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Imperial Severian	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:42:00 - [1201] Originally by: Trask II Well, technically the patch is a virus. It maliciously deletes your vital system files in an attempt to prevent your computer from booting. I'd say it "exhibits virus-like behaviours" - because it wasn't INTENDED to be malicious - it was down-right stupid in it's behaviour, and the end result was a "virus-like" modification to a critical system file... but that wasn't CCP's INTENT... ;)
Drek Grapper Minmatar	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:42:00 - [1202] Hi i have suffered from this issue as well. My warning is not boot.ini though it is as follows- Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll. Please re-install a copy of the above file. Is this the same as the boot.ini issue? Don't wanna do the wrong thing. Help. ------------------------------------------------ 'The thing always happens that you really believe in... and the belief in a thing makes it happen' - Frank Loyd Wright
Gothikia	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:42:00 - [1203] Originally by: Poreuomai Edited by: Poreuomai on 06/12/2007 18:40:22 Originally by: NBT here is a liddel info from me ... i instalt for 2 houers ago eve trinety premium version (clean instal) i installt it on my d drive wile windows is on c drive ... the resoult is ... still missing boot.ini so be aware !!!! If there are still doubts then I'll wait until the weekend before installing the update. While the bug is clearly a huge blunder, I have a lot of sympathy for whoever wrote that instruction. It is just as easy to accidentally delete a crucial system file as it is to delete some other random file, so my main complaint is not against CCP but against MS. It should simply not be possible to delete such crucial files, even as an Administrator. Maybe there should something above Administrator, so that we can install software without the whole OS being at risk. Well in Vista you have your wish, to delete system files there you gotta actually manually add specific permissions to the file/folder either by group or individual account permissions. Then try and delete it and prompted for Admin password. --- sig nerfed again... ú$~"$%#
Trask II	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:43:00 - [1204] Quote: Umm, and what about all those system that use restore partitions? Yeah, forgot about them eh. Most preinstalled systems do not come with a disk but use restore partitions. Many have restore with backup options but trust me that that is less than perfect. So get with the current trends and stop trying to label people when you have no idea what youÆre talking about or about each and every person's particular situation. Yeah, my first Compaq back in the 90's had a restore partition that came with drum roll please A RESTORE and REPAIR CD. Congratulations, you fail!
Cal semnar	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:43:00 - [1205] Originally by: Rheinkraft Originally by: Cal semnar Edited by: Cal semnar on 06/12/2007 18:38:15 i dunno if this has been pointed out by anyone (to lazy to read all the posts) but if you have duel boot vista and xp then this wont effect you. Also why is this such a big deal , you can repair the boot.ini of any windows disk. dunno why people are banging on about new harddrives and reinstalls , just do a repair of the disk and if you dont have a disk borrow one off some one. ive killed boot.ini a couple of times just messing with my pc, you restore it and everything works the same way id did, no reinstall no new hardware no nothing. Believe me, mine is f****d, tech support has confirmed it. And right now I am too. your tech guys are talking out of they're arse then , boot.ini has nothing to do with your hardrive. its just a file that tells windows where the windows files are!
Barakkus	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:44:00 - [1206] Originally by: Trask II Quote: What the **?! I never received this message, and after turning my computer on, I found I was totally screwed! I had to get into and restore it to factory defaults! What the HELL CCP?! Who is going to reimburse me for all that lost info? I just barely bought a full account yesterday and THIS is how I am greeted! Hell I am thinking twice about installing again because the idiots over there don't know what the they are doing. Listen, I get moved by the military and all my extra stuff, games, music, movies, projects, etc. were on the computer because my boxes of stuff aren't able to be with me... so now what the hell do I do? What the hell do I do about MS Office? My photoshop license? What the hell?! I'm so freaking **ed off right now I can't see straight. Well the first thing you should have done is realized that the boot.ini is a simple text file that just tells DOS where to find your copy of Windows. This text file is about 2 sentences long, and can be fixed by any novice in about 2 minutes if told what to do, unless they have a kneejerk reaction, and destroy their PC, like you did. the problem is i didn't realize that it was the boot.ini file that was missing, i figured the OS got a bunch of corrupted files from a hard drive failure of some sort, i was about to go buy a new one, reinstall everything and move all the stuff back...didn't occur to me that a video game would completely make my computer unbootable...and of course i hadn't had any coffee either when i found it at a dos prompt with the message: "Invalid Boot.ini Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: Windows\System32\Hal.dll" i grabbed my hard drive and tried to replace Hal.dll from my laptop thinking for some reason the file had been corrputed per the error message...well it didn't work so i figured there was more to it than that and decided to just leave the drive in my file server and start copying the data off and pick up a hard drive on my way home tonight... glad someone at work pointed this out to me this morning when he saw it on slashdot..if i hadn't mentioned it to him this morning, and not have been going on and on about how excited i am for this update, i would have ended up redoing my system following this procedure booting from an windows xp cd will work, and if you can't this one will, but requires access to a functional copy of xp on a different machine with a floppy drive
Lizzie Mellenthin	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:44:00 - [1207] Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin ok, I did download the premium upgrade to my laptop. Before 4 am. I never installed it. How do I delete the bad patch ? i say again. DOES ANYONE know where this premium upgrade was stored ????? I need to delete it but cant find it.... Please I will keep posting in hopes that someone is actually reading all 50 pages..
Frygok Minmatar Malicious Intentions The Church.	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:45:00 - [1208] Originally by: Drek Grapper Hi i have suffered from this issue as well. My warning is not boot.ini though it is as follows- Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll. Please re-install a copy of the above file. Is this the same as the boot.ini issue? Don't wanna do the wrong thing. Help. It is. I have the same thing. We are now at page 50, and all we have is 2 posts in the sticky, where the third one is "more info later". So erhhh, does this mean that CCP doesn't plan on doing anything else, becaues we have been waiting for quite a while now... Nothing in this thread, only helpful people from the community.
Samiael	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:46:00 - [1209] LOL I work in a desktop engineering lab.. not only can I see how something like this could happen and get by QA.. it doesnt change my opinion of this being a great game with great devs. Mistakes happen... and the BEST QA in the world will still fail you once in a while. Overall great patch... ya the bug sucks... but we will move on. As far as those of you who cant get in. Dio yourseleves favor. Get Windows PE... prferably Barts BEST thing you will ever do for your PC. And its ideal for situations like this. We use a highyl customized version and its gotten me out of problems a thousand times worse than this. I hate to say it.. but in the realm of bad things that could happen to your PC.. not only is this relatively minor.. but its extremely easy to fix.
Poreuomai Minmatar Republic Military School	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:46:00 - [1210] Originally by: Trask II So basically what you're saying is that you want MS to control your system and everything on it, so nothing on the big bad internetz can get to you? No, that is clearly NOT what I'm saying. What I AM saying is that the people who wrote the OS should have made the OS a little bit more robust. Originally by: Trask II FFS, people like you are the reason we have to click "yes" on 30 nag windows just to open a file in Vista. How is that related to what an installer can do to OS files?
Xanath Fireheart Under Heavy Fire	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:47:00 - [1211] Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin ok, I did download the premium upgrade to my laptop. Before 4 am. I never installed it. How do I delete the bad patch ? i say again. DOES ANYONE know where this premium upgrade was stored ????? I need to delete it but cant find it.... Please If you direct downloaded it from the http link, then it should be wherever you opted to save it. Can always search your PC for the file 'eveclassictopremiumpatch45017'. If you downloaded it using bits then you have no need to worry.
liten	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:48:00 - [1212] This fix worked for me: Quote: *i run Windows XP SP2, please remmeber i can not guarntee this will work for everyone* search C:/windows for: boot.ini.backup It should appear in this directory: 'C:/windows/pss/' (complete url = 'C:/windows/pss/boot.ini.backup' Once you have found the file... COPY the file, *DO NOT* just cut or just move the file.... Doing this will leave you with NO BACK UP so copy the boot.ini.backup file. paste to desktop... Delete the ".backup" text from the name of the file, so it is named: boot.ini Take the newly pasted boot.ini file and paste or move it to: C:/ ... just drop it in there... not in a directory... You will be promted if you want to overwrite the current file in there... Hit YES Your task is now complete... You SHOULD (not guarnteed) be able to reboot safely Remmeber it worked for me... BUT it may NOT work for others. Liten let me know if this fix works for you too
Lazarann Ideal Machine	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:48:00 - [1213] Originally by: Barakkus Originally by: Trask II Quote: What the **?! I never received this message, and after turning my computer on, I found I was totally screwed! I had to get into and restore it to factory defaults! What the HELL CCP?! Who is going to reimburse me for all that lost info? I just barely bought a full account yesterday and THIS is how I am greeted! Hell I am thinking twice about installing again because the idiots over there don't know what the they are doing. Listen, I get moved by the military and all my extra stuff, games, music, movies, projects, etc. were on the computer because my boxes of stuff aren't able to be with me... so now what the hell do I do? What the hell do I do about MS Office? My photoshop license? What the hell?! I'm so freaking **ed off right now I can't see straight. Well the first thing you should have done is realized that the boot.ini is a simple text file that just tells DOS where to find your copy of Windows. This text file is about 2 sentences long, and can be fixed by any novice in about 2 minutes if told what to do, unless they have a kneejerk reaction, and destroy their PC, like you did. the problem is i didn't realize that it was the boot.ini file that was missing, i figured the OS got a bunch of corrupted files from a hard drive failure of some sort, i was about to go buy a new one, reinstall everything and move all the stuff back...didn't occur to me that a video game would completely make my computer unbootable...and of course i hadn't had any coffee either when i found it at a dos prompt with the message: "Invalid Boot.ini Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: Windows\System32\Hal.dll" i grabbed my hard drive and tried to replace Hal.dll from my laptop thinking for some reason the file had been corrputed per the error message...well it didn't work so i figured there was more to it than that and decided to just leave the drive in my file server and start copying the data off and pick up a hard drive on my way home tonight... glad someone at work pointed this out to me this morning when he saw it on slashdot..if i hadn't mentioned it to him this morning, and not have been going on and on about how excited i am for this update, i would have ended up redoing my system following this procedure booting from an windows xp cd will work, and if you can't this one will, but requires access to a functional copy of xp on a different machine with a floppy drive hal.dll is system specific. It's related to the hardware in each system, so transferring it doesn't work.
Don Molotov	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:48:00 - [1214] Originally by: Drek Grapper Hi i have suffered from this issue as well. My warning is not boot.ini though it is as follows- Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll. Please re-install a copy of the above file. Is this the same as the boot.ini issue? Don't wanna do the wrong thing. Help. I had the same error and ended up having to wipe my hard drive entirely. Even windows' recovery console didn't work-- it told me I had no hard drive. Thank god for thinkpads with their recovery system. Boo for a sloppy release.
Barakkus	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:48:00 - [1215] Originally by: Drek Grapper Hi i have suffered from this issue as well. My warning is not boot.ini though it is as follows- Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll. Please re-install a copy of the above file. Is this the same as the boot.ini issue? Don't wanna do the wrong thing. Help. yes and since people aren't going to read a whole 50 pages of posts i'll just repost this again: if you have this issue and can not boot to the point of being able to recreate the file youself see this article for instructions on how to recreate the boot.ini file via the recovery console from your windows xp cd. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330184/en-us this will recreate the file without having to try to figure it out youself if you can can not boot from an XP cd, get a set of boot floppies made from a good installation of xp somewhere, then you can use a usb floppy to get a recovery console to repair your installation, but you will need access to a machine that has a working copy of xp installed on it http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824632/en-us
Thargat Caldari North Star Networks Triumvirate.	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:48:00 - [1216] Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin ok, I did download the premium upgrade to my laptop. Before 4 am. I never installed it. How do I delete the bad patch ? i say again. DOES ANYONE know where this premium upgrade was stored ????? I need to delete it but cant find it.... Please I will keep posting in hopes that someone is actually reading all 50 pages.. Just download the new patch, install it and be happy. No need to remove anything as long as your "hidden" boot.ini is still there and/or your computer still reboots. There's only one sig that matters... and that's Radius.
killerco Gallente The Flying Dutchmen Antesignani Alliance	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:49:00 - [1217] Bloody hell, i'm glad i'm running Vista
Zensige The Soviet Galactic Union	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:49:00 - [1218] Originally by: CCP Mindstar Another option we have put together which should be quite simple for users who find their boot.ini to be missing (and have not yet rebooted) is the following: Download: Windows XP (http://ccp.vo.llnwd.net/o2/boot/winxpboot.ini)( also windows 2000 installed in a folder named "Windows" ) OR Windows 2000 (http://ccp.vo.llnwd.net/o2/boot/win2kboot.ini) + Copy it into the root directory of your Windows drive (eg. C:\) + Rename it to "boot.ini" + Go to start, then Run and type in "msconfig" + Click on the "boot.ini" tab, and select "Check all boot paths" + There will be a series of popups for the invalid installation paths in the above files (14 if all goes to plan), and the correct settings will be placed in your boot.ini. + Remember to hit "Apply" before exiting the tool, as this will save the new settings. Most likely, this file will contain the correct path to your windows installation somewhere there, and will be found by checking it using the msconfig tool. Can anyone elaborate more on the first step of this solution, dont quite understand how to find the root directory of my windows. I put the downloaded file just into my C:\(my only hard disk) and tried the other steps but the Boot.INI tab doesnt show up then.. So anyone explain where exactly to copy the file into?
Lizzie Mellenthin	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:49:00 - [1219] Originally by: Xanath Fireheart Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin ok, I did download the premium upgrade to my laptop. Before 4 am. I never installed it. How do I delete the bad patch ? i say again. DOES ANYONE know where this premium upgrade was stored ????? I need to delete it but cant find it.... Please If you direct downloaded it from the http link, then it should be wherever you opted to save it. Can always search your PC for the file 'eveclassictopremiumpatch45017'. If you downloaded it using bits then you have no need to worry. NO it was downloaded throught the client .
Barakkus	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:49:00 - [1220] Originally by: Lazarann Originally by: Barakkus Originally by: Trask II Quote: What the **?! I never received this message, and after turning my computer on, I found I was totally screwed! I had to get into and restore it to factory defaults! What the HELL CCP?! Who is going to reimburse me for all that lost info? I just barely bought a full account yesterday and THIS is how I am greeted! Hell I am thinking twice about installing again because the idiots over there don't know what the they are doing. Listen, I get moved by the military and all my extra stuff, games, music, movies, projects, etc. were on the computer because my boxes of stuff aren't able to be with me... so now what the hell do I do? What the hell do I do about MS Office? My photoshop license? What the hell?! I'm so freaking **ed off right now I can't see straight. Well the first thing you should have done is realized that the boot.ini is a simple text file that just tells DOS where to find your copy of Windows. This text file is about 2 sentences long, and can be fixed by any novice in about 2 minutes if told what to do, unless they have a kneejerk reaction, and destroy their PC, like you did. the problem is i didn't realize that it was the boot.ini file that was missing, i figured the OS got a bunch of corrupted files from a hard drive failure of some sort, i was about to go buy a new one, reinstall everything and move all the stuff back...didn't occur to me that a video game would completely make my computer unbootable...and of course i hadn't had any coffee either when i found it at a dos prompt with the message: "Invalid Boot.ini Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: Windows\System32\Hal.dll" i grabbed my hard drive and tried to replace Hal.dll from my laptop thinking for some reason the file had been corrputed per the error message...well it didn't work so i figured there was more to it than that and decided to just leave the drive in my file server and start copying the data off and pick up a hard drive on my way home tonight... glad someone at work pointed this out to me this morning when he saw it on slashdot..if i hadn't mentioned it to him this morning, and not have been going on and on about how excited i am for this update, i would have ended up redoing my system following this procedure booting from an windows xp cd will work, and if you can't this one will, but requires access to a functional copy of xp on a different machine with a floppy drive hal.dll is system specific. It's related to the hardware in each system, so transferring it doesn't work. bleh looks like i'll be pulling that off my xp cd before i try to reboot then from the recovery console
Cal semnar	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:50:00 - [1221] Originally by: killerco Bloody hell, i'm glad i'm running Vista he im glad i duel-boot no boot.ini to be deleted
JoCool MASS	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:50:00 - [1222] Lizzie, search for the file eveclassictopremiumpatch45017.exe , that's the filename if you have downloaded it seperately. However, I recommend you download the premium client installer, full package. That way you're sure to not have any troubles at all. Trey Azagthoth > Youre my idol Jocool. I wanna be like Jocool jr. or Jocool the sequel! Oveur > ohnoes jocool
Anwylyd Al'Vos Minmatar LightSpeed Industries	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:50:00 - [1223] if you have the "corrupt or missing hal.dll" message too, boot/rescue/recover disks WILL NOT WORK!!! You MUST slave out your hard drive to another XP sp2 comp and copy it over on top of the boot.ini fix... when you put the drive back in your comp it will be happy again... Side note, I have canceled the subscription of my alt account until I have recovered the cost of having a tech come out and fix my comp, possibly beyond that... thanks CCP for letting us know, but you should seriously look at a reprimand for the qa peeps that missed this... I'm not saying fire them, but maybe suspension is not out of the question. _ . - Justice, Mercy, and Faith My soul has horizons further away than those of early mornings, deeper darkness than the night
Trask II	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:50:00 - [1224] This is a boot.ini: [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 XP Professional Edition" /fastdetect That's it. You put that in a text file, save it to C:, and name it boot.ini, and your problem is solved. I mean, does Pete have to put it in 32 languages for you *******s. I don't think half the idiots replying even read his first, MOST IMPORTANT POST of this thread.
Kronarty Amarr Oberon Incorporated Morsus Mihi	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:51:00 - [1225] Originally by: Kagura Nikon If any PC repair shop charges more than 5$ for this , they are stealing you. Any technician will identify the problem in 1 second as soon as it sees the windows message. Dude, $5? PC techs won't even give the time of the day for that. Whatever it is you're smoking, I definitely don't want it.
Thargat Caldari North Star Networks Triumvirate.	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:52:00 - [1226] Originally by: Trask II This is a boot.ini: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional Edition" /fastdetect That's it. You put that in a text file, save it to C:, and name it boot.ini, and your problem is solved. I mean, does Pete have to put it in 32 languages for you ******s. I don't think half the idiots replying even read his first, MOST IMPORTANT POST of this thread. /signed There's only one sig that matters... and that's Radius.*
fallen merovigean Hunters Agency Firmus Ixion	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:52:00 - [1227] HAHAHAH im fixed :) my computer tech friend (currently in school for it anyways) (and im at his house)hooked me up big time but i had already uninstalled EVE good lucks sp2 users and may u be as blessed as me. ohh btw i love that c/100mil or i'll boot.ini your ship awsome
Xanath Fireheart Under Heavy Fire	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:53:00 - [1228] Originally by: Lizzie Mellenthin NO it was downloaded throught the client . This issue shouldn't give you any problems then as it seems only to apply to the installer.
Cal semnar	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:53:00 - [1229] Originally by: Kronarty Originally by: Kagura Nikon If any PC repair shop charges more than 5$ for this , they are stealing you. Any technician will identify the problem in 1 second as soon as it sees the windows message. Dude, $5? PC techs won't even give the time of the day for that. Whatever it is you're smoking, I definitely don't want it. this is true, most companys have a set minimum cost that is charged
Kronarty Amarr Oberon Incorporated Morsus Mihi	Posted - 2007.12.06 18:53:00 - [1230] Originally by: Kagura Nikon ALSO, people that were not running on admin account were not affected. Its their fault if they were using the system in a way its not supposed to. You must be that very special guy with superpowers able to install software onto XP without an administrator account.

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