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earlles@hotmail.com - 10 Dec 2003 19:10 GMT

While attempting to reinstall W95 on a computer, I learned
that several files were missing. I used a 95 startup disk
but soon received and error message listing missing files.
How can I locate and replace these files?

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Jeff Richards - 10 Dec 2003 21:34 GMT

That depends entirely on what files are missing. What are the exact
messages that are telling you that files are missing, and when exactly do
the messages appear?

You could re-do the installation and see whether or not the same problem
occurs again.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP W95/W98

> While attempting to reinstall W95 on a computer, I learned
> that several files were missing. I used a 95 startup disk
> but soon received and error message listing missing files.
> How can I locate and replace these files?

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xe77 - 14 Dec 2003 03:48 GMT

The legacy Windows registry is located in
C:\WINDOWS\USER.DAT and C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT.
The files can't just be recopied, they are built over time
by the system and the Setup program. You can use SCANREG
from MS-DOS to retrieve an ealier backup from the archives
(on later versions of Windows 95).
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI is a Win16 legacy INI
(configuration) file but is required to start Windows 95.
** You may need to reinstall Windows 95. **

>-----Original Message-----
>While attempting to reinstall W95 on a computer, I learned
>that several files were missing. I used a 95 startup disk
>but soon received and error message listing missing files.
>How can I locate and replace these files?
>.

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