How do I regenerate System.ini in Win ME?

[BCinSC]

File is scrambled and can't find backup. Can I recreate?

 

[Tpad]

Good luck if you have to reconstruct. THe only way I know how - is to reformat your drive and start from scratch, OR re-install your OS, or Upgrade your OS. All of this would have to happen early in the bootup procedure - since windows may not come up as all - otherwise.

How could you NOT have a backup? Everytime the file is changed - your system creats a backup. Sometimes its called system.xxx where the extension is a tag placed on it by the program setup routine that changed it. Example - If you installed norton anti virus - it may have made a backup called system.nav. You don't have ANY system.XXX files other than system.ini????

Generally, the only time you WON'T have a backup is if your system is being booted for the first time - and you haven't loaded any serious programs yet - onto your system. Otherwise - it sounds as if YOU have been deleting these backup files (no no no) and shouldn't.

 

[BCinSC]

It's a Gateway Essential 633c that has an image, including numerous programs like NAV, that does not appear to have any backup files. I have deleted nothing and the owner of the machine doesn't appear to have that level of understanding. Upgrading OS might not fix it because it would try to carry forward system.ini as is. Overlaying the same OS with a re-install might do it, but that's kind of what I'm asking - anybody had such success?

 

[BCinSC]

Here's the messed up System.INI. As you can see a lot of garbage. If you pruge the garbage, you'll notice that many things are missing, especially in [386ENH] section, which is probably why mouse doesn't work.


[OLE Play Options]
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MIDFile=Sound,1,2

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[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0
fonts.fon=vgasys.fon
fixedfon.fon=vgafix.fon
oemfonts.fon=vgaoem.fon
386Grabber=vgafull.3gr
display.drv=pnpdrvr.drv

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[TTFontDimenCache]
0 18=11 18

[TTFontDimenCache]
0 20=12 20

[TTFontDimenCache]
0 22=13 22

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
fonts.fon=vgasys.fon

[boot]
fixedfon.fon=vgafix.fon

[boot]
oemfonts.fon=vgaoem.fon

[boot.description]
aspect=100,96,96
display.drv=Intel(R) 82810E Graphics Controller

[boot]
fonts.fon=vgasys.fon

[boot]
fixedfon.fon=vgafix.fon

[boot]
oemfonts.fon=vgaoem.fon

[boot.description]
aspect=100,96,96

[boot]
386Grabber=vgafull.3gr

[386enh]
display=*vdd,*vflatd

[boot]
display.drv=pnpdrvr.drv

[boot.description]
display.drv=Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[TTFontDimenCache]
0 12=7 12

[TTFontDimenCache]
0 13=8 13

[TTFontDimenCache]
0 14=8 14

[TTFontDimenCache]
0 15=9 15

[TTFontDimenCache]
0 16=10 16

[TTFontDimenCache]
0 18=11 18

[TTFontDimenCache]
0 20=12 20

[TTFontDimenCache]
0 22=13 22

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=0

[boot]
*DisplayFallback=1

[boot]
[drivers]

*DisplayFallback=0

 

[BCinSC]

Would someone be kind enough to post their system.ini from their Win ME system so I can gleen the needed parts? I have only Win98 and Win2K and they may be incompatible. Best case scenario would be someone with same or simlar hardware, especially USB Keyboard and Mouse.
Thanks

 

[stirling]

This should help. It has the default system.ini entries. It's meant for 95/98, but it should be the same for ME

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q140/4/41.asp