Extracting files fom '98 CD ??

[Bluto]

Hi all.....

How do I extract an individual file from a Windows '98 CD?

I know this can be done, but I can't remember is Windows comes with this ability or if I'd need to d/l some 3rd party program to do this.

I had a virus and needed to delete a file, which I think is buried in the '98 CD somewhere. I know that my going to Start/Control Panel/Add/Remove Programs you can look thru the CD, but I think the file(s) I need are within, say 'cab' files or the like.

The system I'm using is an old Win 98. I'm using the very latest virus definitions on Norton AV software, which caught the viruses, but I think I will need to replace the deleted (infected) files with clean ones.

I don't know if I can replace the individual files, or if I have to re-install complete programs...I don't even know what some of these files are or what they belong to. One is called Winreg.exe (located in the Windows directory). That sounds like some kind of registry file, but so far I've not had any problems with my computer working correctly.

Anyone have any ideas, I'd sure appreciate some ideas!

Thanks!

bluto

 

[corkyg]

It's really pretty easy to do once you locate which CAB file it is in. Windows Explorer is the tool to use for most. Just select a CAB file in the left pane and the contents are arrayed alphabetically in the right pane. Find the one you want, right click on it, and extraction is a menu choice.

If you are really enterprising, you can print out sheets of the CAB file contents and make your own notebook reference. Someone may have done that and posted it on the web . . . but I haven't run into it . . . yet!

And yes, once you have extracted the file, you can replace it's namesake in your original setup with Explorer or from the DOS prompt if the file is in use.

 

[corkyg]

This should help you out . . .

CAB Extractions

 

[baldy]

since you are running win98, just go to the start>run, type in SFC, then type in the stuff you know you need to replace, lets winders do the work for you. or, you can just have SFC do the checking for you, then restore what it prompts you to do.

you either have to have the original cd in a cd tray or the cabs copied to the harddrive, then direct the search to the proper place and sit back.

viola, done automatically.

baldy

 

[Bluto]

Hi again....

Geeze.....you mean I can use Explorer to do this? Criminy! Thank you ALL for these ideas! They are all great and I'll give them a go tonight and hope I can get this taken care of.

I appreciate your help and ideas!!!!

bluto