kernel and ntfs.sys problems in bootup
Problem description: WinNT4 server won’t boot after putting in a new mirror hard drive; message says: “A kernel file is missing from the disk. Insert a system disk and restart the system. ” If I put in the NT system disks and go through the repair option, it gives me the following message: “STOP: c000026c {Unable t ...
Problem description:
WinNT4 server won’t boot after putting in a new mirror hard drive; message says:
“A kernel file is missing from the disk. Insert a system disk and restart the system.”
If I put in the NT system disks and go through the repair option, it gives me the following message:
“STOP: c000026c {Unable to load device drivers} \device\floppy0\ntfs.sys device driver could not be loaded. Error status was 0xc0000221. Restart and set the recovery options in the system control panel or the /crashdebug system start option. If this message reappears, contact your system administrator or technical support group”
I finally got it to boot from the original boot disk, but don’t want to shut it down again and try to fix it until I understand what’s wrong with it.
Microsoft gives several suggestions for both of these messages; however, none of them work because when I try to fix the kernel error during bootup, using the emergency repair disks, it crashes on the ntfs.sys device driver. Can’t see how to get past the ntfs.sys problem and get to the system control panel or the /crashdebug option.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
WinNT4 server won’t boot after putting in a new mirror hard drive; message says:
“A kernel file is missing from the disk. Insert a system disk and restart the system.”
If I put in the NT system disks and go through the repair option, it gives me the following message:
“STOP: c000026c {Unable to load device drivers} \device\floppy0\ntfs.sys device driver could not be loaded. Error status was 0xc0000221. Restart and set the recovery options in the system control panel or the /crashdebug system start option. If this message reappears, contact your system administrator or technical support group”
I finally got it to boot from the original boot disk, but don’t want to shut it down again and try to fix it until I understand what’s wrong with it.
Microsoft gives several suggestions for both of these messages; however, none of them work because when I try to fix the kernel error during bootup, using the emergency repair disks, it crashes on the ntfs.sys device driver. Can’t see how to get past the ntfs.sys problem and get to the system control panel or the /crashdebug option.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Did you move the disks around when installing the second drive? I know that when one mirror failed for me, I could not simply remove the damaged disk and boot off of the other. I needed to go into fdisk and mark the working drive active. Perhaps it thinks the wrong drive is active. If the new disk has a lower SCSI id, perhaps this is something causeing a problem. If you are using ide drives, perhaps it is a master/slave thing.
**** Please note that I'm not recommending changing anything with your partition table via fdisk or other utils! The origional disk will be set up correctly. I'm just saying the os may be trying to boot off the wrong drive. ****
**** Please note that I'm not recommending changing anything with your partition table via fdisk or other utils! The origional disk will be set up correctly. I'm just saying the os may be trying to boot off the wrong drive. ****
