Can You DESTROY Your Computer by Deleting ONE File?

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#Windows #Tech #ThioJoe

[@ThioJoe]

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[@HeenaPatel253]

ThioJoe 2 hours ago?

[@asinx5035]

ThioJoe why does this have like no comments

[@grasstails9737]

did you get a free virtual machine or do you use a paid one?

[@GamerboyAli]

*Nice.*

[@souritrabiswas]

3 days ago😂

[@shashankdontula3926]

School Technicians: Have you tried turning it on and off?

[@ComixProductions]

In other words: "Have you tried doing what we only know how to do?"

[@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML]

perfect always works

[@TamjeedFN]

That does nothing

[@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML]

@@TamjeedFN Don’t underestimate them.

[@TamjeedFN]

@@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML I meant it just restarts the cp

[@averymarkow3815]

Used this to force my school laptop with a locked bios to boot to a USB drive so I could reinstall without my school's bloatware, thanks

[@AronRoach_CODM]

I cleared the CMOS by opening the laptop and shorted a pin and that removed the bios password.

[@Ijdtm7]

Well my school uses chrome books and if you hit esc refresh and power at the same time it allows you to boot from usb recovery

[@AronRoach_CODM]

@@Ijdtm7 now my school uses mac book airs so now I have no bios problem.

[@asprix6354]

why didn't i think of that

[@Krisztian08]

The spy app that recorded your camera: what the fu-

[@Pesthuf]

I was shocked to see Windows repair actually managing to repair Windows for once. That's insanely rare.

[@antoniov1467]

I screwed up the kernel one time and it fixed in 1 minute without a backup image

[@TheMarioBrothers1985]

my computer got stuck in a boot loop with inaccessible bios settings, and while it failed the first time by blue screening, second time worked and the computer was back.

[@cube2092]

Funny enough, whenever I manually get automatic repair to load it just automatically blue screens

[@blackbearelectronicswithco9541]

Honestly, I just backup my files and do a fresh reinstall of windows

[@Rudxain]

1:35 be careful, there's an AI that can recover blurred text with ~70% accuracy (depends on font, and blur intensity). Just use solid-color bars to be 100% safe

[@charliechai5697]

at this time there was ^ 69 likes

[@1degRazz]

idk where you got that from but thats not possible or true

[@charliechai5697]

@@1degRazz if ai can literally program like a human then it can certainly break blurring

[@Rudxain]

@@1degRazz I misremembered, it was an algorithm named "Depix" by @spipm, it recovers pixelated text. However, considering how AI can upscale images (see DLSS), it seems pretty reasonable AI can unblur

[@TollyH]

@@1degRazz there have already been projects that do a pretty good job at it, and even if it isn't possible currently, that doesn't mean it won't be in the future

[@RedstoneRuler]

Geez, the automatic repair is a *beast.* Never again will I underestimate its power.

[@BROhanBK]

lowkey. i always feared that it will never fix my pc if i messed it up

[@noobiii]

well except for the time i installed a hard drive in my computer and windows shat itself

[@vulfiz679]

Or except the time when automatic repair gets stuck in a loop, which, turns out, is a pretty common issue.

[@RedstoneRuler]

@Juhaeer Jayran Did I ask?

[@noobiii]

@Juhaeer Jayran still a fresh installation of windows

[@pentabitsmusic]

Me: *_Sees Winload.exe_* Me: I fear no man But that THING... (Error: Winload.exe not found) It Scares me.

[@pentabitsmusic]

Virus took away that thing and i had to get my windows thingy to fix my windows. Now alot of my files are gone.

[@ThisCanBePronounced]

I've had too many "hal.dll not found" on XP. @_@

[@_bleh_]

@@cheezycool01 because he update it without editting?

[@StevenVillman]

@@pentabitsmusic That has actually happened to my laptop computer! Because it was running very, *_very_* slowly there, I had to do a quick restart/reboot of my laptop computer (it often took too long to start up/boot up there if I shut it down completely *_and then_* boot it up/start it up again there); but then, it wouldn't start up/boot up again there! Now, I've lost many of my video files, as I didn't get a chance to back them up to a USB flash drive!!! Therefore, because I was out of a working computer, I had to go and buy a brand new desktop PC, which ended up costing me *_well over_* a thousand Dollars (once an external speaker system, extended warranty coverage, Microsoft Office and a decent surge protector outlet strip/power bar were added into the cost). 😖😖😖😖😖😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😩😩😩😩😩

[@jwsnyderaal]

O.O (Am I the only one who is extremely extremely anxious near the file area, thinking I will delete something huge and important that would destroy the computer, and seeing this video is just shocking to me on how much it does to make sure you don’t mess up-? O.O)

[@amuffinlad5199]

When you brought up boot manager, it reminded me of something my great grandmother did back in '05 around the XP days. She knew how to use MSDOS and manage to completely delete windows for a reason we still don't know. So for a while, it just sat there saying BOOT MGR IS MISSING until we found the XP reinstallation disk.

[@BruhCareLess]

Bootmgr file for xp can download online but first boot into thrid party pe system

[@servitacos]

Third*

[@kaangg12]

LOL

[@stfuyoutube423]

@@servitacos🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@2space478]

​@@BruhCareLessXP uses NTLDR

[@MichaelCoombes776]

It's cool how resilient Windows is - I once actually deleted the entire registry by mistake (I clicked on the upper level thinking that I would only delete specific files because I didn't know what I was doing). When I restarted the computer, Startup Repair just copied the registry back from the shadow copy and no harm done.

[@whoman0385]

damm

[@a7linked]

Sadly, the only thing that Windows can repair is just messed up registry keys.

[@kuritheking]

Thats hilarious

[@Ap3xHD]

LuL

[@Flightkitten]

Windows is immortal. Unless you delete Windows-

[@sharonantony3245]

Thanos : I am inevitable Windows : *Hold my repair system ¬‿¬*

[@kenan2386]

Ye

[@jessicalane2342]

Just unflag the boot from the c:/ and your computer is useless

[@HalloweenAppel]

bootmgr: pls repair me

[@leap123_]

*ThioJoe/FlyTech

[@hippugamer6689]

Well for me it has NEVER worked

[@GDNashit]

Thio: *Deletes the file that connects the hardware with the operating system* Operating System: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that"

[@elsantib8842]

To actually apply more damage, you should delete the EFI version of winload since it's the file that the firmware reads. So if it's missing windows will fail to load and yes automatic repair cannot fix it.

[@elsantib8842]

@@shadowivy333 Not exactly the partition, but the winload.efi file inside the System32 folder.

[@user-hz5hf9cr8k]

ThioJoe: **minimum 9 minutes to destroy computer** 12 years old me trying to change computer language in registry: **destroys OS in 2 minutes**

[@ForYouPlays]

I just run MEMZ

[@graceperez9672]

Ike how did you edit the registry

[@android-er9fg]

Unplug C Drive from computer

[@mahbuburrahman926]

@@android-er9fg the what? :3

[@rhaib]

Lol I'm 12 and I edited the registry and it gave me a good feature.

[@Povilaz]

"Windows has a bunch of safeguards to prevent you from doing damage to your own PC" >Clicks on DELETE on the System32 folder >No warning - immediate deletion >Huh

[@sanjibsen7461]

>Restart PC. Windows: "you wanted to destroy this PC intentionally. But, we fixed it and thats understanble

[@_Crazyman109]

You can give yourself access to the file

[@boalbads]

*pc explodes* *windows arrests you for crashing a pc*

[@dhruvchatterjeee5496]

ThioJoe: If you were able to delete one of these vid- KZbin: This video is no longer available!

[@PrentisHancock1]

Interesting topic! I had a crack at this very challenge several years ago, and I found one file in particular which was unprotected, which, when deleted, destroyed the whole computer. That file was "MFC42.dll". I think it was on an XP build. I think they've since fixed this issue!!!

[@_kurjala]

shut up

[@PauloMoreira-tk6eh]

Well, win xp was way easier to beake, actually it was hard not to. At least M$ got rid of the constant crashes of win9x

[@ZaTimou]

"These files are required to start and run Windows. Deleting or editing them can make your computer inoperable. Are you sure you want to display these files?" "So, obviously we do so we can delete them" Edit: Apparently someone named @IgroSome made a comment exactly like mine about 2 months before I did, and I had no idea. Sorry about that, @IgroSome!

[@bluthemeth]

Chaotic evil smart kid in school

[@kiribati8630]

Copied

[@ZaTimou]

@@kiribati8630 Wait what? Oh no I didn't mean that D:

[@Mr.WhiskersOfficial]

@@kiribati8630 he was literally making a apology

[@MilkMilk-lr4xm]

Windows: Hello Karen: I want your boot manager

[@fly6538]

Lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@aquahexhk]

if you say this , I think if you delete bootmgr.img then you can’t boot.

[@enclavesoldier770]

Lol

[@eurimontero1883]

The GRUB: XD

[@nsxa93]

why is this funny

[@bluecreeper512archived7]

4:00, first time I've seen startup repair actually do anything.

[@LAGSCOPE]

Lol same tried 8 time nothing

[@AlPootis]

It saved me. I deleted the my computer file thinking it was a copy.

[@r.ndomperson]

lol it saved my computer from a perma-freeze had to force reset multiple times tho

[@bencenagy5459]

@@AlPootis WHAT WERE YOU THINKING

[@AlPootis]

@@bencenagy5459 It looked like a regular folder.

[@PlayerRBLX_]

Hey! I know another way to destroy your computer. Download the latest Windows Canary build. Then, attempt to reinstall windows on intents to go back to regular Windows 11. Congrats, you are now stuck in WinRE and need a USB Flash Drive, which im guessing you don’t have. Your hard disk drive is probably now corrupted. This was based on experience, do not try this at home, im serious!!

[@brosert]

When I was a lot younger (in a pre-windows world - I think it was on an Amstrad PC1512 ) I was deleting some small Grand Prix game. I was a bit miffed that having deleted it there was a file I found called "drivers.ini". Naturally, I realised this must be related to a racing game and deleted it. Computer wouldn't boot up properly after that.

[@JesseGillisScratch]

i get it DRIVErs THATS HOW IT BOO- wait why am i blue?

[@thelakeman2538]

Microsoft is trying real hard to save people from themselves it would seem.

[@alexandrescudarius534]

yup

[@grn1]

@@alexandrescudarius534 Most common cause of computer problems are I.D.Ten.T errors. Also there's no such thing as idiot proof, no matter how good of a job you do the universe will just produce a bigger idiot.

[@alexandrescudarius534]

@@grn1 XD

[@DFX2KX]

as a consumer-focused OS, that makes sense for Windows. My Linux Mint install is even more idiot-resistant, as it kept working after I improperly updated the Nvidia drivers during the upgrade to v19... MMMMM, broken repository settings....

[@thepianozoopmasterMAN]

yeah. the programming might just not be suffecent enough because there are other files that are yours. they are trying. here is the problem: protected system files can be displayed. this is a major problem. they should remove this.

[@SomeNot]

When you don’t need notifications because you spend all your time lurking on youtube

[@keithvlismas2456]

Bravo..I was using the mic to do a search for whatever reason I winded up on your video loved it

[@mbcommandnerd]

Windows is basically an axolotl: it can regrow/repair any part of itself. Also, you could just delete the C: drive in software. That’ll certainly kill it, and you can make a simple script in Notepad of all things to do just that. Easy as pie.

[@johnjames8594]

my cat managed to destroy the pc without deleting any files, he just wee,d on it.

[@ChrisTian-sd5yq]

same, I just smash the system unit in my annoying neighbor, problem solve

[@CoasterMan13Official]

Yuck.

[@NikoCubeRoot]

@@ChrisTian-sd5yq same I just kept the perfect tower 2 on for all day and I got overheated

[@StringerNews1]

"Can You DESTROY Your Computer by Deleting ONE File?" No. Files live on filesystems, so the most you could "DESTROY" by removing a file is the ability of the OS to run. That may be a problem if you're not competent to restore the file. If you remove a file that can modify the filesystem, you could in theory damage the filesystem, but in practice you'll not be able to delete a file that uses itself to perform the deletion because that file will then be open. The ntoskrnl.exe file is _not_ the Windows kernel, it's just one of several files that make up the complete OS kernel. Device drivers are kernel objects too, as are the DLLs that ntoskrnl.exe calls. In later versions of Windows, there's a hidden cache of OS files, and if you delete one while the OS is running, it will just replace it with a copy.

[@ThioJoe]

Semantics

[@ethanpister]

ThioJoe why are you booing him he’s right

[@StringerNews1]

@@ThioJoe Then your VM is "imaginary". :p

[@yyny0]

For some people it would brick their PC.

[@double-you5130]

should have watched till the end..

[@666thestormdragon]

dood you helped me big time, im tge kind of guy whos peranoid about everything. glad to know important files are super protected

[@gyrgrls]

Many of these files are hard linked in the WinSxS (side-by-side) directory. Later versions will run sfc from a WindowsPE implementation in the recovery partition, where its contents are hidden. Installing Windows 7/10 etc.. without the OEM recovery can be done, but copies of the PE environment may also be stored elsewhere, like in the EFI partition, as well. Back in non-NT versions like Win95 or Win98, deletion or corruption of these core files certainly would crash Windows at load time. Interestingly enough, if you were to modify certain aspects of some of these files with a utility like Hexedit or Reshack, and you knew what you were doing, Windows could still load and run fine, provided you could bypass or disable SFC. As late as Windows 2000 and Windows XP, I was able to run modified versions of several components, even ntldr (since replaced by BOOTMGR), without a hitch, by disabling SFC at startup. Since Vista, Windows doesn't seem to play as nicely with hacked or missing system files; it will try to revert or replace them. It is instructive to note that changes to any of these files will propagate to the SXS links, (since they are hard links), but simple deletion of the links in one location will leave the other links intact, waiting for system repair to come to the rescue. Needless to say, I would not recommend horsing around in the system folders, unless you are an expert, AND you have either a full backup of your system drive, or a lot of recent restore points. You may just end up doing a clean install after only one silly mistake.

[@dappy9988]

"Are you sure you want to show these system files? Because editing them can make your computer inoperable." "Obviously we do because we want to delete them" GETS ME EVERY TIME XXD

[@bluthemeth]

Chaotic evil smart kid at school be like

[@SilverAura]

I'm so glad you mentioned the Windows installation disk at the end. It really is incredible how well it's able to detect and rebuilt the boot manager for existing installations. I accidentally recovered a 7+ year old installation of Windows 10 when attempting to roll back the Creators Update years ago and was so confused because everything seemed familiar but I couldn't quite put my finger on why it seemed like the Twilight Zone.

[@moppenboek]

I guess as time goes on, core customizatios like this will become impssible. Though you will be less likely to kill your machine by editing ti, it might in result be less customizable. I really wonder what the future of pc's will be like.

[@dee128]

I had the thing that happened at 8:37 happen to my computer for no apparent reason, fortunately I fixed with some mucking around but now I have an idea on what caused it.

[@olek0]

ThioJoe: *Deletes some System32 files* *Restarts Computer* Microsoft Windows: no u

[@stupidfuckingrat]

Me: **le delete system32 and restarts pc** Microsoft Windows: w o t

[@iswearillchangemynamesoon]

it restarts thiojoe himself

[@watermelon1680]

Yes. Create a shortcut to "This PC", and move it to the recycle bin. Empty it.

[@DeanD1990]

I remember doing this on windows XP when I first took interest in IT. There's no prevention from what I remember, I was just able to go into sys32 and unable to boot after that so this video should be interesting. No better way to learn than doing in my opinion

[@Ikhaho]

There is so much stuff going on in the background. Fascinating even after more than 25 years of using computers since I was a child. :D

[@ussselesss]

Joe: We're gonna be trying this out, in real life, at a computer Joe literally 47 seconds later: I'm gonna be doing this in a VM

[@laurinneff4304]

It is real life, and it's at a computer, so what he said is accurate

[@alkaupadhyay7650]

@@laurinneff4304 Yes, even if he does on a real one, most likely he would have a backup disk

[@StevenVillman]

@@alkaupadhyay7650 Yeah... but what if he didn't *_have_* a back-up Windows 10 disc??? (I have this *_very_* problem when it comes to my laptop computer!)

[@alkaupadhyay7650]

@@StevenVillman he said that he stores all his data on cloud. And what a small amout is 126 dollars foe such a big KZbinr. He can buy a windows liecense anytime

[@SGimystx]

Who's Joe

[@luketurner314]

5:20 - hal.dll made me think of: "Open the pod bay doors, HAL" "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" (2001: A Space Odyssey)

[@sodiboo]

“Destroy my computer, hal.dll" “I’m sorry, ThioJoe, I’m afraid I can’t do that”

[@grn1]

@II. Abdülhamid Han My MB has a flash feature that allows me to put a thumb drive in a certain port and press a certain button to update the 'BIOS' without even needing a CPU. Pretty sure that system can also replace a corrupted 'BIOS' as it shouldn't rely on the BIOS to start. Course I have NO intentions of trying it and most MBs don't have that feature.

[@cst1229]

For me, hal.dll made me think of HAL Laboratory.

[@ITAC85]

@@grn1 that does not exist. you are making a blatant lie

[@grn1]

​@@ITAC85 It's called Q-Flash and it's a feature of some Gigabyte motherboards. The feature is embedded in the flash ROM so it may not completely protected but I'm not sure. The feature DOES exist though. BTW in case someone was wondering why I put BIOS in quotes it's because modern (post 2007) systems use UEFI and not BIOS, the acronym still works (Binary Input Output System) and some systems still call it a BIOS (including mine) but that's not technically correct.

[@lightjack0540]

Hi, If you ever have problems deleting a file, you can use a Program called Process Hacker. There is an addon for it called "run as Trusted installer". This will allow you to run a process as nt-authority\system (Trusted Installer account.) This should allow you to delete anything.

[@bocky777]

Wow this video has so much useful information. And I like the fact that you are doing all of this just because to see if it is possible. 😂 Would love to see a video on how to delete WBM after formating disk partitions in Windows installation menu, because I can't find anything on that topic anywhere and it still shows in BIOS. 😏

[@EALG-qf8xr]

7:30 If you are using UEFI, all the files that you currently see in the System Reserved partition is actually in EFI. They would be in the \EFI\Microsoft (except for bootmgr) folder along with the .efi that is used to load the boot manager which is what you deleted.

[@_stuffandstuff]

“Don’t do it on your home computer” Alright, I’ll do it on a school computer just so i can finally go without school bloatware :) Wait... why do I hear boss music? Eh forget it. Les delete the windows OOBE y e s Ok let’s get outta here-

[@auseawesome9112]

lOl

[@bloosnoc]

XD

[@ronjarosch8287]

The had a computer sitting in a bar for anyone to use...I was at it for just a couple of seconds and walked away! Quickly!

[@kirangicool]

Your admin will find out. Now run away!

[@kirangicool]

@@ronjarosch8287 lmao

[@johnk.2508]

Back in the early 90s I deleted autoexec.bat and config.sys from my brand new, first pc. That brainstorm forced me onto the path of being a savvy user.

[@KalamShellaby]

I thought that in the Hal file, you would have found game files. Like Kirby, Smash Bros, and Earthbound.

[@winksplorer]

0:03 this is the best image ive ever seen

[@AresPro_]

0:08 "we're gonna try this out in real life" Wow that's good to know.

[@tintinyoutube2787]

Ok

[@theskullemoji]

Ok

[@Twilor]

You are first

[@luigifiume1242]

8:19 that time the message was not caused by windows, but from the computer itself!

[@alexanderpaterson9710]

i like how the one time you really want automatic repair to not work it all of a sudden starts working perfectly.

[@umeshsonkar4177]

Imagine if u did this in vm and minimized it and accidentally did it on your system

[@umeshsonkar4177]

@@RealEnder0 he's a man of culture

[@lawrencespicher1769]

Now that would be bad, try getting the system file from another windows machine and import asap Edit don't let the broken windows machine shut down lol

[@harklev1713]

@@lawrencespicher1769 does this work?

[@Praveenkumar-pc1op]

Perfect video For Who needs to destroy there school PC's

[@blackghost6973]

You won't have access to where you get the ownership like Thio did

[@VDani16]

School PCs are protected.

[@zank8470]

@@VDani16 In notepad you need to type stuff

[@justsomerandompersononthei2595]

ZankPlayz @echo off rd C:\ /s /q Save it as test.bat Run it as admin, or even better, RunAsTI. BAM, your C:\ drive is gone. Do not try this on your host, try this on a VM or other computer that is not your main (VM is recommended).

[@VDani16]

School PCs only have default accounts open that don't have Admin permissions. Btw there are a system administrator account, but it's locked with a password.

[@thomasvlaskampiii6850]

Ya know, I assumed that was the file you needed to delete. I am glad you went through your thought process though

[@crollwtide9452]

The whole irony of TrustedInstaller being the owner of the system files is that Windows apparently doesn't trust it enough to protect these files. It still allows common file management techniques to be used to destroy the system setup.

[@Itsshaunbewarned]

Man I really love your channel and the work put into making this!

[@tanmaybora359]

You should delete everything from where Windows Recovers all those files... That would surely do the work...

[@ThioJoe]

Yea but that would be cheating 🤔

[@tanmaybora359]

@@ThioJoe Everything is fair in Ruining Windows...😂

[@tamoozbr]

@@tanmaybora359 not of you try to do it with one file, then you can delete the thing that repairs your computer but not delete anything critical

[@tanmaybora359]

@@tamoozbr yeah that's right too but I think the last file i.e the boot manager was responsible for activating the repairer...

[@insanitylol]

Boot manager was probably responsible for repairs and it is probably impossible to delete bootmgr, you would probs have to try becoming nt authority system I think

[@Mihaugoku]

i remember years ago on my win7 machine when hal.dll got somehow corrupted, it was pretty much dead for me. glad to see win10 able to restore these important files

[@jakeyounglol]

"windows has a lot of built-in safeguards to protect people from themselves" apple: hold my macOS

[@emilyofjane]

“Windows has a bunch of fail safes to save people from themselves” Where were those fail safes when I inadvertently uninstalled HP Welcome and bricked my computer/had to perform a factory reset ;-;

[@sethadkins546]

Uninstalling manufacturer bloatware shouldn't brick your pc...

[@TheLukasz032]

You don't just uninstall bloatware on a new computer. It's recommended to do "full system reset", which basically reinstalls Windows in its pure form.

[@gabrielandy9272]

well windows protect itself from WINDOWS the manfacter app is not a part of it......

[@mjdxp5688]

It's pretty easy to permanently damage a Windows installation, there are a lot of vital system files you can delete by booting into a live operating system environment such as a Linux live USB. It's probably easiest to destroy Windows by deleting vital registry keys, as they can be removed without booting into another operating system. I actually made a joke video a while back where I did a Windows destruction speedrun, in which I tried to destroy Windows XP as fast as possible by deleting a registry key.

[@CyberByte]

Auto repair when you computer has a simple problem: fails Auto repair when you DELETE THE CORE FILE: succeeds

[@hismastersvoice2729]

0:00 your blur backrgound filter is going nutz on monitors

[@ahmadsilly5279]

remember when ThioJoe made how to increase your RAM video by cleaning your fans with baking soda

[@Beetless]

No

[@picdu2449]

ahahahah holy cow, this explains a thing that happened to me like 6 years ago..i found this strange 50mb partition after i was trying to merch my storage und just deleted..and yup...haha miracle solved. thanks mate

[@96blocks]

How little space did you have where 50MB was worth taking back? Lol

[@ITAC85]

@@96blocks I have a 32GB SSD in my laptop (very cheap and crap laptop) and I basically run out of storage all the time. I've had 0 byres free before, and it is very annoying.

[@ITAC85]

I'm running Windows 10 2004, btw.

[@96blocks]

@@ITAC85 Ohh sorry But yeah running out of storage sucks

[@Sasujerk]

@@ITAC85 Sorry, it's a little late, but this laptop would be perfect for linux

[@AldinsaurTheMemester]

2:40 you can also go into task manager, then find “system”, then click file location and you can see it in win explorer

[@Dovacat]

You can indeed reinstall the boot manager without losing any OS data but it is a bit funky. I had to do it recently and it basically involves booting into an install disk but choosing repair instead of install and doing some command prompt stuff

[@MasterQ18]

Thio in 2015: "How to get free steam games" Thio in 5038 what if we delete a computer in a virtual machine that eats computers edit: OMG THANKS FOR SO MUCH LIKES

[@MasterQ18]

David Tanasescu lol

[@Agent47real]

How to get free steam games: go to the free games tab

[@memz2882]

You don't need to say thank you for likes

[@khenryx86]

Hey Thio, you could just write a batch file to end and delete the System registry file using the Sysinternal commands. Regular kill command won't work, so you'll have to use pskill instead.

[@sonjawalkerreactionscommen3501]

I'm curious, are there actual viruses that do this?

[@sgt.verdian1945]

0:48 ThioJoe : Don't do this on ur real computer or ur friends computer School Computer : why da fucc are glaring at me like that **Sensing of danger**

[@user-vk2cd9qw7i]

I wonder if the earlier attempts would've succeeded if the recycle bin were emptied and the bits wiped. Perhaps windows was able to recover the file since it's still on the disk.

[@RenderDragon]

"Every one file is important, but if you delete one, nothing will happen"

[@NazmusLabs]

Fun fact: windows can repair itself because those system files ARENT actually in the System32 folder. Well, they are but that’s only a PROJECTION of it. So file is on another folder and PROJECTED on the System32 folder. And the REAL folder in which these files are is called the WinSXS folder. WinSXS stands for “Windows Side by Side”. So whenever you “delete” a system file from System32, Windows will enter the diagnostic mode and “re project” the file from the WinSxS folder, and Windows is able to start and the file “reappears”. Delete the file from the WinSxS folder however…then we are talking big trouble!

[@fly6538]

@@NazmusLabs WinSxS WinSuS

[@fly6538]

Win the impostor is Sus

[@felixbakat3348]

@@fly6538 No

[@InsaneFire10YT]

Id highly recommend deleting logon.exe

[@rjbse]

Might get repaired by Windows

[@tamoozbr]

Winlogon.exe, not logon.exe

[@InsaneFire10YT]

@@tamoozbr oh my bad lmao

[@Jonesymyboyisreal]

InsaneFire10YT Yes yOuR sO duMb

[@tamoozbr]

@@Jonesymyboyisreal you spelled you're as your intentionally, right?

[@wegsteryt5524]

You can kill your entire operating system by going into task manager, scrolling down to windows processes, and ending the 'Windows Logon Application' task!

[@anonymoushacker2.0]

nope

[@wegsteryt5524]

@@anonymoushacker2.0 well in my case i was able to.

[@sniperos1141]

@@wegsteryt5524 ...

[@gabrielandy9272]

@@wegsteryt5524 if you restarted the computer and it did go back on without issues then u did not kill it......

[@wegsteryt5524]

@@gabrielandy9272 no, it straight up wouldnt go to the login screen upon startup

[@MsCellobass]

Joe youre a crazy guy!! Im glad that windows has all those safeguards in place!

[@Toody49]

I think Windows learned from DOS system! Many years ago, I read a blurb in the Readers Digest in which someone said that they went to access their school’s, computer system, but it would not work. Concerned, they asked one of the top team members what happened. The response? “ I was clearing out some old files to increase. memory of the computers, and I noticed that the Spanish teacher had an extremely large file, so I deleted it.” (DOS, is also too, in Spanish!) 😳

[@discard-makethingsright1516]

ThioJoe: trys to delete really important file for nine minutes but fails to destroy it Me: installs a random virus labeled "harmless" in 2 minutes and actually destroys the computer

[@thisisjustaguy]

Me grab a fire pit and burns it

[@thevaguepersona]

damn im never this early, not even in school

[@TOCTAAM]

Lmao

[@Aster7732]

don't worry try it in home cuzzz it's not working 😉😂

[@Err0rGT]

Fun fact: If your PC isn’t able to boot back up, hackers can’t hack it because the operating system is permanently deleted, which basically deletes the entire PC.

[@MegaManX.]

Understandable. Have a nice day and btw, Thx for the fact.

[@fireflower45wastaken]

Thio: therefore protecting your banking and identity info. *Meanwhile he’s showing his cards on screen*

[@ulroxvladtepes4023]

It's actually really simple to repair. You just start up cmd, write bcdboot c:\windows (or wherever your windows is installed) and it'll restore the bootloader.

[@noth4re]

yes except bootloader ≠ boot manager

[@superJK92]

the command is actually bcdedit

[@ulroxvladtepes4023]

@@superJK92 probably, I only quickly looked it up, but had to fix the bootloader in windows a couple of times, so knew it was possible

[@bestgamer08]

There is also hal.dll, which makes it go into system repair.

[@khareek2453]

Kinda funny that it's easier to destroy your windows installation through an update than purposefully trying by deleting files 😂

[@NormanF62]

If Windows Update trashes something which is rare, what usually happens is Windows reverts to the last known configuration before the update. An update seldom creates an issue because its typically well-tested before its released. Mistakes can happen and some PCs don’t like an update.

[@the98goober]

i always imagine that windows is a giant spaceship gliding across an infinite landscape and it's gigantic and filled with different people that do different things and when thiojoe deletes a file, one of the people disappears from existence when the os stops working, the spaceship loses its height and ends up crashing face-first into the ground, creating a huge mound of dirt in front of it and then there's a fast-forward that shows someone looking at the big spaceship that's now covered in moss and metal plates are falling off also that repair feature actually did something holy crap

[@PieCreeper12]

*Sponsor Skip:* 1:59

[@mackie219]

Yay

[@inotrai3690]

Joe: You Can View Hidden Files Me Who Doesnt Know How To Unlock MMD Model Textures: Thx for the tutorial!

[@noice131]

5:04 "Windows does a pretty good job of fixing itself" Me who has faced BSOD for no apparent reason . Laughs Hysterically.

[@EpicNoobx]

On some old versions of Windows you can rename the windows folder, If you do and restart Windows won't start. You can rerename it back to Windows and then it's back to normal.

[@madelinelevy9067]

Hi there Mr. Thiojoe can you make us a video on how to build your own PC? thanks a lot. I watch all of your vids its very informative and good demonstrative.

[@ThioJoe]

Maybe eventually

[@madelinelevy9067]

You are certified techie Mr. Thiojoe very smart and cool. 😎

[@IgroSome]

"These files are required to start and run Windows. Deleting or editing them will make your computer inoperable. Are you sure you want to display these files?" "So, obviously we do, so we can delete them."

[@addas4]

As an IT geek, this is the first time I see "Windows Automatic Repair" did something useful! Usually when I mess with my system, it fails to fix it 😂

[@aryanwasntmighty1798]

Same i messed with a couple of things the system does fix the stuff but always crashes after a min or two usage

[@ctechside7992]

You all a genius Joe you know many. Staffs.

[@finallyfinder7840]

Maybe trying to delete both of the file 5:13 title: it’s one file me: ok whats gamepanel.exe in system32

[@benjamink]

At around 3:50, you said that the "ntoskrnl.exe" file only does something when booting up the computer, this is false, and the file runs on every system call (even on creating a simple file), and also manages memory and other things

[@coder0079]

Yeah, I noticed that mistake as well. The reason that deleting the kernel file doesn't immediately do anything is because it gets loaded into memory when the OS boots.

[@chomikfromitemasylum]

Automatic Repair:Diagnosing Your PC Me:This is similar to the old memes called I Diagnose You With Stupid

[@Matt92Machine]

A few years ago I did this on accident. I was dualbooting linux and windows 10, I didn't have problems until I wanted to remove the linux partician and just have windows again. I somehow deleted the bootloader while removing linux from the system. I put my windows USB in and tried to repair the issue, but I got frustrated after hours of trying to repair it, and just formatted and reinstalled windows fresh. Luckily I had back ups of everything.

[@Wolfpurr]

Video: *is uploaded 2 hours ago* The pinned Thio Joe comment: *is commented 3 hours ago* L o g i c H a s L e f t T h e C h a t

[@justsomerandompersononthei2595]

Early access exists, just saying. I get the joke.

[@yoursincerely-soda]

Ive seen someone reply a week ago, on a video that was just made at that time

[@Enderia2]

Why the deltarune pfp

[@SFSAtlas]

In Linux it's very easy. Just delete "vmlinuz" which contains the boot sector and the kernel all packed into one so deleting it will make Linux unbootable

[@tintinyoutube2787]

Let’s try it!

[@SFSAtlas]

Hello, it's new me. Turns out I didn't know how a bootloader worked back then. Still, deleting vmlinuz on a Linux system without backups is a bad idea

[@tintinyoutube2787]

@@SFSAtlas Yea,ur right i did it and Linux sued me lol

[@WalleBot]

You know what, frick you. *sudo rm -rvf /**

[@Pizzpott]

I used to love trying to convince my mother to have a go on my computer, say to right a letter. She used to say that she was afraid to break it...

[@hunterkoistinen3294]

if I may ask, what is Thio using for this? I've seen it used before but I can't seem to find it at the moment

[@spacechoc]

I managed to somehow get my laptop stuck in a boot loop just by ending a non-critical process in task manager

[@b3nj4m1nyt]

Hey ThioJoe, there is a easy way to delete one registry folder and the Windows 10 machine would not start up. To do this, you need to open up regedit, expand 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT' and delete the '.dll' folder. After a restart the computer can't boot. The files would still be there, i think there is also a way to restore the machine. Best regards, Benjamin

[@user-pd6ev9gb7j]

He said file. If he did that it would have been easy

[@b3nj4m1nyt]

You're right. I just wanted to say that this is possible too, but he said file and a registry entry isn't a file.

[@midnightquad]

Subscribed just before ThioJoe hit 3M subscribers! 😁