I give in.

From: Ken (fake@email.com)
Date: 08/31/02


From: "Ken" <fake@email.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 06:01:10 -0700


Have you tried to boot using Last Known Good
Cofiguration???

K

>-----Original Message-----
>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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