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05-07-2010, 01:41 PM | #411 (permalink) | |
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05-07-2010, 05:29 PM | #412 (permalink) | |
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If the media is compatible with the drive, then it's probably the drive itself... in which case you may want to borrow someone's external usb CD drive. Otherwise, if you can't boot from CD then your computer is effectively a boat anchor. |
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05-07-2010, 06:59 PM | #413 (permalink) | |
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Well I hadn't experienced any problems with the drive prior to my virus/malware issues, and it's most definitely a CD and not a DVD. Luckily I have an internal DVD drive too and just tried that, with luck! I had tried it already yesterday, but that was prior to figuring out how to force it to boot from the drive. Now I'm in the blue screen with a bunch of stuff loading from the CD...this is a good sign.
Just pressed R for Recovery Console...didn't get an option to log in to the admin account, though. It says I can type EXIT to quit Recovery Console and restart the computer, and below that it says exactly this: Quote:
Thanks for your continued assistance.
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05-07-2010, 07:16 PM | #415 (permalink) | |
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Doh...I was expecting options below the question, not above.
password entered and apparently accepted, now I have the C:\WINDOWS> prompt. I went back to your previous post for the next step...but I don't know how to do this: Quote:
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05-07-2010, 07:20 PM | #416 (permalink) |
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Ok. Phew. The rest is just a little tedious, but at least you're over the potentially dead-in-water problems.
Ok I'll start typing out the commands but I need to get my XP cd and find the location of the file first, so I'll get right back to you. Just hold tight for a bit. |
05-07-2010, 07:58 PM | #417 (permalink) |
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Ok type the commands below and press enter after each line. If at any point you enter one of the commands and it says something was incorrect, let me know. I haven't done this kind of thing in a while so it's possible I could get some syntax wrong, but it's pretty simple.
Also, I'm going to use the standard CDrom drive letter, D: but yours may be different. You need to know what drive letter the drive your CD is on. To do this, first type: CD.. (This will back you out of the Windows directory and bring you to the root of C) CD D: (Changes directory to D) DIR (Will list the files and directories of the D drive. If you see I386, Setup, Support...that's the XP cd drive and this will be the drive letter you'll use. If not, then try CD E: then enter the DIR command and keep doing this until you find that you're in the XP CD.) I'll assume by this point you've found what your drive letter is. For the sake of the rest of these commands, I'll assume your CD drive with the XP CD in it is the D: drive. Do the following. (each line is a separate command. Press enter after each line) CD C: CD WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS DIR (Locate volsnap.sys to verify it's there) DEL volsnap.sys DIR (Ensure volsnap.sys is gone) COPY D:\I386\volsnap.sys C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\volsnap.sys DIR (Locate volsnap.sys to verify it's there) If that all goes off without a hitch, I think you can type EXIT or END or something to get out of Recovery Console. When you're out of recovery console, restart your computer and while that's happening go ahead and kick the CD out so it doesn't try to boot to it again. See if Windows will start normally. Let me know what happens. |
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Problem with the first one. After I type CD.. it says the command is not recognized. If I type just CD it still gives me the C:\WINDOWS> prompt, so I'm guessing it's not backing out of Windows.
edit: never mind, progressing... Ok after I type in CD WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS and hit enter, it says "the system cannot find the file or directory specified."
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05-07-2010, 08:14 PM | #419 (permalink) | |
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CD .. (This will back you out of the Windows directory and bring you to the root of C) CD D: (Changes directory to D) DIR (Will list the files and directories of the D drive. If you see I386, Setup, Support...that's the XP cd drive and this will be the drive letter you'll use. If not, then try CD E: then enter the DIR command and keep doing this until you find that you're in the XP CD.) I'll assume by this point you've found what your drive letter is. For the sake of the rest of these commands, I'll assume your CD drive with the XP CD in it is the D: drive. Do the following. (each line is a separate command. Press enter after each line) CD C: CD WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS DIR (Locate volsnap.sys to verify it's there) DEL volsnap.sys DIR (Ensure volsnap.sys is gone) COPY D:\I386\volsnap.sys C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\volsnap.sys DIR (Locate volsnap.sys to verify it's there) |
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05-07-2010, 08:16 PM | #420 (permalink) | |
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If so, you either need to be back in the C: directory before you CD to the windows\system32\drivers directory... Or you could simply do: CD C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS If that doesn't work, then just do: CD C: CD WINDOWS CD SYSTEM32 CD DRIVERS |
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