Error In System32 Drivers Isapnp.sys
XP from booting up properly. I found the fix on Microsoft's website: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315311 Steps (8 total) 1 Gather your Windows CD Insert the Windows XP disc into your optical drive. 2 Change the boot order in the BIOS Go into your BIOS by pressing either "Del", "F2", "F11" or "F12" and change the boot order so that the PC is booting off of the optical drive first. 3 Go into the Recovery Console The Windows CD will start to load. Press "R" at the Welcome screen in order to go into the Recovery console. 4 Select the Windows installation to log into Select the number corresponding to the Windows installation that you would like to log into and press enter. Default is "1" 5 Enter the Administrator password Enter the Administrator password then press enter. 6 Rename the corrupted ISAPNP.SYS file Rename the current ISAPNP.SYS file to ISAPNP.old by navigating to c:\windows\system32\drivers then type in: ren C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ISAPNP.SYS ISAPNP.OLD 7 Expand the ISAPNP.SYS file from the Windows CD Now that the original ISAPNP.SYS file is has been renamed, we need to extract the ISAPNP.SYS file off of the Windows CD and place it into the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers folder. Enter the following commands in the C:\WINDOWS directory. replace"cd-romdrive" with the letter of your optical drive holding the Windows CD. expand cd-romdrive:\I386\isapnp.sy_ C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\isapnp.sys 8 Reboot the PC The PC should boot now that the corrupted file has been replaced with a new copy off of the Windows CD. Conclusion The problem was fixed by replacing the corrupted file on the hard drive with a new copy off of the Windows CD. Please remember to replace "C:\" with the drive letter corresponding with your Windows installation. 0 Comments Read these next... Getting asked why you're leaving your current job in an interview IT & Tech Careers During an interview, we're asked why we're looking to leave $current_employer. There are times where you may not want to explain (C-levels, unfair reprimands, lack of training, company struggling/going-under, etc.) and there are times when you might say something. So what do you say? Word of the week: Secure Sockets Layer, aka SSL Secu
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first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?654524-RESOLVED-isapnp-sys-is-corrupted link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Results 1 to 10 of 10 Thread: [RESOLVED] isapnp.sys is corrupted Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Jul 7th, 2011,05:02 AM #1 tendemo View Profile View error in Forum Posts Visit Homepage Thread Starter Hyperactive Member Join Date Sep 2006 Posts 352 [RESOLVED] isapnp.sys is corrupted Hi I was trying to do a re install of Windows XP. I get a isapnp.sys is corrupted and cant run setup. what should I do to get around this ? Thanks www.camadverts.com Reply With Quote Jul 7th, 2011,12:56 PM #2 sparbag View Profile error in system32 View Forum Posts Hyperactive Member Join Date May 2006 Posts 361 Re: isapnp.sys is corrupted You may find that when you attempt to re-install again another file is corrupted. If this is the case your RAM is causing the fault and should be replaced. Kind regards Steve Reply With Quote Jul 7th, 2011,01:13 PM #3 tendemo View Profile View Forum Posts Visit Homepage Thread Starter Hyperactive Member Join Date Sep 2006 Posts 352 Re: isapnp.sys is corrupted Hi Steve thanks for the hint. However I get the same message each time I boot with the XP repair CD, any other ideas ? Cheers www.camadverts.com Reply With Quote Jul 18th, 2011,10:15 AM #4 chris1990 View Profile View Forum Posts Hyperactive Member Join Date Sep 2006 Location Greater Manchester, UK Posts 476 Re: isapnp.sys is corrupted Is your xp disk scratched or dirty, most errors i've had in setup have been because i cant look after cd's. If your question is answered then mark your thread RESOLVED and give credit to whoever answered it. If you fail, try and try again, its the only way to