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Need geek translation services
« on: February 28, 2010, 05:49:01 PM »
Can someone explain what these commands do?  They are to be run from within the Windows Recovery Console (XP), from the C directory (or whatever partition XP is on).

cd system32\drivers

ren atapi.sys atapi.old

expand D:\i386\atapi.sy_
(where D is the optical drive)


I know these commands are supposed to replace a corrupt atapi.sys (a driver?) with a clean version.  So I presume...

The first one opens C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers?

Second one renames atapi.sys to atapi.old?

Third one opens a program that installs atapi from the Windows CD?


I got the instructions from this website:
https://patrickwbarnes.com/blog/2010/02/microsoft-update-kb977165-triggering-widespread-bsod/
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Re: Need geek translation services
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2010, 05:56:30 PM »
That is what is does.  The "expand" command expands the compressed atapi.sy_ file from the CD to its proper size, making it functional, and renames it atapi.sys.  This is often done to replace a corrupt or damaged file.
Many files are compressed on the Windows installation cd just to save space.
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Re: Need geek translation services
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2010, 06:06:35 PM »
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supposed to replace a corrupt atapi.sys (a driver?)

Ahhh.  I know what you got.  Trojaned file, IRRC.

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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2010, 06:08:33 PM »
It's what I might have had, but I did this on all my systems preemptively.  Probably wasted my time.
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Re: Need geek translation services
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2010, 06:30:39 PM »
Quote from: fistful on February 28, 2010, 05:49:01 PM
cd system32\drivers

cd is "change directory." That command takes you into the directory where driver files are stored

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ren atapi.sys atapi.old

ren is "rename," which saves the old atapi.sys files as atapi.old so it won't be overwritten, in case you later want/need to get it back or look at it.

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expand D:\i386\atapi.sy_
(where D is the optical drive)

expands the compressed file atapi.sy_ into a new, uncompressed file atapi.sys
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Re: Need geek translation services
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2010, 06:52:33 PM »
Thanks. 
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Re: Need geek translation services
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2010, 07:38:16 PM »
try this one instead:

format c: 

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Re: Need geek translation services
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2010, 08:06:39 PM »
You are not a nice man.
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Re: Need geek translation services
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2010, 09:23:31 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on February 28, 2010, 07:38:16 PM
try this one instead:

format c: 

 :P

you forgot, install gentoo. :angel:
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Re: Need geek translation services
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2010, 10:48:04 AM »
Quote from: fistful on February 28, 2010, 08:06:39 PM
You are not a nice man.

Does that mean that you tried it?  :O
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Re: Need geek translation services
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2010, 04:19:37 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on February 28, 2010, 07:38:16 PM
try this one instead:

format c: 

 :P

What, no fdisk?
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