corrupted xp file

[Bob]

I downloaded a trial version oc cyberscrub 3.5, I was
prompted to reboot, which I did. On the opening boot
screen the process halts. A series 1 99 99 99 with about
100 99 numbers appears then "press any key to reboot". The
process repeats halting the boot. I downloaded xp boot
disk on another computer and attempted to reboot. This
attempt bypassed the number series but halted with "the
file pci.sys is corrupted". I tried to contact cyberscrub
by e-mail, they have not replied. I have recovery disks
that came with my computer, and a full backup on cd's but
I would like to avoid losing my recent data. Any help or
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Bob G.

 

[wojo]

I'm fairly certain PCI.SYS is one of the files backed up by Windows Restore.
If you can boot to safe mode then you can Restore your computer to a date
before you installed Cyberscrub.
Hope that helps

 

[Alex Nichol]

I'm fairly certain PCI.SYS is one of the files backed up by Windows Restore.
If you can boot to safe mode then you can Restore your computer to a date
before you installed Cyberscrub.

And if you can't, and have a 'proper' XP CD, rather than a restore one,
(or can borrow such a CD) try the following:

Set the BIOS to boot CD before Hard Disk. Boot the XP CD and, instead
of Setup, take the immediate R for Repair. Assume any password
requested is blank, and TAB over.

Give

Expand x:\i386\pci.sy_ C:\windows\system32\drivers\pci.sys

replacing x: by your correct CD drive letter