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Number   :  2577
Date     :  2002-07-31
Author   :  rotaiv
Subject  :  Re: Corrupt USERENV.DLL in NTFS partition
Size(KB) :  2


At 7/31/2002 07:54 AM, spmurphy01 wrote:

>I will keep searching for a solution and if the worst comes to the
>worst then I have to reinstall the operating system.

Here are a few more options:

Christophe Grenier has written a series of DOS based applications that can 
directly access NTFS partitions. You simply create a standard Win98 boot 
disk, copy his files onto the disk, then use the "ntcp" command to copy a 
fresh copy of userenv.dll over the corrupt one. The commands are a little 
complicated to use but last time I tried them, it did the job.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?ntfs.html

If you know Linux, you can use this password/boot disk which has read/write 
capability on NTFS. You will have to know Linux to switch virtual 
consoles, mount a drive, move between directories and copy files from the 
floppy to the NTFS partition.
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

And finally, your third option, which might be the easiest, is to simply 
install a second copy of XP onto the same hard drive or another hard drive 
if you have one in your system. Make sure you pick an alternative install 
directory (such as C:\WINXP) and do not install into the same C:\WINDOWS 
directory. Once it is installed, you can boot the second copy of windows 
and just use Explorer to replace the corrupt file. When your primary 
install is restored, you can boot that version and delete the second one 
you just installed. Or, you can just leave it incase you need to repeat 
this exercise in the future. Personally, I always have two compatible 
operating systems on the same system just for these scenario's.

Note: I highly recommend renaming the old file before copying the new file 
(as opposed to simply overwriting the file). The reason being if the 
actual hard drive is corrupt, the renamed file will still occupy that space 
and prevent the new file from being written to the same corrupt location.

Last time I used the two boot disks, they worked just fine. I have not use 
them in a while so I can't vouch for the recent versions. If you need help 
with any of these options, let me know and I'll do what I can.

Regards,

rotaiv



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