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Old September 23rd 05, 12:48 PM
Mike M
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Canna,

You cannot boot to DOS from within Win Me unlike earlier Win 9x systems
due to the removal of real mode although you can open a DOS like window.
The only option is to use a boot floppy however there is no need to boot
to DOS to run scanreg /restore, this can be run from within Win Me (Start,
Run, Scanreg /restore) however I suggested you to use a boot floppy as I
was under the impression that you could not boot to Win Me.

Regards,
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Mike Maltby




canna wrote:

No problem glad tohelp the helper and others. One thing that I've
though of that my be of use to other is... Is there a quick way of
booting to DOS? I went into my setup and changed the 1st boot from
IDE 0 to floppy. I was just wondering how would you do it?

Cheers.


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Old September 23rd 05, 01:01 PM
canna
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Sorry Mike, you were correct I could not boot to win Me and the only way was
to use a boot disk. What I meant in the last post was is there a quick way to
tell your PC to run using the boot floppy rather than going into setup (BIOS)
and changing the 1st boot from IDE 0 to floppy.

Cheers.

"Mike M" wrote:

Canna,

You cannot boot to DOS from within Win Me unlike earlier Win 9x systems
due to the removal of real mode although you can open a DOS like window.
The only option is to use a boot floppy however there is no need to boot
to DOS to run scanreg /restore, this can be run from within Win Me (Start,
Run, Scanreg /restore) however I suggested you to use a boot floppy as I
was under the impression that you could not boot to Win Me.

Regards,
--
Mike Maltby




canna wrote:

No problem glad tohelp the helper and others. One thing that I've
though of that my be of use to other is... Is there a quick way of
booting to DOS? I went into my setup and changed the 1st boot from
IDE 0 to floppy. I was just wondering how would you do it?

Cheers.



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Old September 23rd 05, 01:38 PM
Mike M
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The boot order determines as you know the order in which the various
possible bootable devices in the system are polled and this order is
usually set in the bios. Many users have their systems permanently set to
boot in the following order 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk to avoid having
to enter the bios each time they want to boot from other than their hard
disk. On not finding a bootable floppy or CD the system will boot from
the hard disk. However this solution has some risk, for example if an
infected bootable floppy disk is left in the drive by mistake after the
user had perhaps been checking the contents of the disk in the previous
session.

There are some modern systems that allow the user to change the boot order
from within the operating system whilst the system is running rather than
having to access the bios directly. This is the method used by my Toshiba
Portégé M300 laptop.

Cheers,
--
Mike Maltby



canna wrote:

Sorry Mike, you were correct I could not boot to win Me and the only
way was to use a boot disk. What I meant in the last post was is
there a quick way to tell your PC to run using the boot floppy rather
than going into setup (BIOS) and changing the 1st boot from IDE 0 to
floppy.


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Old September 23rd 05, 02:00 PM
canna
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Cheers Mike, i think I'll change mine to 1) Floppy 2) Hard disk 3) CD as it's
very rare when I use a floppy anyway. I do however leave CD's in my computer,
only music and games.

So if I was to set it to 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk and I left a CD in the
drive like music would it ignore it or would it say 'Invalid system disk'?

Craig.

"Mike M" wrote:

The boot order determines as you know the order in which the various
possible bootable devices in the system are polled and this order is
usually set in the bios. Many users have their systems permanently set to
boot in the following order 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk to avoid having
to enter the bios each time they want to boot from other than their hard
disk. On not finding a bootable floppy or CD the system will boot from
the hard disk. However this solution has some risk, for example if an
infected bootable floppy disk is left in the drive by mistake after the
user had perhaps been checking the contents of the disk in the previous
session.

There are some modern systems that allow the user to change the boot order
from within the operating system whilst the system is running rather than
having to access the bios directly. This is the method used by my Toshiba
Portégé M300 laptop.

Cheers,
--
Mike Maltby



canna wrote:

Sorry Mike, you were correct I could not boot to win Me and the only
way was to use a boot disk. What I meant in the last post was is
there a quick way to tell your PC to run using the boot floppy rather
than going into setup (BIOS) and changing the 1st boot from IDE 0 to
floppy.



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Old September 23rd 05, 03:36 PM
Mike M
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Craig,

So if I was to set it to 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk and I left a CD
in the drive like music would it ignore it or would it say 'Invalid
system disk'?


Ignore but this may depend on your bios. Let me illustrate with what
happens with the Award bios on this machine:
1) Floppy boots automatically if present, sometimes barfs if a
non-bootable floppy is present, ignores if no floppy.
2) CD. If a bootable CD is present bios asks if I wish to boot from CD
giving 5 or 10 seconds to reply
3) HD. Boots automatically if bootable partition present,.

Hope this helps,
--
Mike Maltby



canna wrote:

Cheers Mike, i think I'll change mine to 1) Floppy 2) Hard disk 3) CD
as it's very rare when I use a floppy anyway. I do however leave CD's
in my computer, only music and games.

So if I was to set it to 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk and I left a CD
in the drive like music would it ignore it or would it say 'Invalid
system disk'?


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Old September 23rd 05, 03:55 PM
canna
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Thanks very much for all your help.

I'll leave you alone now...

Craig.

"Mike M" wrote:

Craig,

So if I was to set it to 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk and I left a CD
in the drive like music would it ignore it or would it say 'Invalid
system disk'?


Ignore but this may depend on your bios. Let me illustrate with what
happens with the Award bios on this machine:
1) Floppy boots automatically if present, sometimes barfs if a
non-bootable floppy is present, ignores if no floppy.
2) CD. If a bootable CD is present bios asks if I wish to boot from CD
giving 5 or 10 seconds to reply
3) HD. Boots automatically if bootable partition present,.

Hope this helps,
--
Mike Maltby



canna wrote:

Cheers Mike, i think I'll change mine to 1) Floppy 2) Hard disk 3) CD
as it's very rare when I use a floppy anyway. I do however leave CD's
in my computer, only music and games.

So if I was to set it to 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk and I left a CD
in the drive like music would it ignore it or would it say 'Invalid
system disk'?



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Old January 9th 06, 01:05 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
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Canna,

I read your post and it helped me greatly.

Thank You very much!!!!!
=)

Michelle

"Mike M" wrote:

Canna,

Get yourself a bootable floppy (see below) and then boot using the floppy
and select either 2 or 3 from the Menu (but not 4). Then, at the A:\
prompt type
SCANREG /RESTORE
Follow the prompts and choose a backup copy of the registry that
immediately predates your having used Xen. When complete remove the
floppy and reboot the system.

You can download the image of a Win Me OEM boot disk from
www.bootdisk.com. Download to your desktop, double click to run and
follow the prompts to transfer the image to a floppy. Do NOT copy the
downloaded file to a floppy - that won't make a bootable floppy but
instead a floppy disk containing the file you downloaded.

This can be done on any PC and then the floppy used with the PC having
problems.
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Mike Maltby



canna wrote:

Hi,

I've been very stupid. A friend of mine gave me a program called Xen
tweak and like a 1st class pratt I gave it a wirl, using Xen to
backup my registry before I made any changes. Everything was fine
when I did all the tweaks and tips, and then... I went to log onto
the internet and my password was missing (It's usually automatically
filled in). It's been that long since I typed my password and I
forgot it. So, I though no problem and used Xen to restore my
registry.

However, when I rebooted there's nothing. It boots to the screen
where it has 4 options... Normal, Safe mode etc and it says uder that
'Windows has found an error in the cofigeration of the registy, use
SCANREG to fix problem. If I try to go to Normal or Safe mode, It
just hangs with the desktop picture in the background and I have to
CTRLALTDEL twice to get out. It also won't shutdown, I've had to
kill the power.

Will I need to create a boot disk from Bootdisk.com? and where do I
go from there.

I can't beleive I done this especially after reading posts on these
forums about registry editors and how bad they are.

Any help would be greatly received.



 




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