Renaming files on NTFS using DOS Boot

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Arjun_at_123linux.com
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 12:51:09 -0700

Hello,

I did a very dumb thing today. I renamed the filed called lsass.exe to lsass.bak under windows xp safe mode on my laptop trying to get rid of that darned worm.

The laptop runs on ntfs. Now everytime I reboot my laptop, the login screen that used to appear does not appear anymore. I used to login with a secondary account and not the administrator account (i dont even remember the admin password).

I tried EVERYTHING to access the drive and I could see the files and folders using ntfsdos and other such proggies but I cannot write into the ntfs partition to rename the file back to what it was.

The only issue I am facing right now is HOW DO I RENAME THAT FILE BACK TO WHAT IT WAS? Since a dos boot disk for ntfs won't allow me to access the same.

Any ideas ? please do help me as very important files are there in my laptop and I don't wish to erase it just for this worm.

Thank you.

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