| Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) became available | | | | results failure as it says that it cannot repair and |
| on Windows Update and Download Center for | | | | suggests you to send the report thus generated to |
| Windows Vista users on March 18, 2008. The update | | | | Microsoft. This makes your data inaccessible. |
| includes various substantial improvements in terms of | | | | Solution |
| performance, reliability, user's experience and support | | | | Try these steps to solve the existing issue: |
| to various new hardware and standards. But at | | | | Boot your computer using Windows Vista installation |
| times, the deployment of the service pack via | | | | disk. You might need to configure BIOS to boot from |
| Windows Update can cause a machine to become | | | | CD or DVD |
| unbootable. This forces you to attempt Windows | | | | Specify Language, Time, Currency and other options. |
| repair using Windows Recovery Environment. But if | | | | Click Next |
| you fail in your attempts, you might need to perform | | | | Click 'Repair your Computer' and select the target |
| clean reinstallation of Windows Vista, which causes | | | | Windows installation |
| data loss. In such cases if your backup fails or is | | | | Choose 'Command Prompt' in 'System Recovery |
| currently absent, you are suggested to use a | | | | Options' |
| powerful data recovery utility that could restore the | | | | Restore hal.dll, ntkrnlpa.exe and ntoskrnl.exe files in |
| data thus lost. | | | | your \Windows\System32\ folder |
| For an instance, consider that you use Windows | | | | Restore acpi.sys , volmgr.sys, disk.sys, volsnap.sys, |
| Update to install Windows Vista SP 1 on your | | | | msisadrv.sys and pci.sys files in your |
| computer. The process appears to be completed as | | | | \Windows\System32\Drivers folder |
| you see progress status showing 100% completion. | | | | Exit the command prompt and restart the computer |
| But when you start the computer, it gives the below | | | | and check if the problem persists |
| error message:ntoskrnl.exe | | | | If you still cannot boot the system, reinstall Windows |
| Status: 0xc0000098 | | | | and restore data from backup. |
| Info: Windows failed to load because a required file is | | | | Use an efficient data recovery software in case of |
| missing or corrupt. | | | | any backup concerns. Data Recovery applications are |
| After you receive this error message, you cannot | | | | safe recovery products embedded with high-end |
| boot the system and the process halts. It also | | | | algorithms to locate missing data. It is recommended |
| prompts you to boot the system from Windows | | | | to use these partition recovery products before |
| Vista installation disk to repair. Attempting to do so | | | | trying to format or install anything on your computer. |