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Tradik
Australia and New Zealand Eve Corp
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:29:00 -
[61]
It is most definitely deleting C:\boot.ini
The command the installer sent was delete \boot.ini, which deletes C:\boot.ini, if it was delete .\boot.ini or delete boot.ini it would've worked. But it wasn't. And now its just damn hilarious:)
It won't break vista, but it will most definitely break any XP system.
If God had wanted you to live, She wouldn't've created me. |
velocity7
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:29:00 -
[62]
Confirmed.
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DEM0H
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:30:00 -
[63]
Confirmed mine is in fact gone, with a pretty custom setup, Im pretty PO'd. (but all good IT professionals keep backups of critical files right? *coff coff*)
For those of you who run 2003 server on a gaming rig like me, heres the accompanying boot.ini (allthough if you are running 2003 server as a gaming OS you should allready know this by heart)
Oh, and the XP boot ini would work just fine for a stock 03 server install, names dont mean squat inside teh quotes.
 Quote:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect
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Kia Lovetly
The Ninja Coalition
Drunken N Disorderly
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:30:00 -
[64]
The deleting of the ini file should never of happen with an update.
This is so freaking sad...
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Demuelli
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:34:00 -
[65]
I am SO glad there was a discussion on this and a link to this thread in the corp chat before I shut down, since mine was also deleted.
I would have been seriously ****ed, I've had enough computer problems in the past few months, with windows getting corrupted forcing a format/reinstall, then my hard drive failing and needing to buy a new one and reinstall. This would have been the icing on the cake. |
Cadiz
Caldari
No Quarter.
Vae Victis.
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:35:00 -
[66]
Originally by: Kia Lovetly
The deleting of the ini file should never of happen with an update.
This is so freaking sad...
No piece of software should be going around naming parts of itself after critical system files. Ever.
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Director, No Quarter
"There is no problem that cannot be solved by the judicious application of violence." |
RisenPhoenix
Vendetta Underground
Rule of Three
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:35:00 -
[67]
Someone linked me to this thread and I thought it was a joke and then I went into Startup and Recovery to edit the boot.ini and it was gone! wtf ccp your patch=virus
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Azeria L'Mante
Gallente
Salvage and Mining Consortium
Kinetic Maelstrom Alliance
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:45:00 -
[68]
Top Notch, CCP....
I know several people who have logged off before this FUBAR was discovered, what's going to happen to them, how will you notify them?
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Janath Keyes
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:50:00 -
[69]
Happened to me, too.
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Zharden
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:53:00 -
[70]
soooo I dont know much about computers when it comes to stuff like this...
but I restarted my computer cause it froze, go to turn it back on and bam.. Im missing some file or its corrupt. so I start wondering what I can do now and like I said I dont know much about this stuff so the only thing I could think of was to use my restoration CD..
finally get the computer on, and of course everything is gone. I didnt download the new graphics cause I thought that was the problem, just the classic version. do I have to do anything to make sure this doesnt happen again? kinda ****ed I lost all my stuff
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Compendium
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:58:00 -
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CCP really needs to get their act together. Deleting system files, major overview bugs, many graphics errors, and the popup they put on when you log on telling you where to go is giving a bad address. W T F!!!!!
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Kai Dorfman
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:58:00 -
[72]
OK im on my second comp... my new comp running XP will no longer boot up<system Root)\system32\hal.dll missing or corrupt... so ccp what do i do now? format? i have university work on here? i cant format. what am i supposed to do?
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Kai Dorfman
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:04:00 -
[73]
Can we get some sort of response on here please as i have University work that could potetially be screwed now and would like options on how to get back into windows on my main computer......? CCP?
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Zharden
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:05:00 -
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Kai, I know how ya feel, I had to do it
but while looking around I found that you might be able to take the hard drive out and put it in another computer if you have to get the files out of it, and use it as a slave or something? I dont know but you can do a google search. I had no choice, it was my laptop.
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Kai Dorfman
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:07:00 -
[75]
my computers new and im not gonna go inside and do anything to invalidate the warrenty... CCP have caused this and i want them to sort it if possible... all im asking for is a response.
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Epoch
Endless Destruction
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:08:00 -
[76]
Originally by: Trinity Faetal
whatever you guys are smoking thinking it is deleting the windows boot.ini, keep smoking it.
hey kid - if you upgraded to the new graphics you're missing the file too. before you post - stfu.
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Azeria L'Mante
Gallente
Salvage and Mining Consortium
Kinetic Maelstrom Alliance
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:08:00 -
[77]
If you don't have your original windows CD, my advice is to try this...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994
or if you can, use another computer to make a boot CD
or I know Norton's CD may be used as a boot CD, at least it did 2 years ago, but I don't use Norton anymore.
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Fantus
Caldari
KAOS.
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:09:00 -
[78]
For anyone with a multiple boot machine that Windows isn't on the first partition, the easiest way to repair this is to use the windows recovery console and use the command bootcfg at the command prompt.
If you do have a similar setup, using the default boot.ini some have posted for cut and paste will not work. The recovery console method should also work for people that have their OS on a drive other than "C:"
Fantus
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Akiara
Umbra Congregatio
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:10:00 -
[79]
mine didnt get deleted  , and im using xp professional , any ideas why some people are afected and others not ?
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Achuress
Caldari
Maledictae
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:10:00 -
[80]
Wow, what a mess. Good job, CCP.
Stop ******* around and start taking your jobs seriously. And while I'm here (which isn't often), make a working in-game browser for crying out loud. How hard is it to compile tables? The technology has been around for almost 20 years!
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Achuress
Caldari
Maledictae
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:13:00 -
[81]
Originally by: Akiara
mine didnt get deleted , and im using xp professional , any ideas why some people are afected and others not ?
The full 1G install of the premium content doesn't have a virus for an installer.
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Azeria L'Mante
Gallente
Salvage and Mining Consortium
Kinetic Maelstrom Alliance
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:15:00 -
[82]
Edited by: Azeria L''Mante on 06/12/2007 07:15:44
My understanding is only people who have downloaded the premium through the client via the update. Those who did a fresh install (read uninstalled EVE and dl'd the full installation) seem to not have a problem and those who have installed windows or the game on a different partition should be unaffected. Additionally those who have xp64 seem to also not be affected, but still everyone should check the msconfig and their root drive to see if the boot.ini is there.
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Kai Dorfman
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:17:00 -
[83]
we can do that without entering windows?
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Achuress
Caldari
Maledictae
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:18:00 -
[84]
Originally by: Kai Dorfman
we can do that without entering windows?
No, n00b, you need to be in windows to do that. Find your recovery CD and GL.
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Kai Dorfman
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:20:00 -
[85]
dude seriously STFU im not the one that deleted the boot.ini file so redirect your issues elsewhere. im looking for solutions not flames
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Demuelli
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:22:00 -
[86]
Now that I think about it, a situation like this has happened before; I can't remember the exact game, but the installer had a bug in it, that caused it to format your harddrive when it finished installing. This was quite a few years ago, in the 90's; I have a gaming magazine somewhere with the article in it. Wish I could remember the name of the game.
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Fantus
Caldari
KAOS.
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:24:00 -
[87]
For more information on my post above:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330184
This will fix ALL boot.ini problems caused by the premium content update.
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Kai Dorfman
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:26:00 -
[88]
i just want some acknowlegdement that ccp know about this and are looking at solutions now. can we get someone from ccp on this thread please???? Im really starting to get annoyed now.. your computer shouldnt go all FUBAR after installing a game upgrade. can we please get an offcial response from ccp?
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Kai Dorfman
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:33:00 -
[89]
ok i found my windows cd and changed bios to boot from cd... im now in windows backing all my uniwork up onto a pen drive..... is thier any way to fix it from windows?
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Cin Sapph
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:33:00 -
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I am creating a new boot.ini file from scratch since I don't have an XP Professional CD around.
I have kind of a nonstandard setup on this machine, first partition on the drive is a Linux partition and the second is the winders partition.
I have changed the following two lines that I obtained from a previous post, to reflect partition 2.
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
My question is does anyone around have a dual core machine, that can tell me if there is something special in the boot.ini that needs to be added for winders to see the processor correctly?
And yes, programs not included with the OS should not use filenames similar to OS system files. The same holds true with writing software, don't use names that match the OS's API.
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