For Beta testers: SDCentral Issue Update
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On Sunday/Monday, Stardock released a new stand alone build of Stardock Central. The installer of this build had a defect that, on some systems, could erase files from the c:\ directory.
If you have installed version 0.99 of Stardock Central, check your c:\ to ensure that there are files still there. If files have been erased, follow the instructions below to recover.
Print this out before continuing.
Windows XP:
1.
copy c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386\ntldr c:\
copy c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386\ntdetect.com c:\
copy a:\boot.ini c:\
2. Insert your Windows XP CD into the CD-Rom drive and reboot. When the installer comes up, you may need to press F6 and insert a driver disk if your OS is installed on a fast-ata drive.
3. Once the installer is running, choose to repair using the recovery
console.
4. Choose your installation (1 for a single-boot machine)
5. When the recovery console appears, place the floppy with the
extracted files in the drive and type "copy a:\*.* c:\.
Windows 98/ME
http://www.stardock.com/temp/win_98_org_root.zip Windows 98 Original
http://www.stardock.com/temp/win_98_se_root.zip Windows 98 SE
http://www.stardock.com/temp/win_me_root.zip Windows ME
1. Unzip the appropriate files to your c:\ drive.
2. We've tested the above solution here, but there's a chance we've missed something. If that is the case, you can download a full boot disk for the appropriate platform from
http://www.bootdisk.com/original.htm. Boot off that, exit to a command prompt (should be in the root of the a: drive), and then type "sys c:" to update the system back on the drive.
Windows 2000:
1. Extract the contents of http://www.stardock.com/temp/win2000_root.zip
to a blank floppy. You can also try unzipping these to your c:\ drive.
If the system cannot boot up, go to the next step. Step 1 should work though in most cases.
2. Insert your Windows 2000 CD into the CD-Rom drive and reboot. When the installer comes up, you may need to press F6 and insert a driver disk if your OS is installed on a fast-ata drive.
3. Once the installer is running, choose the R option to repair. If you have an emergency repair disk handy, follow the path to use that. If not, select the recovery console option.
4. With the recovery console option, place the floppy with the extracted files in the drive and type "copy a:\*.* c:\".
If you have installed version 0.99 of Stardock Central, check your c:\ to ensure that there are files still there. If files have been erased, follow the instructions below to recover.
Print this out before continuing.
Windows XP:
1.
copy c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386\ntldr c:\
copy c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386\ntdetect.com c:\
copy a:\boot.ini c:\
2. Insert your Windows XP CD into the CD-Rom drive and reboot. When the installer comes up, you may need to press F6 and insert a driver disk if your OS is installed on a fast-ata drive.
3. Once the installer is running, choose to repair using the recovery
console.
4. Choose your installation (1 for a single-boot machine)
5. When the recovery console appears, place the floppy with the
extracted files in the drive and type "copy a:\*.* c:\.
Windows 98/ME
http://www.stardock.com/temp/win_98_org_root.zip Windows 98 Original
http://www.stardock.com/temp/win_98_se_root.zip Windows 98 SE
http://www.stardock.com/temp/win_me_root.zip Windows ME
1. Unzip the appropriate files to your c:\ drive.
2. We've tested the above solution here, but there's a chance we've missed something. If that is the case, you can download a full boot disk for the appropriate platform from
http://www.bootdisk.com/original.htm. Boot off that, exit to a command prompt (should be in the root of the a: drive), and then type "sys c:" to update the system back on the drive.
Windows 2000:
1. Extract the contents of http://www.stardock.com/temp/win2000_root.zip
to a blank floppy. You can also try unzipping these to your c:\ drive.
If the system cannot boot up, go to the next step. Step 1 should work though in most cases.
2. Insert your Windows 2000 CD into the CD-Rom drive and reboot. When the installer comes up, you may need to press F6 and insert a driver disk if your OS is installed on a fast-ata drive.
3. Once the installer is running, choose the R option to repair. If you have an emergency repair disk handy, follow the path to use that. If not, select the recovery console option.
4. With the recovery console option, place the floppy with the extracted files in the drive and type "copy a:\*.* c:\".
