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bkkcom@gmail.com - 15 Apr 2006 20:45 GMT

HELP PLEASE,

My computer will not boot up, it freezes at the WIndows 98 Logo screen.

I have tried booting in "Safe Mode" (which it attempts a self registry
scan stating "An error has been found in your system files and restored
a recent backup of the files to fix the problem, press <ENTER> to
restart".) Upon pressing <ENTER> the Windows 98 Logo stares me in the
face once again.

Also, I have tried "Safe mode command prompt only", allowing me to do
what it just did. I typed;
C:\ cd windows\command
then; scanreg/restore
It has about 4 succesful "Started" choices. I've tried them all -
leading straight to a Windows Logo failing to move on.

Any help anyone?

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Brian K - 15 Apr 2006 22:51 GMT

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Could be one or more of your system files had become corrupt. One way
this can happen is if the file is residing on a bad sector that hasn't
been marked bad. Run Scandisk full surface scan. This can take a very,
very long time depending on how big your HDD is. If Scandisk finds a
bad sector it will mark it bad. If there is a file residing there it
will attempt to reallocate it to good space. Sometimes that can fix the
problem.

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philo - 15 Apr 2006 23:49 GMT

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also run a ram test...

(google for memtest86 )

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glee - 16 Apr 2006 00:28 GMT

As philo mentioned, test your RAM with at least one of these utilities:

DocMemory
http://www.simmtester.com/page/products/doc/download.asp

MemTest86+:
http://www.memtest.org/

Windows Memory Tester
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

Read an follow the instructions on the web pages to download and create their
respective boot floppies.

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> Any help anyone?

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