Re: Unable to expand file during Recovery Console mode

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Hi Pegasus,
I tried to copy it from floppy, it prompted me "the fiel could not be
copied".
I tried to rename the original pci.sys, it prompted me "The name specified
is not a directory"
I tried to delele the original pci.sys, it prompted me "The delete operation
failed"

I am sure logged on to recovery console by Adminisrator role.


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "ck" <ck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>> My w2k w SP4 machine not able to bootup prompted
>> \winnt\system32\drivers\pci.sys is missing or corrupted.
>> I followed the MS guide try to recopy back the file by using
>> expand d:\i386\pci.sy_ c:\winnt\system32\drivers /y but it prompted
>> "Unable to create file pci.sys. 0 file(s) expanded".
>>
>> Any idea?
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>>
>
> Try expanding it to a floppy while Windows is up
> and running, then copy it from the floppy to its
> final destination in Recovery Console mode.
>
>


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