re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode
Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 8:34 am
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Posted by marc
(9 messages posted)
Thanks for the quick reply Iain. The one thing that I probably will have a question
about that stick out the most is:
Disable fast-find and delete, from DOS prompt type: A:\>format C: and install '98se.
Is the "and install '98se"part of the command prompt? Or what is '98se?
On Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 8:00 am, Iain wrote:
>Start in safe mode. Disable system restore as follows DisableSystemRestore
>
>Go to start run type: msconfig and press enter. In the start-up guide disable PCHealth,
>SSDPSRV, and all references to system restore, press Clean and apply and re-start.
>Open msconfig again to see if they have all been cleared.
>
>Start-Up on bootdisk, get to the DOS prompt and type: A:\>DEL C:\_RESTORE and re-boot.
>
>Make sure that the hideen files are un-hidden (Explorer, tools, folder options,
files,
>etc.) find the _RESTORE file and change the attributes to hidden, read-only and
archive
>so it remains at zereo bytes.
>
>The ****** will probably re-appear at some stage as this is in the nature of BG
at
>MS , (stubborn!)
>
>Un-Install PCHealth, delete the PCHealth sceduled task and run this line in the
run
>window to also remove Windows Help, msinfo32.exe and other useless junk:
>
>rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection Uninstall 132 C:\WINDOWS\INF\PCHealth.inf
>
>(Bonus! No more Help window in ... Safe Mode!) (Got to be a winner!)
>
>Disable fast-find and delete, from DOS prompt type: A:\>format C: and install '98se.
>(You lose everything and gain at the same time!) (Just KIDDING!) (Not really!)
>
>Otherwise: RE-INSTALLING WINDOWS ME
>
>PerformanceImprovement
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>AlwaysUnloadDll 9x/ME
>
>NTFS/FAT
>
>
Iain
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