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15-06-2006, 03:34 PM
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RE: Boot critical file is corrupt: ...\drivers\ecache.sys
Doing a search on my machine came up with a copy in the \windows\sxs directory.
Havent found a way to extract/expand from install.wim. "Jon Abbott" wrote: > I've been using 5384 since it's release, quite happily. Not had a single > problem with it, other than the usual beta type issues. Until... > > I was using my 2nd machine, Vista went to the screensaver, so I moved the mouse > to get it back. It had hung. I left it in that state for 10 mins to see if it > would come back, but it was completely dead. Having powered the machine off > and back on, I receive the following error at boot: > > Boot critical file c:\windows\system32\drivers\ecache.sys is corrupt. > > Fair enough, I figured powering it off probably caused that as nothing was > running on the machine at the time. > > Here's the problem. You cannot restore that file. It's a boot critical file, > but there's no copy of it in the driver store or system volume information. > Booting from the Vista DVD and selecting Startup Repair also fails after > starting the repair because the file is missing. > > What's worse, is it doesn't exist on the DVD either. > > |
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