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by pete_may

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I am unable to start an NT workstation which according to the user has not had any extra software installed. I get stop code c0000135.
The DLL winsrv could not be found in the specified path default load path. The NT setup cannot repair it as it cannot find the installation (no ERD )Also when I move the Hard drive to a second identical machine as slave it is not recognized. I cannot buy any recovery tools as my boss is on holiday and I need to atleast recover the data.
Peter

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by john cranny

Try MS Knowledge base article: Q173309
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Basically you'll have to install another copy of NT to a different directory. If you don't have enough room, do a repair/upgrade to the same directory. Since you don't have an ERD, install a fresh copy over the existing directory.
Good luck.
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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51, 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51, 4.0
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CAUSE
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This error can occur for any of the following reasons:

- File_name.dll is missing from the %SystemRoot%\system32 directory.

- If File_Name.dll exists, the software hive may be corrupted and, therefore,
cannot load.

RESOLUTION
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The method for checking whether File_name.dll exists varies, dependingon the
file system in use.

For NTFS file systems, install a parallel copy of Windows NT into an unused
directory, and then verify that File_name.dll exists in the
%SystemRoot%\System32 directory.

If the file exists, it is possible that the registry software hive has been
corrupted. Check the integrity of the software hive ... Read the full article

by pete_may

Managed to read Hard drive by putting it in a much older machine from different manufacturer. Used the article you suggested and found that it was a corrupt registry. Will copy all that I need from hard drive and reinstall a fresh copy of NT on C drive.
Peter

by Member 21361443

I'd recommend you run a diagnostic on that drive. Each of the major manufacturers have non-destructive diagnostics that check the actual drive hardware and firmware. Download the diags from the correct manufacturer and run them. If that doesn't help, I would be checking to ensure that you are on the correct LBA mode and correct hard disk parameters. One way you may be able to recover data from the drive is to use a DOS boot disk. If it is running NTFS, you will need to find the old DOSNTFSutility from MS. This utility allows you to READ an NTFS drive. You will have to check the MS website to see if it is even still available.

Hope this helps!
Brian Lusk

by pete_may

I was able to read the hard drive by puuting it in an old machine from a different manufacturer and hence ran chkdsk anyway . We're you thinking of NTFSDOS from winternals.com ?
Thanks anyway

by nvanessa

******* SUGGESTION *****
1/ Use an ERD from an identical WS W/OS and SW CONFIG.
2/ Rinstall NT ( do not make any changes to current partition setting.
3/ a safer way: Use Partition Magic (ver 5.0 is recommended) to resize the current Partitionandinstall NT on different partition (depend on your HDD space and recover data.
All these must be done acareffully.
GOOD LUCK.

by pete_may

The machine has one off acounting software so no identical machines. Creating additional partitions would have lost data.
Thanks anyway

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