missing dll files, XP not loading

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Kevin

When windows starts up, I get the warning messages saying
I'm missing ODBC32.dll and msgina.dll and windows will not
start. Any way to get them back or enter thru cmd prompt
or do I have to use the sytem recovery disk?
 
Hi Kevin,
sfc /scannow will replace any missing/corrupted files with the originals.

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org
 
Thank you for the reply. How do I do the sfc /scannow?
Can you give me a step-by-step after turning computer on?
 
Thanks again...
XP won't open for me to go to Start/Run and it was
installed by OEM. Anything else I can do?
 
Kevin said:
When windows starts up, I get the warning messages saying
I'm missing ODBC32.dll and msgina.dll and windows will not
start. Any way to get them back or enter thru cmd prompt
or do I have to use the sytem recovery disk?
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You should be able to boot using F8 as the BIOS info goes to black, and
take Safe Mode; there use SFC /SCANNOW as suggested.

Next would be to borrow a retail CD, boot using F8 to Safe Mode -
Command Prompt, and in that (where x: is the CD letter) use
Expand x:\i386\odbc32.dl_ C:\windows\system32\odbc32.dll
Expand x:\i386\msgina.dl_ C:\windows\system32\msgina.dll
 
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