Win98se registry problem

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Lars-Erik ?sterud - 28 Oct 2004 15:26 GMT

1) scanreg /fix hangs 5% out in checkin system.dat
2) winxp refuses to upgrade win98se due to registry fault

I have tried everything. Even exportet registry to a file,
and then recreated it from that file. Still faulty :-(

Norton WinDoctor find no fault, neither do RegClean.

What now? Any ideas on what is wrong and how to find it?

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Ron Martell - 28 Oct 2004 22:32 GMT

Lars-Erik Østerud <.@.> wrote:

>1) scanreg /fix hangs 5% out in checkin system.dat
>2) winxp refuses to upgrade win98se due to registry fault
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>What now? Any ideas on what is wrong and how to find it?

How large is the System.dat file? Scanreg /fix is known to have
problems when System.dat is large than 8.0 mb.

Try using Scanreg /Opt to compact the registry first.

Note: If you boot direct to the command prompt or with a startup disk
then you should run SMARTDRV before using Scanreg. It speeds things
up enormously.

Also you might try another registry cleaner. I have had good results
with RegSeeker (free) from http://www.snapfiles.com/get/regseeker.html

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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