Re: registry help,please!
(Be sure to read all the way through before doing anything.)
Your symptoms point to a possible RAM failure. Suggest you stop right here
and test your RAM using floppy-based tools like, DocMemory from
http://www.simmtester.com/. See here for lots more RAM diagnostic hints:
http://tinyurl.com/2wehd3 If a day's worth of testing doesn't show a
problem, then continue.
"C:\>" IS the Command Prompt. The '>' character is the Prompt part, the
'C:\' part is the Directory in which the Prompt is set to exist. Unless you
need to change the root directory (C:\), that part of the command is
inherent -- you only HAVE TO input what comes after that, but you CAN input
C:\ to start new commands if you want to.
OK, we'll do it step by step. Each line below that is in ALL CAPS is a
command or data input -- input those lines and press enter at the end of
those lines. (You don't have to use ALL CAPS, it's just a way to help you
read this message.) You do all this from a floppy boot disk, of course.
First, determine if HIMEM.SYS exists in C:\WINDOWS with this command:
DIR C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
Do you get an error or do you get file info for HIMEM.SYS? If error, quit
now and report back. We'll go looking for it. But, assuming the file is
where we expect it to be -- it usually is but may be elsewhere in older DOS
and/or WIN95 that have been upgraded, or new but modified 98/98SE systems --
continue with the following:
EDIT C:\CONFIG.SYS
(That opens the file for editing. Input the following line
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
Now, press Alt-F-S to save CONFIG.SYS, then press Alt-F-X to close the file.
Remove the floppy disk and then restart. What happens?
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
"JS" <sivright@ultravision.net> wrote in message
news:O8EN3SXgIHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> OK, I got scanreg to work and it says that there is no extended memory
> driver. Something about himem.sys
> It says to add line to boot drive: device=C:\windows\himem.sys
> How do I do this? I have the 98cd, if that helps. Would this be covered on
> the MS website? I need this to be fixed by mon.am it is for business.
> Thanks,
> Jim
> "JS" <sivright@ultravision.net> wrote in message
> news:OqiXakWgIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> So, am I trying to make an extra step by trying to get "command prompt
>> only" to work? I type scanreg from where it is right now?
>> I was thinking that I had to start it up first. I don't know what you
>> mean by "chose backup"?
>> Thanks Gary,
>> Jim
>> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
>> news:eLKo1TWgIHA.3352@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Yes, the command is SCANREG (all by itself.) Choose backup based upon
>>> date, not filename. I'll let someone else explain the arcania of the
>>> Command Prompt.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gary S. Terhune
>>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>>> www.grystmill.com
>>>
>>> "JS" <sivright@ultravision.net> wrote in message
>>> news:uMd3irVgIHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Greetings,
>>>> Today, my 98 pc crashed and when I restarted it, it came up in the mode
>>>> where you get 5 or so choices, normal, safe mode,etc. The #5 "command
>>>> prompt only" was highlighted and I couldn't choose another, and all I
>>>> see is the C:\> . What command do I put in to get it started again. I
>>>> put in the # 5 and "command prompt only" and got "bad command" on both.
>>>> It also said to run scanreg when it gets started. Is "scanreg" the
>>>> command I use to start that? Do I need C: only? what are the other two
>>>> symbols for? Any other suggestions are appreciated.
>>>> Jim
>>>>
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