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re: system INI files gone.
Monday, May 8, 2006 at 5:24 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by ronnie
(9 messages posted)
thank you verry much jerry you have ben a lot of help.
ill try reloading windows 95 or will windows 98 work.?
i tried my windows-xp disk and it dident do anything.
well thank you again take care.((ronnie))
On Sunday, May 7, 2006 at 10:01 pm, Jerry wrote:
>Hi Ronnie:
>
>Are you getting the message that says "Reinstall
>Windows"?
>
>The SYSTEM.INI file is created during the
>installation process, and contains all the items
>that are specific and unique to your computer.
>The only way to create the proper one for your
>computer is to run the installation process again.
>
>SYSTEM.INI isn't like some (most) of the Windows
>operating files that are identical from one
>computer to another -- so much so that you can
>take a copy of a file from one computer and put it
>on another computer which has a damaged file of
>the same name.
>
>Unless you have a "whole drive backup" where you
>could retrieve a copy of your unique SYSTEM.INI
>file, you're going to have to reinstall Windows.
>
>You CAN, however, save all your DATA files by
>copying them off using DOS. If you use one of the
>Long-File-Name utilities for DOS, you can
>preserve your files' long file names. I use a
>portable ZIP drive that plugs into the parallel
>port with DOS drivers on a bootable floppy disk to
>do this sort of salvage work.
>
>You may be able to reinstall Windows "over the
>top" without reformatting, and therefore also
>preserve your data files.
>
>Sorry.
>
>Jerry
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