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WINDOWS 98 RESTART
HI, IAM WORKING ON A PC FOR A FRIEND.THE PROBLEM IM HAVING
IS THE FOLLOWING:THE C" DRIVE WAS OVERLOADED THE ERROR MESSAGE THAT IM RECIEVING IS INVALID LONG FILE NAMES.I CREATED A STARTUP-BOOTDISK,TO RETRIEVE WINDOWS 98,HOWEVER IT WILL NOT LOAD WINDOWS.ACCORDING TO THE INFO I SAW, IT SAYS CAN NOT LOAD WINDOWS BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO FREE UP SPACE, ON C DRIVE I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS HOWEVER I CAN NOT GET TO WINDOWS,IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO GET THERE?SO I CAN CLEAN UP C DRIVE AND START WINDOWS AGAIN. ANY INFO YOU MIGHT HAVE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.... THANK YOU.... |
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WINDOWS 98 RESTART
First turn off the Caps. It's hard to read and frowned upon as shouting.
Start with the boot disk and at the A:\ prompt type: cd c:\ and press Enter. dir c:\ /p and press Enter. The /p switch will move the screen one page at a time by pressing Enter. Note the space between \ /. Are there any TIF/Cookie/Temp folders. Prolly not and will be in c:windows. Assuming the below is in c:\windows, else change the path to reflect the correct path. Type: del c:\windows\temp\*.* and press Enter. This will empty the Temp folder. del c:\windows\tempor~1\*.* and press Enter. This will empty the Temporary Internet files folder. del c:\windows\cookies\*.* and press Enter. This will empty the Cookies folder. When finished remove the disk and press ctrl+alt+del to reboot. Hold down the ctrl key or keep tapping the F8 key just after boot when you get the POST screen. This should get you to the startup menu. Select Safe Mode and do a little house cleaning, then run scandisk and defrag, when done reboot. Hold down the ctrl key or keep tapping the F8 key to get the startup menu, select DOS Command Prompt. At the C:\ prompt type: scanreg /fix and press Enter. Do this 3 times. Note space. scanreg /opt /fix and press Enter. Do this 3 times. Note spaces. Type: Win to reboot and see if you can get to Windows. -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. "MARI" wrote in message ... HI, IAM WORKING ON A PC FOR A FRIEND.THE PROBLEM IM HAVING IS THE FOLLOWING:THE C" DRIVE WAS OVERLOADED THE ERROR MESSAGE THAT IM RECIEVING IS INVALID LONG FILE NAMES.I CREATED A STARTUP-BOOTDISK,TO RETRIEVE WINDOWS 98,HOWEVER IT WILL NOT LOAD WINDOWS.ACCORDING TO THE INFO I SAW, IT SAYS CAN NOT LOAD WINDOWS BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO FREE UP SPACE, ON C DRIVE I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS HOWEVER I CAN NOT GET TO WINDOWS,IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO GET THERE?SO I CAN CLEAN UP C DRIVE AND START WINDOWS AGAIN. ANY INFO YOU MIGHT HAVE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.... THANK YOU.... |
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