SH wrote:
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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote in message
> d21et8$pit$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk">news:d21et8$pit$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk...
>> Groove wrote:
>>
>>> SH said this...
>>>
>>>> When I attempt to startup, everything loads up OK until just before I
>>>> can use the start button. Then I get a blue screen: fatal exception
>>>> 0000:00010000, and that happens repeatedly. I cannot start in safe
>>>> mode
>>>> so I can system restore. Please help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Try a Restart holding down the ctrl key. From the menu that appears
>>> select
>>> command prompt only. At the prompt type scanreg /restore
>>> Using the arrow/enter keys select the latest backup. A properly working
>>> Registry has the word 'started' next to it. You should receive a message
>>> saying you have restored a good Registry or similar. Push enter-next
>>> prompt type exit
>>
>> Also try scandisk. I have had many problems with Windows 98SE (I still
>> do),
>> but everything was usually resolved in senseless yet simple ways.
>>
>> 98SE still fails to load about once a month. Every time this happens, I
>> (successfully) reboot into safe mode. This restores the Registry to a
>> working state. It has been a repeated issue for 2-3 years. I no longer
>> use Windows.
>
> Thanks to you both. I cannot achieve a reboot. I've tried holding down
> the ctrl key but it still insists on going through the usual startup and
> then
> crashing when its almost there and I think I've succeeded. It has done
> automatic scandisk several times and then continues on and then the same
> thing happens before I can close programs using the start button.
I never before heard about the "hold CTRL key", but for many years I used F5
and F8. See if F8 after the BIOS 'stuff' gives you the necessary menu.
Roy
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