thank you for all the replies. I fixed the ntoskrnl.exe file but now it is giving me the same message with a different file.

<Windows>system32\config\system

any help in repairing this problem would also be greatly appreciated

Wes

when i turn on my computer an error pops up before windows even starts Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe. Please reinstall a copy of the above file. My question is if I do a repair installation of windows will I lose ...