[thelist] Beervolt - Oregon/Portland area
Hugh Blair
hblair at hotfootmail.com
Sun Jan 6 12:47:34 CST 2002
In case someone missed it, I'd like to remind y'all about the possible OR
Beervolt. I'm headed there in about 2 hours, so if we can get this put
together it would be great.
There's been three messages so far about this Beervolt:
<http://lists.evolt.org/thechatarchive/Week-of-Mon-20020100/3606442.html>
<http://lists.evolt.org/thechatarchive/Week-of-Mon-20020100/3606444.html>
<http://lists.evolt.org/thechatarchive/Week-of-Mon-20020100/3606445.html>
Jump in if you can. (Hopefully) See y'all there.
-Hugh
hblair at hotfootmail.com
<tip type="Reloading Win98" author="Hugh">
Ever need to rebuild a Win98 computer? Unless your HD has really died,
you can rebuild your \WINDOWS system and save all the other files. Of
course you'll have to re-register/install your programs so they'll be
in your registry, but at least this saves your files.
1 - Boot from a DOS floppy. Change to your C:\ drive.
2 - Change to your C:\ drive.
3 - Type "copy \windows\command\deltree.exe" (without the quotes)
4 - Make another directory from root and copy any parts of the
\WINDOWS directory you want saved to this new directory.
5 - Type "deltree /y \windows" (this deletes the entire \WINDOWS
directory.)
6 - If needed, reboot and enter the BIOS setup to change the boot
order so your computer boots from the CD.
7 - Put your Win98 CD in the CD drive and reboot. If asked to choose
the boot source from HD or CD, choose CD.
8 - Choose option #2, "Start computer with CD-ROM support."
9 - Change to your CD drive.
10 - Type "startup [options]". Options include:
/ie - skip the startup screen
/im - skip the check for low conventional memory (suggested)
/is - Do NOT run the DOS Scandisk first (suggested)
/nr - Skip the registry check (not needed if you deleted \WINDOWS)
/iq - Skip the *internal* scan disk (not publicly documented!)
NOTE: Skipping Scandisk might be needed if your computer continually
complains that there are problems but scandisk doesn't fix them. Running
scandisk isn't bad, but you might enter a loop where Setup complains
about a problem, you run scandisk to fix it and scandisk doesn't report
any problems. Skipping this step with /iq will let you continue.
11 - Now follow the setup program prompts. You'll be left with a new
Windows install. You'll have to reinstall your various programs,
device drivers for any sound card/video card/network card/printers,
or any other devices that Windows didn't automatically recognize.
This method is the next-to-last step you should take. Your last resort
is a total format of the HD. Hopefully you can save your files by doing
this type of rebuild.
</tip>
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I recommend them highly to my clients. Their techs are very
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</tip>
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