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Can't Start Windows, No Way, No How - HELP!
Arlykat, have we lost you?
-- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm |
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Can't Start Windows, No Way, No How - HELP!
Hey, dont know if you fixed ur prob yet, hope so but if not or if anyone else
is reading this, u could delete or rename your WIN.COM file in your windows dir on your HD and then run ur win 98 install over your existing installation and it will run right over existing and replace windows files and leave all other stuff intact. "Arlykat" wrote: Hi. I have a computer I haven't run for about a year. It got plugged in and out, disconnected things, connected them back, etc. thru the year. When I now want to start it up to copy or move all of my important pics/info so I can give the computer to a friend, Windows won't start. It is Win. 98 prob with 2nd edition. 1st it started and I got the screen files were missing or corrupted - choose how to proceed: Safe Mode, Regular, Safe Mode With Commands, etc. Whatever I clicked it took me to Startup Options. Told me I had missing or corrupted files, 3 of them, can't remember exactly which, Win HyMem, Win.com and something. It told me to run SYSREG I believe to sort of scan the machine to find out what was wrong. It wouldn't do that, it would go to Sys Scan but would just sit there, nothing on the page but "System Scan" and nothing moving, showing progress, etc. Let it do that for a LONG time then stopped it. Tried again to start in Safe Mode, took me to Startup Options (and also list of info computer info, etc.). Tried everything and nothing worked. I then tried to start it up with the Win 98 disk in D drive, just came up files missing or corrupted, RetryAbort...something something. When I tried to type in retry it just kept reshowing the same line mentioned just above. Desperate, I even put in an AOL disk in D drive and restarted computer - figured the ever hungry AOL giant would make ANYTHING work just to get another client. Did nothing but show the removeabort retry message. Now that is all that will come up on the screen, don't even get the Windows startup options page. I WOULD reinstall Win. 98 if I HAD to just to be able to give the computer to my friend, even though I would lose some info I really wanted to keep. What should I do? First, can anyone help me do some dos commands or something to NOT have to reinstall Win? If so, you would have to help me get out of this loop I am in - I cannot type ANYTHING that works on the missing or corrupt message - abort, retry, delete, etc. Nothing I type clears that, no different way to start the computer gets that off the screen. So, I would have to know what to do to be able to actually get to a place where I could do some dos commands. ORRRR, how can I just reinstall Win. 98? Same problem as above, I can't get anything different on the screen with or without the Win disk in D shutting down and turning back on computer. There is NO screen option given me other than the one error message above that does not respond to it's own question by my trying to type retry or "r" or abort or "a." I want to keep this Win 98 on this computer because it will be up to them to upgrade when they can - I just want them to be able to get on line or open the computer up even if just to play the installed games that comes with it. I know some regarding computers, not technical lingo, per se - you would have to talk very basic with me if you can help. Don't assume I know where something is if you suggest I use it or type it. As soon as I can get this computer up I will give it to my friend who is very excited and anxiously waiting for it. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks much. Arlykat |
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Can't Start Windows, No Way, No How - HELP!
Have been trying to post a question to you Don, or anyone else but couldn't
asccess the ask question: Anyhow, after several hours reading, here goes; I HAVE installed my Restore cd on a Emachine with windows 98, I too don't have the product key. It ws in safe mode, and it appears as though most of my files were still there, at least on the desktop. somehow it got off safe mode so now :without disc gets me to productkey which i can't find: or with restore disc in, gives me the A prompt; tried your C:\Windows\Command\.........it repeated the.....\System.dat line then A prompt and nothing. Any help? -- feasant "Don Phillipson" wrote: "Arlykat" wrote in message ... Hi. I have a computer I haven't run for about a year. It got plugged in and out, disconnected things, connected them back, etc. thru the year. When I now want to start it up to copy or move all of my important pics/info so I can give the computer to a friend, Windows won't start. Separate your two tasks. 1. You want to save onto your regular PC your important pics/info. Method A is to link the two PCs together as a temporary network, then just copy over. Method B is to put the hard drive from the old PC into the new PC, copy over what you want (e.g. all files created between dates A and B) then put the hard drive back. Method B would be the fastest if you have any trouble starting the old PC. 2. You want to give away the old computer in good running order. The fastest way of doing this is to use FDISK to blank the hard drive, then reformat and reinstal the operating system, as described he http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Can't Start Windows, No Way, No How - HELP!
If you have executed the restore procedure then you will need the product
key. If it's not written on the CD then you should look for it somewhere else. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "feasant" wrote in message ... Have been trying to post a question to you Don, or anyone else but couldn't asccess the ask question: Anyhow, after several hours reading, here goes; I HAVE installed my Restore cd on a Emachine with windows 98, I too don't have the product key. It ws in safe mode, and it appears as though most of my files were still there, at least on the desktop. somehow it got off safe mode so now :without disc gets me to productkey which i can't find: or with restore disc in, gives me the A prompt; tried your C:\Windows\Command\.........it repeated the.....\System.dat line then A prompt and nothing. Any help? -- feasant "Don Phillipson" wrote: "Arlykat" wrote in message ... Hi. I have a computer I haven't run for about a year. It got plugged in and out, disconnected things, connected them back, etc. thru the year. When I now want to start it up to copy or move all of my important pics/info so I can give the computer to a friend, Windows won't start. Separate your two tasks. 1. You want to save onto your regular PC your important pics/info. Method A is to link the two PCs together as a temporary network, then just copy over. Method B is to put the hard drive from the old PC into the new PC, copy over what you want (e.g. all files created between dates A and B) then put the hard drive back. Method B would be the fastest if you have any trouble starting the old PC. 2. You want to give away the old computer in good running order. The fastest way of doing this is to use FDISK to blank the hard drive, then reformat and reinstal the operating system, as described he http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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