Sean - please email me (my email here is valid).
Mike has pointed something out to me that needs an off-group discussion, but
may solve your problem (If I can get my head around it).
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"Sean" wrote in message
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What about this thought.... just remove this _Restore.
"Noel Paton" wrote:
Oh - another thought occurs... you could parallel install another
operating
system onto the drive in another partition and use that to delete the
files......
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"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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Hmmmm - maybe I was a little sharp there.......
The registry has very little power over the existing filesystem AFAIK -
so
files that are marked as the most highly protected in Win ME (the SR
archive) cannot just be removed at will with a few sneaky Windows
tricks -
AFAIK, the ONLY way to delete the archive is to boot to DOS and do it
from
there.
You could, if you have a big enough RAM stick, and your PC supports
booting from USB, boot from Bart PE and use that to delete the files -
but
that presupposes that you have a recent XP and Bart PE available to use
for the work.
...or you could use a Linux (ptui!) - with the same provisos as for
Bart.
Does your PC support booting from USB? - AFAICT, it doesn't. - RTFM for
that.
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"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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WTF has that got to do with your problem???
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"Sean" wrote in message
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What about removing the _restore files in the registry?
"Noel Paton" wrote:
Nothing - all it does is copy files to a 'holding cell' on the HD,
compress
some of them and then save the result to the floppy - NOT to the USB
drive
(although if you can force the drive to appear as the A: drive you
may
be
lucky)!!
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"Sean" wrote in message
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Actually, I havent tried to make a start up disk using the memory
slot.
Under the add/remove I see the option there. What sort of memory
will
I
require to make a start up disk?
What do you think?
"Noel Paton" wrote:
No - you need full DOS Mode
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ups.com...
Noel. is there a way to complete this by not using a start up
disk.
I can get into DOS within Me, right?