHA.2700@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> You should be able to copy that file over from the CD - it resides
>>> in the \amd64 directory as "ntoskrnl.ex_" -- use expand.exe to
>>> expand it and move it into your system32 directory.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Charlie.
>>>
>>> aimbie wrote:
>>>> No, I have not tried to replace the file it says. Then again it
>>>> boots just fine as long as I have the CD in the DVD drive.
>>>> Secondly, I see the screen to select XP 32 or x64 fine.
>>>>
>>>> I have done some searching on Plantamd64.com and it appears this is
>>>> happening to others with the same motherboard and setup. Sounds like
>>>> it is a bios issue or some problem with the Nvidia SATA controller.
>
>