Re: unable to boot into win2k after virus cleanup

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From: Eric McG (dontbother_at_att.net)
Date: 07/11/04


Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 08:47:12 -0400

Review the Manual Repair options in this article:

Differences Between Manual and Fast Repair in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;238359

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Eric McGillicudy
"SN" <info_seeker@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
news:b0780918.0407110346.526d2a24@posting.google.com...
> I have 2 partitions NT and win2k on my PC.
> Recently, my win2k got infected with lovgate.X worm - I removed it by
> booting into NT and running anti-virus on win2k partition. I may also
> have inadvertently deleted some system files while following a virus
> removal writeup from Symantec.
>
> Now, when I try to boot into win2k (normal mode/safe mode), it
> proceeds till the point of loading mup.sys and then automatically
> restarts my PC. So I'm in an infinite boot loop with win2k. Booting
> into NT works fine.
>
> Any idea what files I should try restoring etc to get into win2k?
> thanks
> -sn


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