Saving your win2K installation after istalling IMSI CD Copier - Gamer's Edition
Fotios
at sytem boot.
Resolution procedure:
1. Boot with a different OS that can access the partition where your
win2K installation exists (if your file system is FAT then you can even
boot with an MS-DOS bootable diskette or the Win95/98 startup diskette).
If you use NTFS (like I did) you may need to make a new (second) win2k
installation elsewhere and access your win2k partition with that (or you
may access the partition with other specialized software).
2. Go to the \system32\drivers\ directory and rename the fastcdmp.sys
(or fastmp.sys) file to something else.
3. Although probably not needed (but just in case) also go to the
directory where you installed IMSI's "CD Copier - Gamer's Edition" and
rename the directory to something else.
4. Reboot normally. Your system should not crash this time.
5. Rename your files and directory back to their original names.
6. Goto the "Add/Remove Programs win2k" applet, locate the "CD Copier -
Gamer's Edition" entry and uninstall it.
7. Rejoice! Your system is back to its original pristine state.
Notes:
1. Trying to stop fastcdmp.sys from loading at boot, by utilizing win2k
recovery console's "disable" command, will not work. This is because the
driver is loaded in an unconventional way. Thus it ends up crashing
mount manager even though the fastcdmp.sys driver is declared as
disabled.
2. A more complicated but potentially more fun way to solve the problem
is the following:
a. Boot using a different windows installation and use the super-cool
shareware utility "Resplendence Registry Editor" (look it up at
zdnet.com downloads). Resplendence lets you open and edit raw registry
files.
b. Locate your "system" and "software" hidden registry files in the
/system32/config/ directory.
c. Open them both and edit out anything under "IMSI" or "fastcdmp".
Use the search feature to locate all relevant keys.
3. The first solution is far simpler and works best. The second is only
recommended if you want to have some "sick" fun with registry keys.
Good Luck!
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Fotios
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