i used boot editor to prepare it. The odd thing is i took that same file and rename if from ntoskrnlw.exe to ntoskrnl.exe overwriting the original one, using safe mode of course, and it worked just fine. The error for the original problem is that the machine i used on was running SP1 and the file ntoskrnl.exe i used to make the alternate was from SP2. I think this was a problem. Didnt know sp1 and sp2 would be different. But the Boot.ini thing still puzzled me. I didnt mean to give attitude, i was at work and in a hurry, my bad.