I give in.

From: Robert E A Harvey (robertharvey@my-deja.com)
Date: 08/30/02 

From: robertharvey@my-deja.com (Robert E A Harvey)
Date: 30 Aug 2002 13:07:20 -0700

We've got an unbootable W2000 system - The progress bar runs along the
spalsh screen, and when it gets to the end the system reboots.

OK, I've tried what it says in Knowledge Base Article - Q199175 -
which doesn't help much.

I've got the recovery console running, and wanted to rename the 'avg'
directory in "Program Files". But we don't have permission to cd to
"Program Files". I can go anywhere else, but not "Program Files".
The recovery console's DIR listing shows "Program Files" as read-only,
but Attrib says we cannot access it to change that either.

I think we are stuck. Of course, the wretched thing is a Compaq, and
the only recovery option is to wipe the hard disk and re-install to
'factory' condition...

Oh god, why don't people write applications for Linux?

What would _you_ have done?

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