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reinstalling 98se
Hi all,
I hope I'm asking the right group. I was trying to "clean sweep" some files for my Sound Blaster Live! sound card(to upgrade) by following the instructions from their tech support. I was told to go to the Device Manager tab (My Computer/Properties/) and remove any Creative or Sound Blaster listing under "Sound, Video, and Game Controllers", and I mistakenly deleted some other listings too. I want to get those listings back, but don't have a "recovery" function on my PC. I think reinstalling 98se might be the solution. Is this the solution? If so, how do I go about reinstalling 98se? I have the original MS Windows 98se disk. thanks in advance, Cliff |
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reinstalling 98se
Those are just registry entries so if you can meet the 5-day test below,
restoring a copy of the registry will fix it. If not, you must provide full details about what you deleted and what you want back. I kind of doubt that installing W98 will fix the problem. If this problem is less than five days old, restore a copy of the registry that predates the onset of the problem and see if that helps. The five-day limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If it is not booted every day, you may have an old enough registry backup that you can use even though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry changes made after the date of the restored registry will be lost. On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS Mode. At the Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter. Once the registry restore screen appears, select the date of the registry that you wish to restore by highlighting it and then click enter. If you see a registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the registry that has already been replaced. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "cliff" wrote in message ... Hi all, I hope I'm asking the right group. I was trying to "clean sweep" some files for my Sound Blaster Live! sound card(to upgrade) by following the instructions from their tech support. I was told to go to the Device Manager tab (My Computer/Properties/) and remove any Creative or Sound Blaster listing under "Sound, Video, and Game Controllers", and I mistakenly deleted some other listings too. I want to get those listings back, but don't have a "recovery" function on my PC. I think reinstalling 98se might be the solution. Is this the solution? If so, how do I go about reinstalling 98se? I have the original MS Windows 98se disk. thanks in advance, Cliff |
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