%1 from %2 %1:%2 error message

Hello there.
I'm trying to get rid of this error by erasing the files
under c:\_restore\temp directory. After changing the
attributes of the files with "ATTRIB -r -h -s
c:\restore\temp", I still cannot erase the files. I'm
not sure if the only way to do this is to reboot to DOS
using a start-up disk? Please advise.
If this is true. How can I create a start-up disk using
my CD-ROM drive since my floppy drive is not working.
And, what type of files should the CD have? Help....

Thanks so much,
Jay
O/S: Windows ME

Jay,

As you have now discovered you can only work on the _RESTORE folder from a
DOS prompt after booting to DOS. You cannot work on the _RESTORE folder
from a DOS window when Win Me is running.

If you cannot use your floppy drive you will have to make a bootable CD.
You should find instructions on how to do so in your CD mastering
software's help files. Failing that use Google and you will find many
hits on how to create a bootable CD.

BTW don't waste time in deleting these files from DOS. Simply rename the
_RESTORE folder to OLDREST, boot back in to Win Me and then delete the
OLDREST folder. A new _RESTORE folder will meanwhile have been
automatically re-created when you booted into Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



JAY wrote:

Hello there.
I'm trying to get rid of this error by erasing the files
under c:\_restore\temp directory. After changing the
attributes of the files with "ATTRIB -r -h -s
c:\restore\temp", I still cannot erase the files. I'm
not sure if the only way to do this is to reboot to DOS
using a start-up disk? Please advise.
If this is true. How can I create a start-up disk using
my CD-ROM drive since my floppy drive is not working.
And, what type of files should the CD have? Help....

Hello -

Jay isn't the only one seeing this message. I know
nothing about ME (just helping out with a friend's unit
that was utterly rife with viruses and worms - they're
gone now).

What the Heck causes that message to appear anyway? It
leaves a bit to be desired for an OS to gives that absurd
message without advising WHAT freakin' file it is trying
to replace!

Hey, no prob! There's only 129,000 files on this system.
You just delete'em one at a time and then reboot til the
flippin' message goes away, right?

Tilt. ???



-----Original Message-----
Jay,

As you have now discovered you can only work on the
_RESTORE folder from a
DOS prompt after booting to DOS. You cannot work on the
_RESTORE folder
from a DOS window when Win Me is running.

If you cannot use your floppy drive you will have to make
a bootable CD.
You should find instructions on how to do so in your CD
mastering
software's help files. Failing that use Google and you
will find many
hits on how to create a bootable CD.

BTW don't waste time in deleting these files from DOS.
Simply rename the
_RESTORE folder to OLDREST, boot back in to Win Me and
then delete the
OLDREST folder. A new _RESTORE folder will meanwhile
have been
automatically re-created when you booted into Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



JAY wrote:

Hello there.
I'm trying to get rid of this error by erasing the files
under c:\_restore\temp directory. After changing the
attributes of the files with "ATTRIB -r -h -s
c:\restore\temp", I still cannot erase the files. I'm
not sure if the only way to do this is to reboot to DOS
using a start-up disk? Please advise.
If this is true. How can I create a start-up disk using
my CD-ROM drive since my floppy drive is not working.
And, what type of files should the CD have? Help....

.

Fred
The usual cause of this problem - as has already been stated a number of
times in these groups - is that some program (often Norton LiveUpdate)
attempts to replace a SR/SFP-monitored file - and then has another go
(possibly when it finds that System File Protection has put the original
file back in place, or possibly simply because it needs to update it again
for some reason).
It keeps on doing this over and over until the program stalls, having filled
up the Archive folder with 32K (probably) empty files - which then results
in the familiar error, as the WININIT.EXE program attempts to make sense of
what it's supposed to be doing on the reboot - and the user ends up with a
screenful of empty files being copy/replaced from an empty placeholder.

It's not Windows' fault - it's the errant installer's fault (often
Symantec's). If the information isn't there in the first place, how is
Windows to know what the installer really wants to do?

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Fred" wrote in message
...
Hello -

Jay isn't the only one seeing this message. I know
nothing about ME (just helping out with a friend's unit
that was utterly rife with viruses and worms - they're
gone now).

What the Heck causes that message to appear anyway? It
leaves a bit to be desired for an OS to gives that absurd
message without advising WHAT freakin' file it is trying
to replace!

Hey, no prob! There's only 129,000 files on this system.
You just delete'em one at a time and then reboot til the
flippin' message goes away, right?

Tilt. ???



-----Original Message-----
Jay,

As you have now discovered you can only work on the
_RESTORE folder from a
DOS prompt after booting to DOS. You cannot work on the
_RESTORE folder
from a DOS window when Win Me is running.

If you cannot use your floppy drive you will have to make
a bootable CD.
You should find instructions on how to do so in your CD
mastering
software's help files. Failing that use Google and you
will find many
hits on how to create a bootable CD.

BTW don't waste time in deleting these files from DOS.
Simply rename the
_RESTORE folder to OLDREST, boot back in to Win Me and
then delete the
OLDREST folder. A new _RESTORE folder will meanwhile
have been
automatically re-created when you booted into Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



JAY wrote:

Hello there.
I'm trying to get rid of this error by erasing the files
under c:\_restore\temp directory. After changing the
attributes of the files with "ATTRIB -r -h -s
c:\restore\temp", I still cannot erase the files. I'm
not sure if the only way to do this is to reboot to DOS
using a start-up disk? Please advise.
If this is true. How can I create a start-up disk using
my CD-ROM drive since my floppy drive is not working.
And, what type of files should the CD have? Help....

.

I have the very same problem and I've been having it for
months. I've renamed the system restore files countless
times. How can we find out which program is the culprit?
I don't have Norton on my system. I don't have anything
that updates automatically since I've disabled all that.
How can we correct this?
-----Original Message-----
Fred
The usual cause of this problem - as has already been
stated a number of
times in these groups - is that some program (often
Norton LiveUpdate)
attempts to replace a SR/SFP-monitored file - and then
has another go
(possibly when it finds that System File Protection has
put the original
file back in place, or possibly simply because it needs
to update it again
for some reason).
It keeps on doing this over and over until the program
stalls, having filled
up the Archive folder with 32K (probably) empty files -
which then results
in the familiar error, as the WININIT.EXE program
attempts to make sense of
what it's supposed to be doing on the reboot - and the
user ends up with a
screenful of empty files being copy/replaced from an
empty placeholder.

It's not Windows' fault - it's the errant installer's
fault (often
Symantec's). If the information isn't there in the first
place, how is
Windows to know what the installer really wants to do?

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's

"Fred" wrote in
message
...
Hello -

Jay isn't the only one seeing this message. I know
nothing about ME (just helping out with a friend's unit
that was utterly rife with viruses and worms - they're
gone now).

What the Heck causes that message to appear anyway? It
leaves a bit to be desired for an OS to gives that
absurd
message without advising WHAT freakin' file it is trying
to replace!

Hey, no prob! There's only 129,000 files on this
system.
You just delete'em one at a time and then reboot til the
flippin' message goes away, right?

Tilt. ???



-----Original Message-----
Jay,

As you have now discovered you can only work on the
_RESTORE folder from a
DOS prompt after booting to DOS. You cannot work on the
_RESTORE folder
from a DOS window when Win Me is running.

If you cannot use your floppy drive you will have to
make
a bootable CD.
You should find instructions on how to do so in your CD
mastering
software's help files. Failing that use Google and you
will find many
hits on how to create a bootable CD.

BTW don't waste time in deleting these files from DOS.
Simply rename the
_RESTORE folder to OLDREST, boot back in to Win Me and
then delete the
OLDREST folder. A new _RESTORE folder will meanwhile
have been
automatically re-created when you booted into Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



JAY wrote:

Hello there.
I'm trying to get rid of this error by erasing the
files
under c:\_restore\temp directory. After changing the
attributes of the files with "ATTRIB -r -h -s
c:\restore\temp", I still cannot erase the files. I'm
not sure if the only way to do this is to reboot to
DOS
using a start-up disk? Please advise.
If this is true. How can I create a start-up disk
using
my CD-ROM drive since my floppy drive is not working.
And, what type of files should the CD have? Help....

.



.

My standard response applies - but it needs to be followed EXACTLY - see if
it helps, then come back with a list of installed programs, or preferably
email me (my addy is valid) with a Belarc report of your system.
...........
Your %1/%2 error is caused usually by Norton LiveUpdate, corrupting the
System Restore archive - although there are other possible causes.

Do a Search for the file WININIT.INI - if you find it, then rename it to
WININIT.JNK, and reboot - your problem should be gone.

If you don't find it, then try this - Start|Run - enter SCANREG /FIX into
the dialog box, and click OK - windows will reboot - see if that fixes it.

If not, then open Windows Explorer - check in Folder Properties that you are
able to view Hidden and System files (two settings), then Search on your PC
for files named '_RESTORE' (without the quotes) - you should find the
C:\_RESTORE folder - r-click on it, and select Properties.
How many files/folders are there? If it's around 64 thousand, then
LiveUpdate has been up to its tricks again, and you'll have to completely
remove the folder from DOS - use the following method, which seems to be
the easiest at present.

Reboot to DOS using your Startup disk enter the following commands at the
A:\ prompt.

ATTRIB -R -H -S C:\_RESTORE
REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST

remove the floppy, and reboot to normal windows. - your error should be
gone, and you should now have a new, single restore point. Go to Windows
Explorer, and delete the C:\OLDREST folder

HTH


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Rikki" wrote in message
...
I have the very same problem and I've been having it for
months. I've renamed the system restore files countless
times. How can we find out which program is the culprit?
I don't have Norton on my system. I don't have anything
that updates automatically since I've disabled all that.
How can we correct this?
-----Original Message-----
Fred
The usual cause of this problem - as has already been
stated a number of
times in these groups - is that some program (often
Norton LiveUpdate)
attempts to replace a SR/SFP-monitored file - and then
has another go
(possibly when it finds that System File Protection has
put the original
file back in place, or possibly simply because it needs
to update it again
for some reason).
It keeps on doing this over and over until the program
stalls, having filled
up the Archive folder with 32K (probably) empty files -
which then results
in the familiar error, as the WININIT.EXE program
attempts to make sense of
what it's supposed to be doing on the reboot - and the
user ends up with a
screenful of empty files being copy/replaced from an
empty placeholder.

It's not Windows' fault - it's the errant installer's
fault (often
Symantec's). If the information isn't there in the first
place, how is
Windows to know what the installer really wants to do?

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's

"Fred" wrote in
message
...
Hello -

Jay isn't the only one seeing this message. I know
nothing about ME (just helping out with a friend's unit
that was utterly rife with viruses and worms - they're
gone now).

What the Heck causes that message to appear anyway? It
leaves a bit to be desired for an OS to gives that
absurd
message without advising WHAT freakin' file it is trying
to replace!

Hey, no prob! There's only 129,000 files on this
system.
You just delete'em one at a time and then reboot til the
flippin' message goes away, right?

Tilt. ???



-----Original Message-----
Jay,

As you have now discovered you can only work on the
_RESTORE folder from a
DOS prompt after booting to DOS. You cannot work on the
_RESTORE folder
from a DOS window when Win Me is running.

If you cannot use your floppy drive you will have to
make
a bootable CD.
You should find instructions on how to do so in your CD
mastering
software's help files. Failing that use Google and you
will find many
hits on how to create a bootable CD.

BTW don't waste time in deleting these files from DOS.
Simply rename the
_RESTORE folder to OLDREST, boot back in to Win Me and
then delete the
OLDREST folder. A new _RESTORE folder will meanwhile
have been
automatically re-created when you booted into Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



JAY wrote:

Hello there.
I'm trying to get rid of this error by erasing the
files
under c:\_restore\temp directory. After changing the
attributes of the files with "ATTRIB -r -h -s
c:\restore\temp", I still cannot erase the files. I'm
not sure if the only way to do this is to reboot to
DOS
using a start-up disk? Please advise.
If this is true. How can I create a start-up disk
using
my CD-ROM drive since my floppy drive is not working.
And, what type of files should the CD have? Help....

.



.

I did exactly that (renamed the wininit.ini) and
rebooted. Upon rebooting I got Wininit.exe missing.Unable
to load. I hit Enter and it did load and once everthing
loaded, I got this message:
Windows cannot find /P. I clicked OK and it sort of works
but freezes a lot. Now what should I do?
System Restore is still screwed and I don't have a
wininit.exe file. Now what?
-----Original Message-----
My standard response applies - but it needs to be
followed EXACTLY - see if
it helps, then come back with a list of installed
programs, or preferably
email me (my addy is valid) with a Belarc report of your
system.
...........
Your %1/%2 error is caused usually by Norton LiveUpdate,
corrupting the
System Restore archive - although there are other
possible causes.

Do a Search for the file WININIT.INI - if you find it,
then rename it to
WININIT.JNK, and reboot - your problem should be gone.

If you don't find it, then try this - Start|Run - enter
SCANREG /FIX into
the dialog box, and click OK - windows will reboot - see
if that fixes it.

If not, then open Windows Explorer - check in Folder
Properties that you are
able to view Hidden and System files (two settings), then
Search on your PC
for files named '_RESTORE' (without the quotes) - you
should find the
C:\_RESTORE folder - r-click on it, and select Properties.
How many files/folders are there? If it's around 64
thousand, then
LiveUpdate has been up to its tricks again, and you'll
have to completely
remove the folder from DOS - use the following method,
which seems to be
the easiest at present.

Reboot to DOS using your Startup disk enter the following
commands at the
A:\ prompt.

ATTRIB -R -H -S C:\_RESTORE
REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST

remove the floppy, and reboot to normal windows. - your
error should be
gone, and you should now have a new, single restore
point. Go to Windows
Explorer, and delete the C:\OLDREST folder

HTH


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's

"Rikki" wrote in
message
...
I have the very same problem and I've been having it for
months. I've renamed the system restore files countless
times. How can we find out which program is the
culprit?
I don't have Norton on my system. I don't have anything
that updates automatically since I've disabled all that.
How can we correct this?
-----Original Message-----
Fred
The usual cause of this problem - as has already been
stated a number of
times in these groups - is that some program (often
Norton LiveUpdate)
attempts to replace a SR/SFP-monitored file - and then
has another go
(possibly when it finds that System File Protection has
put the original
file back in place, or possibly simply because it needs
to update it again
for some reason).
It keeps on doing this over and over until the program
stalls, having filled
up the Archive folder with 32K (probably) empty files -
which then results
in the familiar error, as the WININIT.EXE program
attempts to make sense of
what it's supposed to be doing on the reboot - and the
user ends up with a
screenful of empty files being copy/replaced from an
empty placeholder.

It's not Windows' fault - it's the errant installer's
fault (often
Symantec's). If the information isn't there in the first
place, how is
Windows to know what the installer really wants to do?

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's

"Fred" wrote in
message
.. .
Hello -

Jay isn't the only one seeing this message. I know
nothing about ME (just helping out with a friend's
unit
that was utterly rife with viruses and worms - they're
gone now).

What the Heck causes that message to appear anyway?
It
leaves a bit to be desired for an OS to gives that
absurd
message without advising WHAT freakin' file it is
trying
to replace!

Hey, no prob! There's only 129,000 files on this
system.
You just delete'em one at a time and then reboot til
the
flippin' message goes away, right?

Tilt. ???



-----Original Message-----
Jay,

As you have now discovered you can only work on the
_RESTORE folder from a
DOS prompt after booting to DOS. You cannot work on
the
_RESTORE folder
from a DOS window when Win Me is running.

If you cannot use your floppy drive you will have to
make
a bootable CD.
You should find instructions on how to do so in your
CD
mastering
software's help files. Failing that use Google and
you
will find many
hits on how to create a bootable CD.

BTW don't waste time in deleting these files from DOS.
Simply rename the
_RESTORE folder to OLDREST, boot back in to Win Me and
then delete the
OLDREST folder. A new _RESTORE folder will meanwhile
have been
automatically re-created when you booted into Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



JAY wrote:

Hello there.
I'm trying to get rid of this error by erasing the
files
under c:\_restore\temp directory. After changing
the
attributes of the files with "ATTRIB -r -h -s
c:\restore\temp", I still cannot erase the files.
I'm
not sure if the only way to do this is to reboot to
DOS
using a start-up disk? Please advise.
If this is true. How can I create a start-up disk
using
my CD-ROM drive since my floppy drive is not
working.
And, what type of files should the CD have?
Help....

.



.



.

That sounds as if you deleted the wrong file!!!!
UNDELETE the WININIT.EXE file
Then reboot, and proceed to the second stage of the post - using SCANREG
/FIX to try to sort the PC out.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Rikki" wrote in message
...
I did exactly that (renamed the wininit.ini) and
rebooted. Upon rebooting I got Wininit.exe missing.Unable
to load. I hit Enter and it did load and once everthing
loaded, I got this message:
Windows cannot find /P. I clicked OK and it sort of works
but freezes a lot. Now what should I do?
System Restore is still screwed and I don't have a
wininit.exe file. Now what?
-----Original Message-----
My standard response applies - but it needs to be
followed EXACTLY - see if
it helps, then come back with a list of installed
programs, or preferably
email me (my addy is valid) with a Belarc report of your
system.
...........
Your %1/%2 error is caused usually by Norton LiveUpdate,
corrupting the
System Restore archive - although there are other
possible causes.

Do a Search for the file WININIT.INI - if you find it,
then rename it to
WININIT.JNK, and reboot - your problem should be gone.

If you don't find it, then try this - Start|Run - enter
SCANREG /FIX into
the dialog box, and click OK - windows will reboot - see
if that fixes it.

If not, then open Windows Explorer - check in Folder
Properties that you are
able to view Hidden and System files (two settings), then
Search on your PC
for files named '_RESTORE' (without the quotes) - you
should find the
C:\_RESTORE folder - r-click on it, and select Properties.
How many files/folders are there? If it's around 64
thousand, then
LiveUpdate has been up to its tricks again, and you'll
have to completely
remove the folder from DOS - use the following method,
which seems to be
the easiest at present.

Reboot to DOS using your Startup disk enter the following
commands at the
A:\ prompt.

ATTRIB -R -H -S C:\_RESTORE
REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST

remove the floppy, and reboot to normal windows. - your
error should be
gone, and you should now have a new, single restore
point. Go to Windows
Explorer, and delete the C:\OLDREST folder

HTH


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's

"Rikki" wrote in
message
...
I have the very same problem and I've been having it for
months. I've renamed the system restore files countless
times. How can we find out which program is the
culprit?
I don't have Norton on my system. I don't have anything
that updates automatically since I've disabled all that.
How can we correct this?
-----Original Message-----
Fred
The usual cause of this problem - as has already been
stated a number of
times in these groups - is that some program (often
Norton LiveUpdate)
attempts to replace a SR/SFP-monitored file - and then
has another go
(possibly when it finds that System File Protection has
put the original
file back in place, or possibly simply because it needs
to update it again
for some reason).
It keeps on doing this over and over until the program
stalls, having filled
up the Archive folder with 32K (probably) empty files -
which then results
in the familiar error, as the WININIT.EXE program
attempts to make sense of
what it's supposed to be doing on the reboot - and the
user ends up with a
screenful of empty files being copy/replaced from an
empty placeholder.

It's not Windows' fault - it's the errant installer's
fault (often
Symantec's). If the information isn't there in the first
place, how is
Windows to know what the installer really wants to do?

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's

"Fred" wrote in
message
. ..
Hello -

Jay isn't the only one seeing this message. I know
nothing about ME (just helping out with a friend's
unit
that was utterly rife with viruses and worms - they're
gone now).

What the Heck causes that message to appear anyway?
It
leaves a bit to be desired for an OS to gives that
absurd
message without advising WHAT freakin' file it is
trying
to replace!

Hey, no prob! There's only 129,000 files on this
system.
You just delete'em one at a time and then reboot til
the
flippin' message goes away, right?

Tilt. ???



-----Original Message-----
Jay,

As you have now discovered you can only work on the
_RESTORE folder from a
DOS prompt after booting to DOS. You cannot work on
the
_RESTORE folder
from a DOS window when Win Me is running.

If you cannot use your floppy drive you will have to
make
a bootable CD.
You should find instructions on how to do so in your
CD
mastering
software's help files. Failing that use Google and
you
will find many
hits on how to create a bootable CD.

BTW don't waste time in deleting these files from DOS.
Simply rename the
_RESTORE folder to OLDREST, boot back in to Win Me and
then delete the
OLDREST folder. A new _RESTORE folder will meanwhile
have been
automatically re-created when you booted into Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



JAY wrote:

Hello there.
I'm trying to get rid of this error by erasing the
files
under c:\_restore\temp directory. After changing
the
attributes of the files with "ATTRIB -r -h -s
c:\restore\temp", I still cannot erase the files.
I'm
not sure if the only way to do this is to reboot to
DOS
using a start-up disk? Please advise.
If this is true. How can I create a start-up disk
using
my CD-ROM drive since my floppy drive is not
working.
And, what type of files should the CD have?
Help....

.



.



.