I cannot boot up my system. I get this error message... Cannot find SYSTEM.INI . Boot with Emergency Boot Disk and type SCANREG /RESTORE. Can anyone please help me!? Does this mean that i will lose all my important information and saved files? If i cannot find the emergency boot disk how do i go about getting one? Any help would be greatly apprechaited. Thank You.

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Tony, don't panic. Your data is safe. The error message only means that you have 
a (temporary) problem in loading Windows. Probably it can be cured easily.

Do a Google search to find yourself a start-up disk on the internet. You want a boot 
disk for Win ME. There are several sites that you can download one from, in the form 
of a program that will format a blank 3.5" floppy for you as a bootable disk.

Use it to start your system, and carry out the instruction to go to the C: prompt 
and there type the command: SCANREG /RESTORE

(Note that there is NO space between the / and the RESTORE in this command)

This command will run a program (the SCANREG.EXE program) that allows you to install 
one of several backup copies of your system files. Windows usually keeps 5 backup 
copies, each one dated, and these normally include SYSTEM.INI, so restoring an earlier 
backup should cure your problem.

Choose to restore one that's dated BEFORE the problem arose. Make sure it's one that 
is marked as having been SUCCESSFUL in previously starting your system. If in doubt, 
choose the one with the oldest date (which will normally be dated 5 days ago).

Ed







On Monday, February 5, 2007 at 4:39 am, TONY wrote:

>

>I cannot boot up my system. I get this error message... Cannot find SYSTEM.INI . 

>Boot with Emergency Boot Disk and type SCANREG /RESTORE.

>

>Can anyone please help me!?

>

>Does this mean that i will lose all my important information and saved files? 

>

>If i cannot find the emergency boot disk how do i go about getting one?

>

>Any help would be greatly apprechaited.

>Thank You. 

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Go to bootdisk.com and look for 
the file called bootme.exe it will create a ME boot disk for you.

Ed







On Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 1:06 pm, Ed wrote:

>Tony, don't panic. Your data is safe. The error message only means that you have 

>a (temporary) problem in loading Windows. Probably it can be cured easily.

>

>Do a Google search to find yourself a start-up disk on the internet. You want a 
boot 

>disk for Win ME. There are several sites that you can download one from, in the 
form 

>of a program that will format a blank 3.5" floppy for you as a bootable disk.

>

>Use it to start your system, and carry out the instruction to go to the C: prompt 

>and there type the command: SCANREG /RESTORE

>

>(Note that there is NO space between the / and the RESTORE in this command)

>

>This command will run a program (the SCANREG.EXE program) that allows you to install 

>one of several backup copies of your system files. Windows usually keeps 5 backup 

>copies, each one dated, and these normally include SYSTEM.INI, so restoring an earlier 

>backup should cure your problem.

>

>Choose to restore one that's dated BEFORE the problem arose. Make sure it's one 
that 

>is marked as having been SUCCESSFUL in previously starting your system. If in doubt, 

>choose the one with the oldest date (which will normally be dated 5 days ago).

>

>Ed

>

>

> 

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If you only want to restore your System.ini then start your computer up in Safe Mode. 
Hold down the Ctrl key on startup and select Safe Mode from the DOS menu.

Go into Windows Explorer. Look in Windows\Sysbckup I think its the same as Win98. 
Look for *.cab files and open them with WinZip. You should see System.dat, User.dat, 
System.ini and Win.ini files in there, just extract System.ini to the Windows folder.

Then do a restart.

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Thanks for the info keith. I desparately NEED to retrieve my saved data/work. By doing what you have suggested im i going to loose this information or will it be ok? Also Where/ how do i go about finding *.Cab files you are talking about? any help will be Very much apprehaited. Thank You Tony.


On Saturday, February 10, 2007 at 5:38 am, Keith Stanier wrote:
>If you only want to restore your System.ini then start your computer up in Safe Mode.
>Hold down the Ctrl key on startup and select Safe Mode from the DOS menu.
>
>Go into Windows Explorer. Look in Windows\Sysbckup I think its the same as Win98.
>Look for *.cab files and open them with WinZip. You should see System.dat, User.dat,
>System.ini and Win.ini files in there, just extract System.ini to the Windows folder.
>
>Then do a restart.

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On Monday, February 19, 2007 at 8:52 am, TONY wrote:
Thanks for the info keith. 
I desparately NEED to retrieve my saved data/work. By doing what you have suggested 
im i going to loose this information or will it be ok? 
Also Where/ how do i go about finding *.Cab files you are talking about?

Hi Tony.
No you won't loose any work that you've made you were originally talking about the 
System.ini was missing, that is how I would retrieve System.ini.

Do a search in your Windows folder or *.cab. These will normally be rb000.cab to 
rb005.cab in your Sysbckup folder, depending on how many backups you have. Just open 
any cab file with WinZip and extract System.ini to your Windows folder. 

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Tony has not posted again, but as he could not boot to Windows, he won't be able 
to run WinZip or access any .CAB files.

A possible solution to his problem, at the DOS prompt, is this command:

 SCANREG /FIX

The computer may take more than 10 minutes to execute this command, and may even 
appear to freeze. THIS IS NORMAL. Just wait patiently.

Ed

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You can create a standard SYSTEM.INI by following the instructions on this page:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140441

Ed







On Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 11:05 pm, Ed wrote:

>Tony has not posted again, but as he could not boot to Windows, he won't be able 

>to run WinZip or access any .CAB files.

>

>A possible solution to his problem, at the DOS prompt, is this command:

>

> SCANREG /FIX

>

>The computer may take more than 10 minutes to execute this command, and may even 

>appear to freeze. THIS IS NORMAL. Just wait patiently.

>

>Ed
 

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