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by kth11

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I have a Customer that has unfortunately deleted atapi.sys. Now he gets a BSOD. What can be done to possibly fix this problem?

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by oddball

I would install nt to a new location (c:\winntbak) then copy the missing file back. If you do this be sure to upgrade the backup copy of nt to the same service pack that was on the machine to begin with.

Or If you happen to have a recent emergency repair disk for that machine you can try that too. For more info on using the repair disk see Microsoft's KB article Q156328.

by kth11

Thanks for the info having teh customer do this. You have been so helpful.

by spydergst1

Theorectally you can copy it from another sever. Copy it to a bootable floppy boot the damaged server from the floppy and copy the file to the right path.

If that doesn't work then you can run NT setup and and choose the option to repair insted of install. This will replace all system files (but you have the option to choose which). Resevice pack the server after this. The currnet data will not be touched.

by spydergst1

You won't need the repair disk to replace the file. The repair option of the NT install will ask you for a disk but you don't need it. Of coarse its better if you have one.

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