Windows 7 Classpnp.sys Boot Problem.

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I've read through all the information I can find about this problem but have yet to find a concrete solution. Basically the system wont move past the windows animation at startup and when put in safe mode it hangs when trying to load classpnp.sys

I've tried:

1. Upgrading the BIOS
2. copying an older classpnp.sys through a ubuntu live cd. It just tells me that it cannot mount the drives because they are in use due to a bad shutdown.
3. Windows 7 Repair disks: these simply hang and present me with a black screen after getting past the small load bar.

Any ideas?

 

[JustinW]

See here. It tells you what you need to do to mount a Windows partition that wasn't cleanly shutdown.

 

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Failed to write lock '/dev/sda1': Resource temporarily unavailable
Error opening partition device: Resource temporarily unavailable
Failed to mount '/dev/sda1': Resource temporarily unavailable

I get the above error when following the directions from that thread.

 

[joeyjojo]

Did you find a fix to this? I'm having the same problem and can't find any way round it.