How do you move files if Windows won't load.
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August 20th, 2007
A dll that winlogon.exe uses was moved to a different directory, and now, obviously, winlogon.exe doesn't work, so therefore, Windows is unusable. I seem to recall that there are some bootcds that provide tools to access files in NTFS partitions. Which ones would you recommend?
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LINUX METHOD:
1. download the linux live cd - http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
2. burn the linux file onto a cd
3.put the cd in the cd rom
4. when the computer starts hit F5 - select boot from cd rom
5. use the live cd to run linux without installing - copy the files you need to copy onto an external hard drive,thumb drive or upload the files online
another option.. if Linux is a bit too complicated, would be to try booting to the command prompt.. it's usually either F5 or F8.. just hit them a bunch until the menu pops up where (if you so chose) you could load in "safe-mode"
now safe-mode might actually load, and work.. but if if not, then you should be able to load into the command prompt w/o winlogon.exe -- and if you can then you might be able to get that file from the internet (using the internet on some other computer to burn it onto a flopy, or a cd, or a thumb drive, or whatever) and then copy the file into the windows file where it should be.. (post here if you need DOS commands, or you should be able to find them by Googling pretty easily) and then if the new DLL has copied, then i would imagine that Windows would load..
that said.. it really might not be just a single file problem.. i've had this problem before where it tells you that some file is corrupted, or moved, or something like that.. and really it's just Windows crapping out. so keep that in mind, and don't invest toooo much time trying to replace single file(S), when it really might be your OS as a whole..
good luck!
:)
Knoppix, Linux Live CD/DVD is what I’ve used in the past. You can find that here:
http://www.knoppix.org/
The only downside is that it is a rather large download.
Couldn’t you just boot to a DOS prompt and move the file from the command line? I believe hitting F8 during the Windows startup will get you a menu that will let you boot to a command prompt. Then, you should be able to go to the directory where the dll is supposed to be and type copy <driveLetter>:\<directory>\<subdir>...\<dll filename> and then do a reboot
Slax. Download a LiveCD, run in machine, and when boot is done,
type
user: root
pass: toor
then, type ‘startx’ and press enter. Easy as cake from then on.
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