Unable to Find NTOSKRNL.EXE
5/10/2007
Learn what to do when you receive this error message.
Resolution
Be sure that you copied Boot.ini, Ntdetect.com, and Ntldr from your run-time image to the root directory of your target system's boot drive, and that you overwrote prior versions of these files.
Be sure that you added a kernel to your configuration. Examples of kernel components include Ntoskrnl.exe, Ntkrnlmp.exe, and Ntkrnlpa.exe.
Be sure that you copied Boot.ini, Ntdetect.com, and Ntldr from your run-time image to the root directory of your target system's boot drive, and that you overwrote prior versions of these files.
Be sure that you added a kernel to your configuration. Examples of kernel components include Ntoskrnl.exe, Ntkrnlmp.exe, and Ntkrnlpa.exe.
Example
This error message usually indicates that your system does not include a kernel, or that the boot drive contains one or more driver versions that are not the correct version for your run-time image.