Windows 98 help please

[JeffPr]

My dad was messing around with his computer and he accidently deleted an important file and now when he boots his computer it says it can't find the file SYSTEM.INI which I am assuming is a configuration file for booting up windows. It says he must run Windows Setup and then it says press any key to continue and then the computer just shuts down. I am wondering how to run Windows Setup and if it means that I have to put in the windows 98 CD again and follow instructions from there.

Regards

Do you think your friend could feed my cat? Heisenberg wasn't sure. ~ Erwin Schrodinger talking of his revolutionary paradox

 

[carrr]

Fairly decent instructions here:

http://oldlook.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Win98/Q_20760193.html

 

[search66]

Errr...

I recommend booting to DOS, insert the Win98 CD, switch the CDROM drive and type:

setup /f

 

[jrbarnett]

This would be more appropriate in the Windows 95/98 forum here:
forum615 SYSTEM.INI file by the way is a configuration file relating to older applications and files. If you can slave the hard drive up to another PC you may be able to undelete it with data recovery tools - but do as little as possible to the hard drive first because any disk write may overwrite parts of the deleted file.

John

 

[wolluf]

You could try booting to a command prompt (press F8 or Ctrl key when 98 starts, and select from menu), then run scanreg to restore previous set of registry/system files (includes system.ini & win.ini as well as registry).

 

[JeffPr]

Thanks guys, I will read those instructions more thoroughly and see what I can come up with, also search, what will typing setup /f do?

Do you think your friend could feed my cat? Heisenberg wasn't sure. ~ Erwin Schrodinger talking of his revolutionary paradox

 

[JeffPr]

how do you run scanreg, do you just type that in at the command prompt?


Do you think your friend could feed my cat? Heisenberg wasn't sure. ~ Erwin Schrodinger talking of his revolutionary paradox

 

[search66]

setup /f is just a "quick install" that replaces bad and/or missing files.

 

[wolluf]

scanreg /restore - will display list of available restore from dates (scanreg /? will give you options available)