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Windows ME feezing
my windows crashed while i was working on it. i restarted it, but it freezes
at the winddows me logo. when i try to start in safe mode, it takes me to a dos screen with the messages: Windows is bypassing your startup files. please wait while setup updates your configuration files. this may take a few minutes.... after a while the following message appears: Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2 %1 %2 can anyone help? |
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Windows ME feezing
The solution to the %1 %2 problem you are seeing is easy to fix and often
but not exclusively the result of having Symantec's LiveUpdate installed. First boot to DOS using a floppy and check whether you have a WININIT.INI file in your C:\WINDOWS folder. If present rename it to something like wininit.old and try booting again. It is also probable that you will have to repeat the last software install or update that you made. See MS KB283069 - "Error Message: Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1 from %2 %1: %2 (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069). If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is due to the C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is the limit (2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a folder using the FAT32 filing system. This then results in the "Cannot upgrade file %1 from %2.." message when booting. I suggest you try deleting the _RESTORE folder with the loss of any system restore checkpoints you might have (not that I think they are now usable) and see if that solves the problem. Delete the folder as follows: a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the menu when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with (or without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be available. b) At the DOS A:\ prompt, type: ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE and then REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST c) Remove the floppy d) Reboot your PC Another problem is that the install/update you were doing will not have been completely installed so your system may still be unusable and the install/update will need to be repeated. e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created. g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder: System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider to your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than adequate for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be available although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days during periods of large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows [2001-2006] Silverscreen wrote: my windows crashed while i was working on it. i restarted it, but it freezes at the winddows me logo. when i try to start in safe mode, it takes me to a dos screen with the messages: Windows is bypassing your startup files. please wait while setup updates your configuration files. this may take a few minutes.... after a while the following message appears: Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2 %1 %2 can anyone help? |
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Windows ME feezing
would i lose any of my data stored previously in the hdd?
"Mike M" wrote: The solution to the %1 %2 problem you are seeing is easy to fix and often but not exclusively the result of having Symantec's LiveUpdate installed. First boot to DOS using a floppy and check whether you have a WININIT.INI file in your C:\WINDOWS folder. If present rename it to something like wininit.old and try booting again. It is also probable that you will have to repeat the last software install or update that you made. See MS KB283069 - "Error Message: Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1 from %2 %1: %2 (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069). If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is due to the C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is the limit (2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a folder using the FAT32 filing system. This then results in the "Cannot upgrade file %1 from %2.." message when booting. I suggest you try deleting the _RESTORE folder with the loss of any system restore checkpoints you might have (not that I think they are now usable) and see if that solves the problem. Delete the folder as follows: a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the menu when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with (or without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be available. b) At the DOS A:\ prompt, type: ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE and then REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST c) Remove the floppy d) Reboot your PC Another problem is that the install/update you were doing will not have been completely installed so your system may still be unusable and the install/update will need to be repeated. e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created. g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder: System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider to your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than adequate for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be available although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days during periods of large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows [2001-2006] Silverscreen wrote: my windows crashed while i was working on it. i restarted it, but it freezes at the winddows me logo. when i try to start in safe mode, it takes me to a dos screen with the messages: Windows is bypassing your startup files. please wait while setup updates your configuration files. this may take a few minutes.... after a while the following message appears: Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2 %1 %2 can anyone help? |
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Would it work the same if i use the recovery cd?
"Mike M" wrote: Silverscreen wrote: would i lose any of my data stored previously in the hdd? No, provided you follow my suggestion. You will only lose data if you decide to FORMAT your hard disk and that isn't part of my suggested procedure. -- Mike Maltby |
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Windows ME feezing
Probably NOT!
read the instructions VERY carefully! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Silverscreen" wrote in message news Would it work the same if i use the recovery cd? "Mike M" wrote: Silverscreen wrote: would i lose any of my data stored previously in the hdd? No, provided you follow my suggestion. You will only lose data if you decide to FORMAT your hard disk and that isn't part of my suggested procedure. -- Mike Maltby |
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