BlazeFind loop Recovery Console wrong drive letter

[Wolverine Gene]

Hi: When I go into the Recovery Console, the choice I get is #1 C: drive.
When I installed XP or did a recovery, don't remember, my main drive changed
to F: Drive by itself. I can't get the repair to work to get me out of the
log on loop to do a repair of USERINIT. How can I change my choice to F:
Drive. thanks...Gene

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

Hi: When I go into the Recovery Console, the choice I get is #1 C: drive.
When I installed XP or did a recovery, don't remember, my main drive
changed
to F: Drive by itself. I can't get the repair to work to get me out of
the
log on loop to do a repair of USERINIT. How can I change my choice to F:
Drive. thanks...Gene

Do you have a problem while in Recovery Console mode or while in Normal
mode? Also - what is the recent history of this machine?

 

[Wolverine Gene]

Do you have a problem while in Recovery Console mode or while in Normal
mode? Also - what is the recent history of this machine?
I go into Recovery Console mode without any problem. I don't know what you mean by Normal mode. I built this machine maybe 6 years ago and it preformed flawless until I got Netsky and Rootkit virus's plus whatever else in it. After I ran Spybot, I got in the log on log off cycle

mode?

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

mode?

With "Normal Mode" I meant the way Windows normally boots up, i.e. not Safe
Mode and not Recovery Console.

To me an infected machine is a compromised machine. I never try to fix them
because I no longer trust them.

You can modify the System drive letter back to C: by booting up normally,
then running regedit.exe and renaming this value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\DosDevices\F:
to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\DosDevices\C:
If the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\DosDevices\C: already
exists then you can delete it safely.

Whether this will solve all of your problems is another question - see
above. Remember that virus scanners are here to keep viruses out. They
cannot possibly fix all the damage done by viruses.

 

[Wolverine Gene]

With "Normal Mode" I meant the way Windows normally boots up, i.e. not Safe
Mode and not Recovery Console.

To me an infected machine is a compromised machine. I never try to fix them
because I no longer trust them.

You can modify the System drive letter back to C: by booting up normally,
then running regedit.exe and renaming this value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\DosDevices\F:
to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\DosDevices\C:
If the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\DosDevices\C: already
exists then you can delete it safely.

Whether this will solve all of your problems is another question - see
above. Remember that virus scanners are here to keep viruses out. They
cannot possibly fix all the damage done by viruses.

I have no Normal Mode, all I get is a log on screen and then it instantly
goes to log out screen. Can't even run safe mode. I was just hoping to run
this crippled until I put in a new drive and a new reload. You are 100%
right about fixing a compromised machine, they always have problems and never
run as fast as they should. thanks for helping...Gene

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

I have no Normal Mode, all I get is a log on screen and then it instantly
goes to log out screen. Can't even run safe mode. I was just hoping to
run
this crippled until I put in a new drive and a new reload. You are 100%
right about fixing a compromised machine, they always have problems and
never
run as fast as they should. thanks for helping...Gene

You now need to edit the registry in off-line mode. Here is how it's done:
1. Get yourself a 32-bit Windows 7 Repair CD from
http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/.
2. Boot the machine with it and select Repair, then Command Prompt.
3. Locate your WinXP drive C:. It's probably drive E: or F:. I shall call it
Q:.
4. Launch regedit.exe.
5. Load the System hive (Q:\Windows\System32\config\System) and modify the
system drive letter as previously described.

 

[Wolverine Gene]

Pegasus, I'll give it a try and really thanks for the help...Gene