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Help please ... How screwed am I ??

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Ploucos

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I was fooling around in my Windows (i run a win98 system) folder trying to clear space, I deleted a few screensavers, background images etc... and then stumbeled on user.dat and user.scr or something like that .... thought i might as well delete them windows wouldnt let me do it if they were vital ....

Then all of a sudden everything disapears, my desktop doesnt exist anymore, windows is gone, i try to reboot but it wont work...
Is there a way of restoring my old registry (because thats what i suspect is wrong, right?)

Thanks for any help, really really desperate here 🙁
 
Meaning i have to restart all over again?
is there no way i can get my system back as it was??

Scanreg isnt working either im trying to execute it from the command prompt in C: and in Windows\ is there anywhere else it can be found??
 
What version of Windows? Can you boot in Safe Mode? If so you should be able to restore the file from the recycling bin.

If it's Win98/ME (which I assume it is since the registry files are HARD to casually delete in WinXP) you can run SCANREG from the DOS prompt (boot with a Win98 boot floppy) and you can restore one of the registry backups.

If it's WinXP you can press F8 at boot to bring up the boot menu and select "Load last known good configuration..." which should restore the registry to the condition it was in last time you booted successfully.

Hope this helps...
 
its win98 se, but i cant boot in safe mode, nor can i run scanreg it just wont find the damn program...
if i boot from a startup disk do you think i might pull it off?
or if i reinstall winows over the existing one will i lose everything i had??


thanks for your help guys, i really love this place, always someone to get you out of trouble!! :thumbsup:
cheers,
Ploucos.
 
Originally posted by: Ploucos
its win98 se, but i cant boot in safe mode, nor can i run scanreg it just wont find the damn program...
if i boot from a startup disk do you think i might pull it off?
or if i reinstall winows over the existing one will i lose everything i had??


thanks for your help guys, i really love this place, always someone to get you out of trouble!! :thumbsup:
cheers,
Ploucos.
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You shouldn't lose a thing if you reinstall over top of existing install.

All of my office machines use 98se. If they get fouled up and I can't fix it quick I just reinstall. Never lost any data etc.

Fern
 
The user.dat and system.dat files automatically back themselves up.
All is not lost, unless you deleted the backups....................

Boot into DOS [press F8 and choose command prompt or use a boot floppy]

type the following and at the end of each line, press the return/enter key:
cd windows
attrib -h -s -r -a system.da0 [zero]
ren system.da0 system.dat
attrib -h -s -r -a user.da0
ren user.da0 user.dat
attrib +h +s +r +a system.dat
attrib +h +s +r +a user.dat


If that doesn't work, if if the 1st and 3rd commands fail, then let us know, as there are other backups [i think]

 

as you predicted 1st and 3rd command didnt work, he didnt recognize the command, got a classic bad command or file name or whatever that was....

i should probably try using a boot disk, that should do the trick
thanks

what else were you thinking of by the way? 😉
 
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