I have a pc that when booting starts registry checker everytime and says it has restored my registry and click ok to restart. It keeps doing this. It will boot into safe mode. I ran the system file checker and it said all files were ok. Any ideas how to fix this? I am about to reload it. Thanks
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Win98 will not boot
- Thread starter moetech
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loadedmind
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Do you have a version of some sort of anti-virus software, namely Norton or McAffee installed that's less then a year old? If so, have you been updating the virus definitions? Windows will tell you nothing is wrong because everything looks congruent and file structure appears intact. This is the case for most computers after a virus has been installed on the computer. Whatever specific thing Windows says it needs or whatever error it generates, I would plug that into a search engine, like google. Always check Microsoft's Knowledge Base as well.
Reload may not be answer...Have you read this MKB article?
Registry Checker Continues to Detect Registry Damage
smitee
Registry Checker Continues to Detect Registry Damage
smitee
moetech,
Try this:
1.) Boot into DOS mode.
2.) Get to the Windows directory, (c:\windows, for example).
3.) Type: "regedit /e c:\system.reg" without the quotes, and hit enter.
4.) The registry exports to a flat file. There will be no progress indicator, just wait for it to finish!
5.) Once back at the command prompt, type:
"regedit /c c:\system.reg" without the quotes, and hit enter.
6.) You'll get a progress indicator here.
7.)When it's finished, reboot, and let Windows go into Safe Mode, or Scan, or whatever.
8.) Once successfully in Windows, do a normal restart.
Try this:
1.) Boot into DOS mode.
2.) Get to the Windows directory, (c:\windows, for example).
3.) Type: "regedit /e c:\system.reg" without the quotes, and hit enter.
4.) The registry exports to a flat file. There will be no progress indicator, just wait for it to finish!
5.) Once back at the command prompt, type:
"regedit /c c:\system.reg" without the quotes, and hit enter.
6.) You'll get a progress indicator here.
7.)When it's finished, reboot, and let Windows go into Safe Mode, or Scan, or whatever.
8.) Once successfully in Windows, do a normal restart.
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