Re: Laptop won't start - missing dll file

On Thu, 1 May 2008 04:56:04 -0700 (PDT), bornfree
<justyouandme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 1 May, 12:04, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Thu, 1 May 2008 03:55:22 -0700 (PDT), bornfree

<justyouan...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi.
I managed to delete a dll file: ATGinahook.dll which caused the laptop
it was installed on to fail to start, giving the message

"The logon user interface DLL ATGinaHook.dll failed to load

Contact your system administrator to replace the DLL, or restore the
orginal DLL"

The laptop won't start in safe mode, or in normal mode, or under
"using last known good configuration".
Upon removing the laptop sata Hard disk, I can view the files on it,
but can't locate the recycle bin where the dll file I need now sits.

Turn on "Show hidden files" on the computer you're using to view the
HD, that should give you a C:/RECYCLER folder with a number of
subfolders. Hunt around in them.


C:/RECYCLER (or in this case K:/RECYCLER because I am viewing the
laptop HDD through my PC) - there is no such folder, at least not
viewable through explorer. Typing that path straight in to explorer
just takes me to an empty space with "0 objects" and "0 bytes"

The subfolders (named with the GUID of each user who's bin it is) are
also hidden. If you couldn't see RECYCLER in Explorer, then you won't
see the subfolders.

In Explorer go to Tools/Folder Options/View, set Display Contenst of
System Folders, set Show Hidden F&F, unset Hide Protected OS files,
and you should be good to go.


No backups?

The other option is a complete reinstall (or even repair) of Windows.
I would do this but upon Windows loading from CD, the installer tells
me there are no drives connected to the laptop, which presents a bit
of a brick wall. I tried a couple of times, and ensured the HDD was
pushed in fully.

That's probably due to it being on a SATA controller that the CD
doesn't have drivers for. F6 and a floppy with the right drivers.


Thanks for speedy reply.

Where shall I get the SATA drivers? And can I do this without a floppy
drive? The laptop doesn't have one, and neither do I.

You're probably buggered on that tack then. A USB floppy drive *might*
suffice, but even after buying one you'd still need to dredge up the
drivers from somewhere (probably the mfr web site).

Cheers - Jaimie
--
The advantage of a bad memory is that one can enjoy the
same good things for the first time several times. -- Nietzsche
.

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