Entry point not found

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I am in the process of setting up a new system switching
from AMD back to Intel. With the exception of the
motherboard, processor and memory I am using all my old
hardware. This site helped me resolve my first problem
by telling me how to do a "Repair" installation. I went
through this procedure and everything seemed to be going
fine until I got this error message;

UNREGMP2.EXE - ENTRY POINT NOT FOUND
The procedure entry point GetIUMS could not be located in
the dynamic link library MSDART.DLL

I definitely need some help here because now I'm in limbo
and can't access my hard drive through either system.

Thanks
 
I can't say for sure this is the issue or that what I'm about to advise will
definitely resolve it but everything I'm finding on this error indicates
setup is having an issue with a dll already installed on your system. As
far as I can tell, the only way around this would be to try a clean install
which entails wiping the drive of all information currently on it and
proceeding with setup, this can be done from XP setup as follows and as
noted, this will cause you to lose everything on the partition to which you
are trying to install XP:
Assuming your system is set to boot from the CD-ROM drive, boot with the XP
CD in the drive. If it isn't or you are not sure, you need to enter the
system's BIOS. When you boot the system, the first screen usually has
instructions that if you wish to enter setup press a specific key, when you
see that, do so. Then you will have to navigate to the boot sequence, if
the CD-ROM drive is not first line, set it first in the boot sequence. Save
your settings and exit with the XP CD in the drive. The system will reboot.

A few screens into the boot process, if you see the message on the boot
screen to "Press any key in order to boot from the CD," do so.

After loading drivers and files, you should be taken to a screen with
the following:

To Setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To Repair a Windows XP Installation using Recovery Console press R.
To Quit setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

In your case, press ENTER.

Agree to the License agreement by pressing F8.

You will then be taken to a screen with two options.

To repair the selected Windows XP installation press R.
To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing,
press ESC.

This will bring you to a partition map where you
can delete, create and format partitions.
Select the drive you wish to format, delete the partition, then create a new
partition, format as desired and continue with XP installation.
 
I appreciate the response but I was trying to save the
info on the drive. I thought maybe the error had
something to do with an XP registration problem since I
had new hardware. I have a brand new hard drive so I'm
thinking of just installing it, re-loading Windows from
scratch and then hook up my old drive as a slave
(temporarily). Do you think that will work and allow me
to retrieve my files? Once I get what I need I'll just
format the old drive and use it for mass storage.

Again, thanks for the info.
 
Yes but you'll have to take ownership of the files as follows or when you
try to access them you'll get an access denied warning:

Note, file ownership and permissions supersede administrator rights. How
you resolve it depends upon which version of XP you are running.



XP-Home



Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard wired for "Simple File
Sharing" at system level.

However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode. Reboot, and start
hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the
options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for the administrator's
password. This is not your administrator account, rather it is the
machine's administrator account for which users are asked to create a
password during setup.

If you created no such password, when requested, leave blank and press
enter.

Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the view tab, scroll to
the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File Sharing" deselect it
and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let you make a change,
move on to the next step.

Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go to the Security
tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the user that was logged
on when you were refused permission to access the files. Click apply and
ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and type in the name of
the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership for everything in
the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the following selection:
"Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it as well.

Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish with these files when
you log back on as that user.



XP-Pro



If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited account to
administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to Tools, select Folder
Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File Sharing" is not
selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok.



If you wish everything in a specific folder to be accessible to a user,
right click the folder, select properties, go to the Security tab, click
Advanced, go to the Owner tab,
select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom of the box, you
should see a check box for "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects,"
place a check in the box and click apply and ok.

The user should now be able to perform necessary functions on files in the
folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an admin account again,
right click the folder, select Properties, go to the Security tab and be
sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click add and type the
user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has all the necessary
permissions checked in the permission list below the user list, click apply
and ok.

That should do it and allow whatever access you desire for that folder even
in a limited account.
 
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