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Windows XP Pro SP-2
I'm having some problems that point to the atapi.sys file under
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers being locked out from any access (can't even
read it to copy it). I've tried utilities, like SysInternals' "handle", but
all I get is that the process called "System" has a handle to that file.
Okay, yeah, so that tells me squat. That does not tell me which kernel-mode
driver is accessing that file.
When I downloaded the SP-2 installation file (rather than run it using the
Windows Update page which was having problems due to lack of graceful
recovery in it), I got to were it wanted to store a backup copy of this file
(the popup dialog window is hardly informative and actually misleading as to
why it paused with an error). Later I find that I cannot enable Hibernate
mode in Power Options although there is no hiberfil.sys file anywhere in the
partition for Windows. I've read what I could find via Google [Groups]
searches and a couple mention a problem with this file being locked up
causing the problem. I don't what else could be the cause. I had a prior
install of Windows on this same computer with the exact same hardware and
was able to enable hibernation mode. However, I cannot get hibernation mode
enabled in this fresh install of Windows XP Pro (I didn't try to enable it
before applying SP-2).
It worked before on this computer. When I attempt to enable hibernation now
in the fresh install, it bitches that a file cannot be access. Of course,
Microsoft in its infinitesimal wisdom chose to not divulge what file it was
bitching about. There is no hiberfil.sys file. I cannot read (to make a
copy of) the atapi.sys file and maybe this is the one that Microsoft is
bitching about. But telling me that the 'System' has a handle on the file
is worthless. That gives no clue as to what to attack to get access to this
file. I have looked at the permissions on the atapi.sys file and saw
nothing special. The accounts in the Administrators group have full
permissions, and I am logged under an administrator account.
I'm having some problems that point to the atapi.sys file under
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers being locked out from any access (can't even
read it to copy it). I've tried utilities, like SysInternals' "handle", but
all I get is that the process called "System" has a handle to that file.
Okay, yeah, so that tells me squat. That does not tell me which kernel-mode
driver is accessing that file.
When I downloaded the SP-2 installation file (rather than run it using the
Windows Update page which was having problems due to lack of graceful
recovery in it), I got to were it wanted to store a backup copy of this file
(the popup dialog window is hardly informative and actually misleading as to
why it paused with an error). Later I find that I cannot enable Hibernate
mode in Power Options although there is no hiberfil.sys file anywhere in the
partition for Windows. I've read what I could find via Google [Groups]
searches and a couple mention a problem with this file being locked up
causing the problem. I don't what else could be the cause. I had a prior
install of Windows on this same computer with the exact same hardware and
was able to enable hibernation mode. However, I cannot get hibernation mode
enabled in this fresh install of Windows XP Pro (I didn't try to enable it
before applying SP-2).
It worked before on this computer. When I attempt to enable hibernation now
in the fresh install, it bitches that a file cannot be access. Of course,
Microsoft in its infinitesimal wisdom chose to not divulge what file it was
bitching about. There is no hiberfil.sys file. I cannot read (to make a
copy of) the atapi.sys file and maybe this is the one that Microsoft is
bitching about. But telling me that the 'System' has a handle on the file
is worthless. That gives no clue as to what to attack to get access to this
file. I have looked at the permissions on the atapi.sys file and saw
nothing special. The accounts in the Administrators group have full
permissions, and I am logged under an administrator account.