i must have spoken too soon. now it won't start and i get an error saying
there's a system.ini file missing. what should i do? same thing?

"Mike M" wrote:

Have you tried booting to Safe Mode? If not try so before continuing.

If you are still unable to boot Win Me then dig out your Win Me boot
floppy (EBD), put it in the floppy drive, and boot to DOS. Choose either
option 2 or 3 from the Menu. At the DOS prompt enter
SCANREG
and click Enter and let scanreg run and check the registry for errors.
When finished remove the floppy and see if you now boot into Win Me. If
you are still unable to boot into Win Me use the boot floppy again and
boot to a DOS prompt but this time enter
SCANREG /RESTORE
and click Enter and choose the most recent of the five dates offered that
predates your problems and scanreg will restore a backed up copy of the
registry from that date. Remove the floppy and you should now be able to
boot into Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



zeotch wrote:

I can't get Windows Me to startup. I get the startup menu with the
choices for 1-normal, 2-logged, 3-safe mode, 4-step by step.

It says there's a registry configuration error and to scanreg to
correct this error.

How can I do this? I have a recovery disc, but when i tried to run
that, it said that the recovery disc would erase all the information
on the harddrive, which I can't afford to have happen.

Is there anything I can do to fix the problem without going to a
professional? Thanks for your assistance.