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win explorer illegal operation
Name: woody1144 Date: November 11, 2003 at 11:40:43 Pacific OS: 98 SE CPU/Ram: 1.5ghz 512mb
Comment:
hi, when i boot up my win 98 SE machine win explorer gets an illegal operation on boot up so i cant access anything. its a page fault in the registry or something. i have tried safe mode but the same happens. is there a way around this or will i have to format? i dont want to loose all my files though. thanks Rick
Name: max Date: November 11, 2003 at 12:03:27 Pacific
Reply:
You don't have to format, but you most likely will have to reinstall windows.
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Response Number 2
Name: woody1144 Date: November 11, 2003 at 14:17:58 Pacific
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so i will loose everything :(
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Response Number 3
Name: mike Date: November 11, 2003 at 15:42:25 Pacific
Reply:
I got the same problem now thanks to cwshredder deleting over half of my registry including all windows keys. talk about taking a steamroller to kill a fly . . . . boooooooooo!
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