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Computer crashed a few years ago and I would like to try to fix it in order to get some pics off of it.
When I start the computer this is what happens:
registry/configuration error
command prompt only
says to run scanregFollowing files missing or corrupted:
HIMEN.SYS
DBLBUFF.SYS
IFSHLP.SYSWarning HMA not available
Bad Command or file name
File not found
Cannot find WIN.COM, unable to continue loading windows
Any help would be much appreciated. The version is 4.10.1998
"a few years ago"?
Well... it seems like it's advising you to run scanreg - might be a place to start
If you are able to start to a DOS prompt, you'd enter
scanreg /restore
... and select an earlier registry version
You may need to invoke the Windows startup menu by hitting F8 just after the memory count, and you may be restricted to "Safe Mode Command Prompt"
If neither option is functional, use a bootdisk
Scandisk might be an idea as well, and it might be worthwhile to see if the reported 'missing' files are actually present:
dir c:\windows\himem.sys
(etc. - spelling counts)
A strong possibility is a messed up C:\MSDOS.SYS file, which contains the Windows PATH information
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Yeah, I was only using it to surf the internet and right after it crashed I acquired a new computer. BTW, I should have mentioned that I don't know very much about computers.
I typed in "scanreg /restore" and it says bad command or file name.
Not sure what a boot disk is.
After typing in "dir c:\windows\himem.sys" it says:
Volume in drive C has no label
Volume Serial # is 4153-0909
Path not found
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Ok - it's starting to sound like the Windows folder itself may be missing - you might try entering
dir c:\windows
... hopefully, you'll get a great deal of screen output - if not, things get a little dicier
A bootdisk is a self contained version of the DOS operating system underlying versions of Windows, and allows you to start a troubled machine for repair (among other things)
Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is not more a science than a heap of stones is a home
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scanreg /restore has a space between the g and the / jboy is correct.Maybe you typed it wrong pallmall.
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Told you before, that doesn't matter from the prompt - people seem to get a lot of mileage over that wee space 'issue'
Maybe you should test it on your Win98 computer
At any rate 'Path not found' (assuming the line was entered as written) indicates there is no C:\Windows folder
Either it's gone, or else a custom installation using a different name
Worth checking again, or doing a general:
dir/w /ad
to show just what directories (folders) *are* present - very little solid info at present
Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is not more a science than a heap of stones is a home
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try typing:
path=c:\windows;c:\windows\command <Enter>
then type
win <Enter>If that works, you might have a corrupted c:\msdos.sys file. that's easy to fix.
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Told you before, that doesn't matter from the prompt - people seem to get a lot of mileage over that wee space 'issue'
Maybe you should test it on your Win98 computer.Thank you jboy you are correct, as usual.
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Street1
As you probably know, anything after the / is a called a "switch" (qualifier to the main command). In the early days of DOS it was set out that you put a space before the / (and it mattered then).
So it's:
dir /p
scanreg /fix... and so on.
The space is good practice because it will work on any old DOS, but nowadays it is rarely essential.
DerekW
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Apologies for the irritable pedantry. It's come up frequently over the years - I leave the space in from old habit - and that'll always work - but from the command line, the '/' (aka the delimiter, among other names) is enough to separate the switch from the command.
To contrast - running the command from within, say, the WinME GUI without the space will generate a specific error.
In this case, I rather think none of that matters if there is no actual Windows folder (jury is still out on that, and we may never know)
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