re: strange problem booting windows
Monday, January 2, 2006 at 9:11 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by bob wells
(1633 messages posted)
RandomAct,
Try bootup in SafeMode. Reboot holding down F8 key, select SafeMode from the Boot
menu. From Safe Mode, you may be able to find and repair the problem.
If this does not work, Reboot holding down F8 key, select Command prompt only. At
the C:\> type scanreg\fix, hit enter. You should see message " Windows is repairing
System.dat. This should take a while but pay attention and write down any errors.
Type win or exit to return to Windows.
Should both fail, Reboot, Select Command prompt only, at the C:\ type, scanreg\restore.
You'll see a lits of registry backups. Should be a total of 5, select one that is
dated before problems began and that is also preceeded by "Started". You should see
message "Windows has successfully restored your Registry. Type exit or win to return
to windows, or just manually shut down and reboot.
Post back with results.
BTW what, exactly, did you try with the Boot disks?
BW
On Monday, January 2, 2006 at 7:24 pm, RandomAct wrote:
>Hi there. I have seen this issue addressed in some form or fashion already, but
>no kind of real solution has been offered up. I am running an HP with Win 98SE
on
>it. When I boot the computer up, I get the HP logo page, and the HD is working,
>but after that logo page goes away, there is a blank screen with nothing but the
>blinking cursor in the upper left hand corner. I cannot get passed this page.
I
>have tried a couple of boot disks, and have had no success(of course, I could be
>doing something wrong). Any help would be appreciated.
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