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ntkrnlpa.exe Corruption Error in Windows Vista

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cool madhav

Windows Vista is the most sought after Microsoft operating system. After the world s favorite Project Whistler (Windows XP) Microsoft set huge expectations with the announcement of Project Longhorn (Windows Vista) by its features like security, in-built software, performance etc. Windows Vista is another NT Core operating system though all the commands and shortcuts are not supported. Windows Vista has a large set of services related to almost everything. It comes with its own Bootloader like some other operating systems. It also features System Recovery Options that replace the Recovery Console with a more interactive interface.

When working with Windows Vista the users generally face no boot issues related to system files like:

file: \windows\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe

status: 0xc00000e9

Info: Windows failed to load because the kernel is missing or corrupt.

The error is specifically found in systems which are PAE enabled and may require Windows reinstallation as the solving measure if the file is corrupt. It generally occurs due to an improper shutdown. We can use the System Recovery Options after booting from the Vista DVD and selecting Repair Your Computer.

ntkrnlpa.exe: It is a kernel image file, located in system32 folder, for Windows systems supporting PAE (Physical Address Extension). The process is the root program of Windows Kernel which facilitates various system services and essential components to system, without which the system fails to boot.

Physical Address Extension (PAE): It is a memory extension feature of 32-Bit and 64-Bit processor systems (which are backwards compatible with 32-Bit) with 4GB or above RAM in 32-Bit operating systems with proper support for PAE. Due to PAE the system can make use of physical memory and the system performance increases.

As the main kernel file is found to be missing or corrupt, the system may fail to boot as a result.

Solution

In order to replace the corrupt or missing ntkrnlpa.exe file, user can carry out Repair Install of Windows Vista through installation CD/DVD. Such repair will avoid need for Data Recovery. However, if the process fails, we need to perform full reinstallation of operating system. It is recommended to backup all the important data before formatting the primary partition or whole hard disk (if the hard disk has not been partitioned).

In case, the backup gets failed or is found to be incomplete, we can retrieve the lost data using Data Recovery Software. These are intelligent applications that use powerful scanning algorithms to examine, locate and safely recover the lost data files. Data Recovery applications come with interactive interface and offer different scanning and recovery options.

Stellar Information Systems Limited, the globally leading data recovery company provides Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery. It is the finest Data Recovery Software with efficient results and read only conduct. This safe and powerful Data Recovery utility thoroughly examines the drive for lost data and safely recovers it. It supports Windows Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000.The application supports FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file systems for Data Recovery.

K Madhav is a student of Mass Communication doing research on

file Recovery

Software. He is also a freelancer for http://www.stellarinfo.com.

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ntkrnlpa.exe Corruption Error in Windows Vista