re: Computer crash..trying to salvage files
Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 11:01 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by newcal
(4 messages posted)
Thanks Mac, I will try that. WIll let you know how it goes. Thanks again.
Newcal
On Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 10:15 am, Mac wrote:
>EMERGENCY BOOT DISK
>href="http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?cat=019">FREEWARE
>Just try this first on the C: drive. Download Delindex.bat onto your bootdisk. Boot
>on the bootdisk and get to the A:\> prompt where you should type:
>
>A:\>delindex run , and press Enter
>
>You should see a read-out of the increase in free-space on drive C:
>
>Can you get into Safe Mode by holding down the L/H Ctrl key or by continually tapping
>the F8 key whilst the system is loading?
>
>If you can and still need more free-space try uninstalling a few programs, then
try
>running scandisk and defrag in safe mode. Are you using an ME defrag.exe, or are
>you still using the old '98 defrag.exe?
>
>I take it that you tried: A:\>scanreg /restore , but couldn't find a good registry
>to restore to?
>
>A good '98 bootdiskette should have generic drivers for your CD rom and there are
>probably DOS burning programs which will allow you to burn your data to the CD-RW.
>
>DELINDEX.BAT
>
Mac
>
>WINDOWS SUPPORT RAM
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