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Updates Not Installing (problem at restart?)
Running ME, and my anti-virus software (PC-Cillin) tells me that I
need some critical updates. So I go to the Microsoft site, and that agrees; specifically, it suggests that I need KB896727, KB833989, and 814078. Fine - so I download them, and they seem to install with no trouble. They tell me that I need to restart, and so I do... And I get a whole string of "Cannot copy %1 to %2" error messages on the startup screen. I hit return and the startup completes, seemingly okay - but the updates evidently haven't installed. (PC-Cillin and the Microsoft site tell me exactly the same things as before.) Anyone able to suggest a fix for this? Many, many thanks if so. -- Phil Masters http://www.philm.demon.co.uk Consternation: RPG Convention, Cambridge, 2005: http://www.consternation.org.uk/ |
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The solution to the %1 %2 problem you saw is easy to fix and is often but
not exclusively the result of having Symantec's LiveUpdate installed. First boot to DOS using a floppy and check whether you have a WININIT.INI file in your C:\WINDOWS folder. If present rename it to something like wininit.old and try booting again. It is also probable that you will have to repeat the last software install or update that you made. See MS KB283069 - "Error Message: Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1 from %2 %1: %2 (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069). If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is due to the C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is the limit (2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a folder using the FAT32 filing system. This then results in the "Cannot upgrade file %1 from %2.." message when booting. I suggest you try deleting the _RESTORE folder with the loss of any system restore checkpoints you might have (not that I think they are now usable) and see if that solves the problem. Delete the folder as follows: a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the menu when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with (or without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be available. b) At the DOS A:\ prompt, type: ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE and then REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST c) Remove the floppy d) Reboot your PC Another problem is that the install/update you were doing will not have been completely installed so your system may still be unusable and the install/update will need to be repeated. e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created. g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder: System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider to your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than adequate for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be available although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days during periods of large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable. -- Mike Maltby Phil Masters wrote: Running ME, and my anti-virus software (PC-Cillin) tells me that I need some critical updates. So I go to the Microsoft site, and that agrees; specifically, it suggests that I need KB896727, KB833989, and 814078. Fine - so I download them, and they seem to install with no trouble. They tell me that I need to restart, and so I do... And I get a whole string of "Cannot copy %1 to %2" error messages on the startup screen. I hit return and the startup completes, seemingly okay - but the updates evidently haven't installed. (PC-Cillin and the Microsoft site tell me exactly the same things as before.) Anyone able to suggest a fix for this? Many, many thanks if so. |
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:26:49 +0100, "Mike M"
wrote: If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is due to the C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is the limit (2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a folder using the FAT32 filing system. This then results in the "Cannot upgrade file %1 from %2.." message when booting. I suggest you try deleting the _RESTORE folder with the loss of any system restore checkpoints you might have (not that I think they are now usable) and see if that solves the problem. That fixed it. Many, many thanks. -- Phil Masters http://www.philm.demon.co.uk Consternation: RPG Convention, Cambridge, 2005: http://www.consternation.org.uk/ |
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