I'm sorry. It was a little bit confusing. If I understand it correctly from the blog then you should be able to boot with "NTFS4Dos" only. I cannot confirm it because I am using "NTFS4Dos" only in my Ultimate Boot CD. If you have to time I would suggest to download the Ultimate Boot CD.
Sorry, guess I forgot about that. It hasn't said that but the once. I had to scroll back up to see that message. It went on to the "Select partition" & that's as far as I could go.
Originally Posted by md usa spybot fan
I'll download it now. I'll get back.
Thank you so much for taking the time to help me!
@md usa spybot fan
The problem is that whether "Fix it" nor "ntpasswd" is able to detect his boot sector. Without this detail he won't be able to proceed "Method 2". As long as Windows is booting it won't be necessary to use "Method 2" because our first goal is to get it to boot in safe mode and pass the login screen. Apart from that, it would be too confusing if he has to repair the boot sector as well. We are going to use a similar method like in walker's case.
@rvnmaniac
Do you already have downloaded the Ultimate Boot CD? If yes, please proceed with "Method 4". There was already a post from me for you.
@SlmJon
No problem. I'm going to take a shower. I'll be back in a few minutes.
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@rvnmaniac
Do you already have downloaded the Ultimate Boot CD? If yes, please proceed with "Method 4". There was already a post from me for you.
I"m downloading the UBCD411
I'm still trying to get a CD to burn correctly. For whatever reason, it worked on it for nearly 10 min then said it failed. Give me another minute or so.
OK...I think I'm here.
No....I'm not.
I downloaded from the link & got ubcd411.exe. I unzipped it to a folder & got ubcd411.iso. If that's right something else must wrong with my computer. It won't boot from this CD.
@SlmJon
Here is the instruction for you.
Just follow it until step 3 included. After that you should be able to boot in Windows safe mode. There you should use the Windows restore point and select a restore point which is NOT created by Spybot. If there are working restore points available we don't need to manually edit the registry anymore.Detailed description:
1. Start NTFS4Dos
If you start NTFS4Dos from the Ultimate BootCD (~115 MB download will require CD) you will find it in Filesystem Tools - NTFS Tools
Once started you will be required to enter "yes" to confirm that you use it for personal use only.
NTFS4Dos is owned by Avira and can also be downloaded from Aviras (~1.2 MB download, will require floppy disk)website.
2. Copy and Backup of Software registry key
What you need to do here is to backup the current software registry key and copy the backup software registry key.
Enter the lines in code according to your OS.
Windows XP:
This will "open" the directory.Code:cd c:\Windows\system32\config
(enter)Code:rename software software.bak
Rename the file in order to protect your old registry.
(enter)Code:dir
Check if there is actually a file called "software.bak". The command above should show you all the files in the directory. If not repeat the rename command line again.
(enter)Code:copy c:\Windows\repair\software software
This will copy the default registry file in your current registry.
3. reboot and shut down properly
At this point it is possible to get a proper login for Windows again. But since the Software key has been replaced by an old version most software is not properly registered anymore. If the latter does not matter to you, you may stop here otherwise follow the next steps.
You will need to properly shut down Windows, to make sure that the dirty flag is not set again. A safe way to ensure this, is to boot into safe mode twice and shut down using Windows functions namely "restart".
OK... I didn't go far enough in burning it. Give me a sec
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