Dave I have a similar problem as a result from an
infection. The attacker was (I think) tring to set my
machine up to boot over the LAN. I saw multiple cmd.exe
open in the task manager and rebooted. The machine will
not boot now. I have partioned off another section and
loaded windows 2000 there to get as much of my data as I
can. I get that the winsrv.dll can't be found in the
default path. My question is how can I modify the
registry of the partion that won't boot using the tools
available when the machine is booted under the second
partion? and secondly, how can i determine the default
path so I can change it back to c:\winnt
Thanks,
John
>-----Original Message-----
>You didn't mention the hive, if the software hive is
corrupt, it may be
>possible to rename the software hive found in;
>%windir%\system32\config\software
>to software.old
>then copy the most recent backup found in
>%windir%\repair\regback
>as
>%windir%\system32\config\software
>
>If that fails you can copy/ use the file
>%windir%\repair\software
>This file is an image of the hive at the time the OS was
installed, so you'd
>have to reinstall all software. This being the case you
might just as well
>blow it away and start a new install. (note: this would
at least allow you
>to start the OS to make any necessary backups prior to
wiping the drive.)
>
>Else if the system hive, and assuming you already tried
LKG, It may be
>possible to rename the system hive found in
>%windir%\system32\config\system
>to system.old
>then rename
>%windir%\system32\config\system.alt
>to
>%windir%\system32\config\system
>
>You can also try using the most recent backup found in
>%windir%\repair\regback
>
>If that fails you haven't much choice but to copy/ use the
>original-as-installed system hive from
>%windir%\repair\system
>to
>%windir%\system32\config\system
>You'll need to reinstall the device drivers for any
hardware added since the
>original OS install.
>
>
>To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from
the Windows 2000
>Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you
do not have Setup
>floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the
Windows 2000 Setup CD,
>use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the
Setup floppy disks.
>Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R
to repair a Windows
>2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery
Console. The
>Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator
password. If you do
>not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not
allow access to the
>computer. If an incorrect password is entered three
times, the Recovery
>Console quits and restarts the computer. Once the
password has been
>validated, you have full access to the Recovery Console,
but limited access
>to the hard disk. You can only access the following
folders on your
>computer: %systemroot% and %windir%
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup.
>Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
>
>"stu_summers" wrote:
>> Received blue screen of death and c0000218 registry file
>> failure warning. Cannot get into safe mode. Start up
disc
>> is not responding... Help... Windows 2000
>
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