Windows won't start
 

the restore did not work... I rebooted with the start-up
floppy, then chose the command prompt, the cd to
c\windows\command, then did the restore... it said it was
successful yet still there was no Windows. I can look at
the windows directory from dos and all my files are still
there I'm just missing that one step to Windows... any
suggestions so that I don't have to wipe out and start
over?

-----Original Message-----
thanks Don - I will try this tonight at home (I'm at
work)
I'll let you know how it goes. Boy talk about learning
the hard way!

-----Original Message-----
Oh dear, you cant just delete IE. It is part of the OS.
What you should try
now is reboot with your windows start-up floppy, (you
did
make one didn't
you) and at the command prompt type " scanreg /restore"
(note the space
between g+/). You should get five restore dates to
choose
from, pick one
from before this happened and preferably before you
tried
to install IE6.
This is NOT the same as System Restore. If that don't
work you may have to
format your hard drive and reinstall ME.

"bmarsh" wrote in message
...
I had trouble installing IE6 so deleted it, was going
to
restart my computer and reinstall it. When I restarted
all I got was my wallpaper - NO Windows ME. There are
no
folders, no start menu, no toolbars. All I can do is
shutdown. When selecting CTRL+ALT+DEL the only thing
it
shows is csinject, closing that alone does no good
either. Starting in safe mode makes no difference,
system
restore did no good and even trying to reinstall
Windows
ME won't work because it states I already have a
Windows
program installed and when attempting a custom install
it
says I do not have enough memory. I'm afraid I know
just
enough about computers to get myself in trouble so I am
hoping someone out there can see through my messy
attempts
and help me to straighten this out! Does anyone have
any
ideas?


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Windows won't start
 

I don't understand, what do you mean you chose the command prompt?
When I said at the command prompt that is where is says A: when booting is
finished! A: being the floppy drive. but it does not matter. it ran and it
did not work.
I think you may have to format and reinstall, sorry I have no other advice
for you. I cannot understand why ME wont install over itself, it is a common
practice, but I suspect you actually deleted IE6 instead of uninstalling it
which means nearly all the stuff in the registry etc is still preventing the
install. Do you have a start button? is the run command box there? if it is
and the computer you are using at the moment has very fast connection, you
can download the full version of IE6 (75mb), burn it to CD and try run it
from the start | run on the problem PC. You can get from he
http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/6.0
But I would consider format and reinstall as a more practical solution.

"bmarsh" wrote in message
...
the restore did not work... I rebooted with the start-up
floppy, then chose the command prompt, the cd to
c\windows\command, then did the restore... it said it was
successful yet still there was no Windows. I can look at
the windows directory from dos and all my files are still
there I'm just missing that one step to Windows... any
suggestions so that I don't have to wipe out and start
over?

-----Original Message-----
thanks Don - I will try this tonight at home (I'm at
work)
I'll let you know how it goes. Boy talk about learning
the hard way!

-----Original Message-----
Oh dear, you cant just delete IE. It is part of the OS.
What you should try
now is reboot with your windows start-up floppy, (you
did
make one didn't
you) and at the command prompt type " scanreg /restore"
(note the space
between g+/). You should get five restore dates to
choose
from, pick one
from before this happened and preferably before you
tried
to install IE6.
This is NOT the same as System Restore. If that don't
work you may have to
format your hard drive and reinstall ME.

"bmarsh" wrote in message
.. .
I had trouble installing IE6 so deleted it, was going
to
restart my computer and reinstall it. When I restarted
all I got was my wallpaper - NO Windows ME. There are
no
folders, no start menu, no toolbars. All I can do is
shutdown. When selecting CTRL+ALT+DEL the only thing
it
shows is csinject, closing that alone does no good
either. Starting in safe mode makes no difference,
system
restore did no good and even trying to reinstall
Windows
ME won't work because it states I already have a
Windows
program installed and when attempting a custom install
it
says I do not have enough memory. I'm afraid I know
just
enough about computers to get myself in trouble so I am
hoping someone out there can see through my messy
attempts
and help me to straighten this out! Does anyone have
any
ideas?


.

.

Windows won't start
 

boy I did it up good! what I meant was when I started
with the reboot floppy I had to choose shift+F5 I think it
was (it had 4 choices safe mode, w/cd rom, wo/cd rom,
minimal boot) I tried reinstalling and it said I didn't
have enough memory. Is there anything I could delete? No
I don't have start, run or any buttons. boy oh boy

-----Original Message-----
I don't understand, what do you mean you chose the
command prompt?
When I said at the command prompt that is where is says
A: when booting is
finished! A: being the floppy drive. but it does not
matter. it ran and it
did not work.
I think you may have to format and reinstall, sorry I
have no other advice
for you. I cannot understand why ME wont install over
itself, it is a common
practice, but I suspect you actually deleted IE6 instead
of uninstalling it
which means nearly all the stuff in the registry etc is
still preventing the
install. Do you have a start button? is the run command
box there? if it is
and the computer you are using at the moment has very
fast connection, you
can download the full version of IE6 (75mb), burn it to
CD and try run it
from the start | run on the problem PC. You can get from
he
http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/6.0
But I would consider format and reinstall as a more
practical solution.

"bmarsh" wrote in message
...
the restore did not work... I rebooted with the start-up
floppy, then chose the command prompt, the cd to
c\windows\command, then did the restore... it said it
was
successful yet still there was no Windows. I can look
at
the windows directory from dos and all my files are
still
there I'm just missing that one step to Windows... any
suggestions so that I don't have to wipe out and start
over?

-----Original Message-----
thanks Don - I will try this tonight at home (I'm at
work)
I'll let you know how it goes. Boy talk about learning
the hard way!

-----Original Message-----
Oh dear, you cant just delete IE. It is part of the OS.
What you should try
now is reboot with your windows start-up floppy, (you
did
make one didn't
you) and at the command prompt type " scanreg /restore"
(note the space
between g+/). You should get five restore dates to
choose
from, pick one
from before this happened and preferably before you
tried
to install IE6.
This is NOT the same as System Restore. If that don't
work you may have to
format your hard drive and reinstall ME.

"bmarsh" wrote in message
. ..
I had trouble installing IE6 so deleted it, was
going
to
restart my computer and reinstall it. When I
restarted
all I got was my wallpaper - NO Windows ME. There
are
no
folders, no start menu, no toolbars. All I can do is
shutdown. When selecting CTRL+ALT+DEL the only thing
it
shows is csinject, closing that alone does no good
either. Starting in safe mode makes no difference,
system
restore did no good and even trying to reinstall
Windows
ME won't work because it states I already have a
Windows
program installed and when attempting a custom
install
it
says I do not have enough memory. I'm afraid I know
just
enough about computers to get myself in trouble so I
am
hoping someone out there can see through my messy
attempts
and help me to straighten this out! Does anyone have
any
ideas?


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