Windows 98 will not install on boot up

This is my first post here and I’m making this plea from a public
library the reasons for which will become apparent if you read my
post. Please Help !!!!! and many thanks for looking.

Windows 98se will not install on boot up. This is the first time this
has ever happened and here is the backgound.
Last night I was ‘cleaning’ the computer, eg removing cookies and
emptying the cache using a program called clean sweep, which I have
used for years with no problems. I then deleted 3 activeX items which
had been downloaded from MSN. I presume these came from my daughters
MSN Messenger. I did not clean any files in the registry. Just earlier
in the evening I ran Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware and was clean.

I went into the desktop and found that I could not open any icons by
right clicking on them so I decided to shut down the computer and
reboot.

Oh dear… 8O …at start up the computer progressed to the Windows logo
and the streaming part at the bottom of the screen. At the click which
normally signals the monitor bursting into life I got a blank screen
with a password dialogue box asking for my password – never had this
in 5yrs. After putting in a random password I get the following
Explorer dialogue box:-
‘This programme has performed an illegal operation’ when I click on
the details button I get the following :-

EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module EXPLORER.EXE at
0177: 00401f31.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 cs=0177 EIP 00401f31
EFLGS=00010246
EBX 00000001 SS=017f ESP=0080feec
EBP 0080FEF4
ECX =cc1625b10 DS017f ESI 00000000 FS =258f
EDX=0080fec ES=017f EDI00000000 GS=0000

Bytes at CS: EIP
8b 08 50 ff 11 8b 45 08 50 8b
08 ff 51 08 8b 45

Stack dump:
00401 ee 0 0080fefc 0080ff34 00405cac 00000000

00000000 00000000 00000001 00404436 00000000
0059fc0c 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000

00000000


I put in my Win 98 start up disc and got the following :-
CDR101: Not ready reading drive Z
Abort, Retry, Fail.
and could not go any further.

I am able to get to Windows 98 Startup Menu using the F8 button at
startup. So I need something get me on through the command prompt.

Is my computer dead in the water :!: :?:


Apologies in advance for any delay in getting back to as I am having
to borrow a computer to gain access to the net.

Thanks for looking and as always all suggestions gratefully welcomed

safety24

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"safety24" wrote:
This is my first post on the forum and I'm making this plea
from a public library the reasons for which will become
apparent if you read my post. Please Help !!!!! and many
thanks for looking.

Windows 98se will not install on boot up. This is the first
time this has ever happened and here is the backgound.
Last night I was ‘cleaning’ the computer, eg removing cookies
and emptying the cache using a program called clean sweep,
which I have used for years with no problems. I then deleted 3
activeX items which had been downloaded from MSN. I presume
these came from my daughters MSN Messenger. I did not clean
any files in the registry. Just earlier in the evening I ran
Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware and was clean.

I went into the desktop and found that I could not open any
icons by right clicking on them so I decided to shut down the
computer and reboot.

Oh dear… 8O …at start up the computer progressed to the
Windows logo and the streaming part at the bottom of the
screen. At the click which normally signals the monitor
bursting into life I got a blank screen with a password
dialogue box asking for my password – never had this in 5yrs.
After putting in a random password I get the following
Explorer dialogue box:-
‘This programme has performed an illegal operation’ when I
click on the details button I get the following :-

EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module EXPLORER.EXE
at
0177: 00401f31.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 cs=0177 EIP 00401f31
EFLGS=00010246
EBX 00000001 SS=017f ESP=0080feec
EBP 0080FEF4
ECX =cc1625b10 DS017f ESI 00000000 FS =258f
EDX=0080fec ES=017f EDI00000000 GS=0000

Bytes at CS: EIP
8b 08 50 ff 11 8b 45 08 50 8b
08 ff 51 08 8b 45

Stack dump:
00401 ee 0 0080fefc 0080ff34 00405cac 00000000

00000000 00000000 00000001 00404436 00000000
0059fc0c 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000

00000000


I put in my Win 98 start up disc and got the following :-
CDR101: Not ready reading drive Z
Abort, Retry, Fail.
and could not go any further.


I found this link within the site :-

http://www.windowsforumz.com/Genera...pict254596.html

and the chap had an identical problem and a very similar error
message.Trouble is the advice to fix problem is quite
technical. Can anybody simplify it for a beginner.

I am able to get to Windows 98 Startup Menu using the F8
button at startup. So I need something get me on through the
command prompt.

Is my computer dead in the water :!: :?:


Apologies in advance for any delay in getting back to as I am
having to borrow a computer to gain access to the net.

Thanks for looking and as always all suggestions gratefully
welcomed

safety24

8O Hi all,problem solved, for anyone else with a similar
problem ’scanreg /restore’ did the trick. Restored my PC’s registry to
pre-clean up state.
Many thanks for looking.

safety24