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Windows XP Reinstallation / Nimda
Name: Nighthawk Date: May 17, 2003 at 09:06:49 Pacific OS: Win XP Pro CPU/Ram: P45064MB
Comment:
Hi
A few days ago the nimda virus managed to run on one of my XP PC's. Its renamed or messed around with some of the windows system files. Now when I insert my XP disk to try and install windows over the current installation I get an error saying
"Bad Image -> The application or DLL d:\i386\PIDGen.dll is not a valid Windows Image. Please check this against your installation diskette."
and
The files d:\i386\winnt32u.dll could not be loaded or is corrupt. Setup cannont continue.
I cannot really afford to format the c drive and m xp disk is not a bootable one.
Can any one advise me please on any way I maybe able to rescue.
If there are any details that I have not highlghted please let me know and I will do what i can to find them out.
Name: Nighthawk Date: May 17, 2003 at 10:29:07 Pacific
Reply:
Many thanks for the VERY quick reply. I am attepmting your suggestion as we speak.
Regards
Nighthawk
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Response Number 3
Name: Nighhawk Date: May 17, 2003 at 10:34:22 Pacific
Reply:
How do I go about making an xp bootable cd please?
My one is not bootable.
Thanks
Nighhawk
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Response Number 4
Name: Jub Jub Date: May 17, 2003 at 14:39:14 Pacific
Reply:
Go and buy a legal version.
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Response Number 5
Name: Normande Date: May 17, 2003 at 15:02:31 Pacific
Reply:
Did you get it fixed yet Nighthawk? And what do you mean when you say your disc is not "bootable"?
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Response Number 6
Name: Nighthawk Date: May 18, 2003 at 03:58:45 Pacific
Reply:
Hi again
I ran the scan now command. But it has not cured my reinstallaion of xp problem.
You, it is a copy, as i cannont afford a real one. :|
I can get my pc into dos mode. I created an XP boot disk from www.bootdisk.com. But when I run setup.exe from the windows disk it just says "cannont be run in dos mode".
Is there anyway I can get the setup to run from DOS? I found this tutorial http://winxp.bink.nu/bootcd/default.htm.
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