jay123

Hi all, I know this question is answered previously here but my problem goes beyond that! Any help is appreciated. my Windows 2000 Professional syste, rebooted due to a power outage, and when I tried to restart it I got the following error: Windows NT could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt : <winnt root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe Please re-install a copy of the above file. Now the real problem. I have 4 boot disks for Windows 2000 with me (Floppy diskettes). BUT I AM UNABLE TO SET THE BOOT SEQUENCE SO THAT THE SYSTEM STARTS BOOTING FROM A floppy. There are no options whatsoever in BIOS to change the boot seqence. How is this possible? (Mine is an old PC bought from a friend-an old IBM machine for a temperorary use). I always thought all machines provide a means of changing boot sequence. In short, the system always tries to boot from Hard disk instead of Floppy drive (even if I put the floppy in the drive, there is no use).And I don't see options to reset the boot sequence in the BIOS. I have some valuable data (first reason to get stuck with that relic) in the disk and not keen on reformatting. I thought hitting "fdisk /mbr" in DoS prompt should set some of the things right.Is there a way to access DOS without trying to load the Windows 2000 so that I can try to copy+paste the corrupted file/try booting? Thanks in advance for any help. Jay