computer problem

[psycho_maniac]

i have windoews 98 hp at home and i switched the user.exe in the windows\system folder. and now my computer starts up and says unable 2 load user please reinstall windows. is there any way 2 hack in my computer and but it back in the computer. cuz now it starts up and asks me how i want 2 start it up (ir safe mode command prompt) so is there any way i really need 2 get back into my computer. please. please any way ill pay u if u get this 2 work.

[ctn|chrisw]

did u back up the old file?........use dos

[n_ick2000]

why did you switch the user.exe anyway??

[pixiefied]

without it being backed up........
format c:

[psycho_maniac]

no but i know where it at. usualy when u over write somethin it goes in the trash can.

[psycho_maniac]

also i dont want 2 loose any stuff on my computer. please.

[liquidmotion]

Originally posted by psycho_maniac
no but i know where it at. usualy when u over write somethin it goes in the trash can.

if you overwrite it, it is usually gone. if you delete it, it usually goes to the recycle bin.

good luck!

[psycho_maniac]

Originally posted by Sawg
Install Windows 98 ontop of it's self. It should fix all the broke ass files.

Here is a hint. DON'T FUCK WITH USER.EXE

i learned this. if i install win 98 wont it delete every thing i installed . what if i run norton recovery by typin the command.

[psycho_maniac]

so theres no possible way in the whole wide world. there has 2 be a way. cuz i got alot of good stuff. on my computer.

[idynkydnk]

there's defintaly a way...I just don't know it

[psycho_maniac]

what about this.


look in the system recovery disk and find user.exe k

then find out how the systm recovery disk loads

then make a disk with the auto load app and put the user.exe on the disk

then it will put that in and nothin else

[Metalman]

reinstalling windows does not effect your programs in any way and its perfectly safe, I'v done it countless of times ,not with the same computer of course, in class.
you can also start your pc in dos and if you know some dos commands, you can move it back.
try this put your win98 cd in,
start your computer in dos, and type this in:

c:\>e: (enter)e being your rom drive

it should now say:
e:\>
then type:
e:\>setup

now you can reinstall windows, and you will have all of your favorite files back.

[psycho_maniac]

Originally posted by metalman75
reinstalling windows does not effect your programs in any way and its perfectly safe, I'v done it countless of times ,not with the same computer of course, in class.
you can also start your pc in dos and if you know some dos commands, you can move it back.
try this put your win98 cd in,
start your computer in dos, and type this in:

c:\>e: (enter)e being your rom drive

it should now say:
e:\>
then type:
e:\>setup

now you can reinstall windows, and you will have all of your favorite files back.

so this will not remove winamp 3 or adobe or my dial up connection. please say yes.

[Metalman]

its safe it will not remove anything.
youll be glad you did it

[psycho_maniac]

Originally posted by metalman75
its safe it will not remove anything.
youll be glad you did it

man u r the lord. now i will never mess with stuff like that again. i will praise u. now i wont get in trouble.

[Metalman]

dont praise me, i just took a course in computer repair and got an A on the final.
if you need any further help you know were to find me

[psycho_maniac]

Originally posted by metalman75

try this put your win98 cd in,

wait i just realilized something........i dont have a win 98 cd. i got a system recovery disk.

[Kinetik*]

The only thing I can think of, is taking the 98 boot disk, and log into Dos. When it starts up, you should see something like..

C:\>

or something similair.

You can then, switch it to A:> by typing...

C:\>cd A:\

It should look like

A:\>

You would then preceed to type in....

A:\>dir

You may see something simaliar to...

README TXT 12,661 06-08-00 5:00p README.TXT
FINDRAMD EXE 6,855 06-08-00 5:00p FINDRAMD.EXE
FIXIT BAT 1,247 06-08-00 5:00p FIXIT.BAT
RAMDRIVE SYS 12,663 06-08-00 5:00p RAMDRIVE.SYS
ASPI4DOS SYS 14,386 06-08-00 5:00p ASPI4DOS.SYS
BTCDROM SYS 21,971 06-08-00 5:00p BTCDROM.SYS
ASPICD SYS 29,606 06-08-00 5:00p ASPICD.SYS
BTDOSM SYS 30,955 06-08-00 5:00p BTDOSM.SYS
ASPI2DOS SYS 35,330 06-08-00 5:00p ASPI2DOS.SYS
ASPI8DOS SYS 37,564 06-08-00 5:00p ASPI8DOS.SYS
ASPI8U2 SYS 44,828 06-08-00 5:00p ASPI8U2.SYS
FLASHPT SYS 64,425 06-08-00 5:00p FLASHPT.SYS
EXTRACT EXE 53,767 06-08-00 5:00p EXTRACT.EXE
FDISK EXE 66,060 06-08-00 5:00p FDISK.EXE
COMMAND COM 93,040 06-08-00 5:00p COMMAND.COM
HIMEM SYS 33,191 06-08-00 5:00p HIMEM.SYS
OAKCDROM SYS 41,302 06-08-00 5:00p OAKCDROM.SYS
EBDUNDO EXE 29,843 06-08-00 5:00p EBDUNDO.EXE
CHECKSR BAT 922 06-08-00 5:00p CHECKSR.BAT
HIBINV EXE 3,501 06-08-00 5:00p HIBINV.EXE
EBD CAB 264,631 06-08-00 5:00p EBD.CAB
24 file(s) 902,291 bytes
0 dir(s) 432,640 bytes free

look around for something that might be user.exe

If you can find it anywhere on the disk, type...

A:\>copy user.exe C:/(Place where it was originally)

It will (Hopefully) say something like....

A:\>copy user.exe C:/
1 file(s) copied

(I recommend copying it to the C:\ drive then moving it to the folder where it was manually)

It -should- logically work.

I hope I was of some help, and I wish you the best.

(But if it doesn't work, the best choice would be to just go out and upgrade, if you don't have a cd rom)

[psycho_maniac]

A:\>copy user.exe C:/(Place where it was originally)

It will (Hopefully) say something like....

A:\>copy user.exe C:/
1 file(s) copied

(I recommend copying it to the C:\ drive then moving it to the folder where it was manually)


I hope I was of some help, and I wish you the best.

[/B][/QUOTE]

so i type in m:\>copy user.exe C:/windows/system

thanks

[psycho_maniac]

posted by fazer

A:\>copy user.exe C:/(Place where it was originally)

It will (Hopefully) say something like....

A:\>copy user.exe C:/
1 file(s) copied

(I recommend copying it to the C:\ drive then moving it to the folder where it was manually)


I hope I was of some help, and I wish you the best.

so i type in m:\>copy user.exe C:/windows/system

thanks

[Metalman]

Some other options you can try:

1.See if you can load into safemode. and if you can, you can then undo what ever you done from there.

2.see if you have windows pre-installed.if you do you can reinstall windows from DOS(command prompt)without the win98 cd.

To find out if you have windows pre-installed, from the command prompt type the following:
c:\>cd windows
c:\windows>dir
if you see a dir that reads options and cabs then you have it preinstalled, then you need to do the following:

c:\>cd windows (enter)
type in
c:\windows>options (enter)
type in
c:\windows\options>cabs (enter)
it should now read:
c:\windows\options\cabs>
from there just type in setup

3.know how to use edit.

from the commpand prompt type in:
c:\>edit (enter)
from there look for user.exe cut and paste it in the original location.

[psycho_maniac]

i couldnt even format and recover so i had 2 uninstall win98 and got it workin now i need my own computer cuz this 1 is shit.

[james]

There's a moral to this story... but i'll let you work out what it is for yourselves