Don't ever do this in Windows XP ...

[timberwolf1]

Hi all

Don't ever - I repeat DON'T ever - mess with the NTLDR.sys file in Windows XP. I accidentally deleted mine and spent two days re-installing my Windows.


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[Wolfy]

lol sorry for laughing but how do u accidentally delete a file like that???!!! its a bit like saying i accidentally deleted my windows folder

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[CapNjacK]

Why didn't you just boot from a floppy and copy the file back?

 

[Boilermaker]

i've done that with a system partition formatted with fat32, is that possible with an ntfs formatted system drive?

 

[BunnyStroker]

More importantly, how did it take you two days to reinstall XP? It takes me like 3 hours, tops.

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[Rob423]

sorry but BLAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHh .sys = SYSTEM FILE usually means DON"T DELETE@!.............sorry again.... BLAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

lmao sorry man i had to. yeah and 2 days .. BLAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

sorry again...... it takes 45 minutes to do a clean Format install.... then figure another hr or so downloading and changing desktop settings and whatever, 2 hrs tops.........

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[Lumathix]

Crap man, you should know better than to post a fook-up like that in a tech forum :tongue:

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[gossip5]

Why you let people know you made stupid mistake, you are soooooooooooo stutpid.

 

[4Ryan6]

ROFLMAO!!! That was a good one dude, I needed that!!!




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[DCB_AU]

Better luck next time

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[_WW_]

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[rubikian]

He was trying to warn us of something new to him but not to us. He was actually doing something good but I still can't figure out why he needs 2 days to reinstall???

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[dhlucke]

Thx for the tip. The next time I feel like deleting that file I'll try not to.

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[4Ryan6]

You mean that wasn't a joke?




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[agcheavin]

ROFLMAO.....sorry Dude, but what ever made you want to delete it anyway ? thats the part I don't understand.

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[Wolfy]

"Thx for the tip. The next time I feel like deleting that file I'll try not to."

LOL

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[Rob423]

that was a good one, but the one that topped my week off was when my brother said "my computer is running slow" Dell 8100 1.5ghz 256mb rdram ... basically just chats and web browses... hmmm let me see..

i go on his system and im like WTF did you do here... i open up IE and blam there's adware bars making them self comfortable on IE and whatnot... so i run install and run my favorite Virus app.. Panda Platinum 7... basically this kid had .... ok buckle up guys....

this is not a joke... i took a screen shot of this, im almost sure i still have it on his system..

61,000 VIRUS's!!! i was like WTF!!

he goes on these porn sites and downloads [whatever].jpg.vbs files.. LMAO

i was like WTF!!!!

and no i didn't misspell it's 61 THOUSAND!!!


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[Wolfy]

its always worth a laugh digging through a machine owned by a tech idiot

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[_WW_]

sorry Dude, but what ever made you want to delete it anyway ? thats the part I don't understand.

I understand it...I am constantly fighting back the obsession to do the very same thing. It's like the file has some kind of mystical hold over me that cannot be ignored. I often hear it calling out to me, "Delete me...Delete me...Delete me....

61,000 viruses! Wow! That must be some kind of testament to his operating system..heh heh..takes a licking, keeps on ticking! Wonder what his email inbox looks like...?

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[jon_west_uk]

Your brother must be one hell of a porn junky. If i were you i wouldn't touch the keyboard or mouse with your bare hand. You never know what salty substances have landed there! :-0

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[Mr_Nuke]

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