| When you boot the system, Windows extracts its | | | | Ntoskrnl.exe file has got corrupted due to incomplete |
| kernel image file as ntoskrnl.exe. Since it provides | | | | updates. |
| Executive and Kernel layers of Windows NT kernel | | | | Solution |
| space, the file serves as the critical component of | | | | Below are the possible solutions that you can apply |
| Windows NT boot process. Its functions also include | | | | to solve the given problem: |
| providing several fundamental system services. A | | | | Boot the system using Windows Vista installation and |
| Windows system cannot boot if the file is corrupt or | | | | start Windows Recovery Environment to access the |
| missing. Such situations lead to data inaccessibility that | | | | command prompt. Run sfc /scannow to run System |
| you need to cope up with recent data backup. But if | | | | File Checker that repairs all Vista system files. |
| no suitable backup is available that can restore | | | | If the problem persists, boot into System Recovery |
| complete information required, you should use a | | | | Options using Windows installation disc to run Startup |
| powerful data recovery utility that could extract the | | | | Repair. This will try to fix all the system startup |
| lost data.. | | | | issues. |
| To illustrate such situations, consider that you use a | | | | Perform Repair installation for Windows Vista |
| Windows Vista based computer system. You might | | | | If you still cannot solve the issue, perform clean |
| observe the following sequence of symptoms with | | | | installation of Windows Vista and use your backup to |
| your computer: | | | | restore the data after the process |
| You turn on the computer and click to install | | | | Sometimes, you cannot restore from backup as it is |
| Windows updates | | | | damaged or not updated enough so that you can |
| The system restarts and updates starts installing, but | | | | use it to restore. To cope with such problems, it is |
| doesn't complete | | | | recommended to use a data recovery software that |
| An error message prompts reporting that it is running | | | | can employ advanced scanning algorithms to undelete |
| startup repair | | | | all the lost files and folders. data recovery products |
| The system repair process generates a diagnosis | | | | are special purposed tools built to safely retrieve lost |
| report that describes the below error message: | | | | data. These also prove to be powerful lost partition |
| “Boot critical file C:\ntoskrnl.exe is corrupt” | | | | recovery applications. |
| Cause | | | | |