Hi, Im new here and not very technically minded so any help would be appreciated My computer crashed and is displaying "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe please reinstall a copy of the above file" It is also making a continuous clicking noise Having read pervious posts and other stuff on the net I tried different keyboards, both the pin types and USB kinds but nothing. I have the XP disk but it doesn't give me the option to do anything with it, I cant access safe mode and Im not really sure what to do so any help or ideas would be great. Thanks Vondalin