| Windows 7: I renamed winload.exe and bootres.dll! PC won't boot! |
16 Nov 2011
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#1 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit |
I renamed winload.exe and bootres.dll! PC won't boot! Hello Everybody,
I was editing the windows boot screen, the program gave me an error and told me to give new winload.exe and bootres.dll, my crazy friend told me to rename winload.exe & bootres.dll to winload.exe.old & bootres.dll.old, and computer will automatically create new ones, but the computer won't boot anymore! I don't have a backup DVD! or anything to Restore!! 
Someone told me make the windows boot from CD/DVD and then go to C:/Windows/System32/winload.exe.old & bootres.dll.old and rename them to winload.exe and bootres.dll and everything will be fine!
Is that true?
PLEASE I DON'T WANT TO FORMAT!!!!
Thanks all
Regards,
sad addas | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire 4935G OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit CPU Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T6400, 1200 MHz (10 x 120) Motherboard Intel Cantiga PM45 Screen Resolution 1366 X 768 Case Laptop Internet Speed 4 mbps |
16 Nov 2011
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#2 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 Orlando, FL |
LOL @ you for re-naming that stuff. but yes you should be able to make a bootbale dvd/usb and boot from that. just go back and fix it. all your information should still be there | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Box OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition @ 4.1Ghz Motherboard ECS Elite Group IC780M-A V2.0 Memory 8GB Crucial DDR2 PC5300 Graphics Card Asus Radeon HD 5450 Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays Dual Monitor Setup Keyboard Logitech... Mouse Microsoft Mouse 4000 PSU Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 500w Case Cooler Master Elite 310 Cooling Dual 120mm Cooler Master Case Fans Hard Drives 60GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD,
320GB, 250GB, & Dual 160GB HDD's Internet Speed Super Fast |
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#3 | | Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit Fantasyland |
Wow, that was quite an example of stupidity. (Not you - your friend.) | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz, overclocked to 2.7GHz Motherboard Asus PL5D2 Memory 4GB DDR2-667 (4x1GB in dual-channel config) Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT Sound Card Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic Monitor(s) Displays Acer Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (DVI) Keyboard Standard Mouse Microsoft wireless optical mouse PSU Antec TruePower 2.0 Case Cooler Master Centurion Cooling various fans Hard Drives OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache Internet Speed DSL; ~330KB/sec down, ~110KB/sec up Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc. |
16 Nov 2011
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#4 | | Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by addas Hello Everybody,
I was editing the windows boot screen, the program gave me an error and told me to give new winload.exe and bootres.dll, my crazy friend told me to rename winload.exe & bootres.dll to winload.exe.old & bootres.dll.old, and computer will automatically create new ones, but the computer won't boot anymore! I don't have a backup DVD! or anything to Restore!! 
Someone told me make the windows boot from CD/DVD and then go to C:/Windows/System32/winload.exe.old & bootres.dll.old and rename them to winload.exe and bootres.dll and everything will be fine!
Is that true?
PLEASE I DON'T WANT TO FORMAT!!!!
Thanks all
Regards,
sad addas  Hello Mate!
Try running Startup Repair Startup Repair (Run it 3 times) and see if that fixes your problem. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP550P5C-S02IN OS Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit CPU Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 3,610QM (2.30Hz, 6MB L3 Cach Memory 8 GB Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 2GB Graphics, Optimus™ techno Sound Card SoundAlive™ JBL 3 Speakers (With sub-Woofer) Monitor(s) Displays 39.62cm (15.6) SuperBright 300nit HD+ LED Display Screen Resolution 1,600 x 900, Anti-Reflective Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5,400RPM) |
16 Nov 2011
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#5 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit Peterborough, England |
Providing you can boot into Windows you could try a system restore to a point before you renamed these system files. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1) Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse PSU 460W Case HP Elite Cooling Air cooled Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage Internet Speed 2Mb Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop |
16 Nov 2011
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#6 | | Win 7 Ultimate x64 Etobicoke, Ontario |

Quote: Originally Posted by seavixen32 Providing you can boot into Windows you could try a system restore to a point before you renamed these system files. No need to get Windows to boot to run System Restore, System Restore
Option #2. And if you don't have an actual Windows 7 disk (OEM computer that didn't come with one for example), you can make a system repair disk, System Repair Disc - Create | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me OS Win 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Phenom II x4 955 @ 4 GHz. Motherboard Asus M5A97 EVO Memory 2x2 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 Graphics Card Sapphire HD 6850 Sound Card Xonar DGX w/ Logitech X-530 Monitor(s) Displays Acer S232HL Abid Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Wave Mouse Logitech G5 v2 PSU Antec Earthwatts 650W Green Case Antec Three Hundred Cooling Cooler Master 212 EVO Hard Drives 120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
500 GB Seagate 7200.12 Internet Speed 24000/1000 |
16 Nov 2011
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit Peterborough, England |

Quote: Originally Posted by stormy13 
Quote: Originally Posted by seavixen32 Providing you can boot into Windows you could try a system restore to a point before you renamed these system files. No need to get Windows to boot to run System Restore, System Restore
Option #2. And if you don't have an actual Windows 7 disk (OEM computer that didn't come with one for example), you can make a system repair disk, System Repair Disc - Create You're quite right, I was forgetting about using a system repair disc.
Thanks for the reminder. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1) Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse PSU 460W Case HP Elite Cooling Air cooled Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage Internet Speed 2Mb Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop I renamed winload.exe and bootres.dll! PC won't boot! problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:21 AM. | |