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Serious error,unable to boot

  • 15-04-2007 6:44pm
    #1
    tjsniper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 103 ✭✭


    I need help really bad!

    I installed a program designed for another Windows OS onto XP and it deleted oleaut32.dll.

    My computer is unable to boot and show lots of errors about the file oleaut32.dll being missing.
    After numerous tries I managed to get Dos prompt running but every couple of minutes the error will reappear and close the prompt.

    I have downloaded the file from one of my other terminals and put it on a USB device.

    But the USB is not detected in command prompt!

    what do I do I need serious help.

    After typing this i think i might and try and see if I can gain access to the shares on another terminal and put the file in it.Ill tell you how thats goes in a minute.

    Does anybody know what to do?


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  • #2
    tjsniper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 103 ✭✭tjsniper


    ok tried the share thing and it shows the same error,then shows "unable to contact IP driver,error code 2" what can I do?

    I'm in safe mode and thats why networking isn't working

    My linux partitions broke a few days ago so I cant use linux so what do I do?


  • #3
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    1) Start in "Safe Mode With Networking"
    2) You don't use cd to change drives in the command prompt, just enter the drive letter followed by a colon i.e. x:
    3) Learn the lesson about randomly deleting system files.


  • #4
    tjsniper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 103 ✭✭tjsniper


    1)booted in safe mode with networking can't load anything no dos screen no nothing.
    2)says device not ready
    3)I didn't know that the installer would delete it and replace with oleaut2.dll

    any more ideas?


  • #5
    tjsniper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 103 ✭✭tjsniper


    after many tries got safe mode with networking to work and I have mapped the shares to z.

    Now I've been using linux for quite a while now and have forgotten my dos.
    whats that command to copy files?

    anyone?


  • #6
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    tjsniper wrote:
    after many tries got safe mode with networking to work and I have mapped the shares to z.

    Now I've been using linux for quite a while now and have forgotten my dos.
    whats that command to copy files?

    anyone?

    copy <filename>.


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  • #7
    Squall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭Squall


    You could try putting the harddrive into another machine as a slave drive. Boot that machine then copy the file onto the affected drive.

    Assuming the above doesnt work obviously


  • #8
    tjsniper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 103 ✭✭tjsniper


    Got into the shares copied the file into both system and system32 seems to have fixed it.

    Thanks for your help lads


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