will not boot because of atisgkaf.sys problems

[wdmaples]

whenever I try to boot the machine it sticks on the window screen; when I try
to boot in safe mode it stalls on that particular driver.
Can can anyone tell me how to start the machine with a atisgkaf.sys problem?

Thanks -- Doug

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

whenever I try to boot the machine it sticks on the window screen; when I
try
to boot in safe mode it stalls on that particular driver.
Can can anyone tell me how to start the machine with a atisgkaf.sys
problem?

Thanks -- Doug

- What is the recent history of this machine?
- Do you have a good and up-to-date virus scanner?
- Have a look here for expected sizes of this file:
http://www.file.net/process/atisgkaf.sys.html

To check the file size, you could boot the machine with
a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com, then run
ntfsdos.exe from www.sysinternals.com.

 

[wdmaples]

- What is the recent history of this machine?
- Do you have a good and up-to-date virus scanner?
- Have a look here for expected sizes of this file:
http://www.file.net/process/atisgkaf.sys.html

To check the file size, you could boot the machine with
a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com, then run
ntfsdos.exe from www.sysinternals.com.

a curious question: Why would I use a Win98 boot disk for an XP machine?

-- Doug

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

a curious question: Why would I use a Win98 boot disk for an XP machine?

-- Doug

A curious question back at you: How do you intend to check
and verify the size of atisgkaf.sys if Windows won't start?

 

[William R. Walsh]

Hi!

A curious question back at you: How do you intend to check
and verify the size of atisgkaf.sys if Windows won't start?

....and how do you intend to do that if the volume is formatted as NTFS?

A stock Windows 98 boot disk won't do it--you'd need some kind of a helper
like NTFSDOS.

William

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi!


...and how do you intend to do that if the volume is formatted as NTFS?

A stock Windows 98 boot disk won't do it--you'd need some kind of a helper
like NTFSDOS.

William

Well, that's what I recommended in my first reply - please
read it again!

 

[wdmaples]

Hi!


....and how do you intend to do that if the volume is formatted as NTFS?

A stock Windows 98 boot disk won't do it--you'd need some kind of a helper
like NTFSDOS.

William

OK... I'm out of stupid questions... I understand your point. However, I
went to the site where I was supposed to find the NTFSDOS.exe file, but could
not find it at the site given above.I could use a little more help
negotiating the website to find that file.

Thanks -- Doug

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

OK... I'm out of stupid questions... I understand your point. However, I
went to the site where I was supposed to find the NTFSDOS.exe file, but
could
not find it at the site given above.I could use a little more help
negotiating the website to find that file.

Thanks -- Doug

Not a stupid question at all but one that could easily be answered
by me asking a question in return!

I could not readily find ntfsdos.exe at www.sysinternals.com
either but I struck paydirt immediately when I entered this into
a Google search box:

download "ntfsdos.exe"

 

[wdmaples]

Not a stupid question at all but one that could easily be answered
by me asking a question in return!

I could not readily find ntfsdos.exe at www.sysinternals.com
either but I struck paydirt immediately when I entered this into
a Google search box:

download "ntfsdos.exe"

actually, I had already tried that, but still could not actually download
it. Every site they came u under Google would send me somewhere else when I
would click to download. Can you tell me exactly which place you downloaded
it from?

Thanks -- Doug

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

actually, I had already tried that, but still could not actually download
it. Every site they came u under Google would send me somewhere else
when I
would click to download. Can you tell me exactly which place you
downloaded
it from?

Thanks -- Doug

I see what you mean. It appears that Microsoft have pulled it
off their site. If you post a valid EMail address, suitably encoded,
then I'll send you a copy.

 

[wdmaples]

I see what you mean. It appears that Microsoft have pulled it
off their site. If you post a valid EMail address, suitably encoded,
then I'll send you a copy.

Thanks!

(e-mail address removed)