Ellenpoly

Kernel32 is one of the core files for Windows. My own feeling is you have something terminally wrong with your system. If you can get it working to any extent make sure you are copying stuff off the system and label the copies in case of a virus, damage etc... At this point I would not copy over anything that you already copied before this mess began.

The Operative thing to do I'm afraid, is to reinstall unless what is on your box is so important as to warrant heroic measures. My suggestion is that you seek out someone who is comfortable doing this for you if you are nervous about it.

My recommendation is that you remove your current hard drive, if it is the only hard drive in the system. Install to a second clean new hard drive. After the second drive has a working copy of windows, fully up to date and with virus scanners in place, turn off your machine and reinstall your original drive as a second hard drive.

Scan the whole drive for viruses and errors. Move any data you want to preserve to your new disk and go on with your life. Dont be in a hurry to reformat the old disk until you are sure you have all the information you need from it. Useful data is squirrelled away in the strangest places.

When the disk is finally reformated, you can choose to have it as a live second drive or reformat it as a new Windows Install then disconnect all the wiring to it and leave it for when this happens again. Because Windows is far from perfect I recommend the second option if you can afford the space.

Sigurd


By the time you add up the time you spend in 'emergency mode' deep diagnostics are often not very efficient. If you can make backups, do. If you haven't made backups, you have my sympathies. Remember it is not if Windows will fail it is _when_. Good luck.