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Windows Forum / Windows Me / System Tools / October 2006lost ini file
Hi , I have an Dell Dimension 2100 Desktop computer which came with pre-installed Windows ME....I was trying to use it yesterday and all I can get on the screen is : missing INI file/reload/recover.. I do not have a disk or CD to reload, what can I do to get this computer running again..Please help !!! Thanks Knowing which ini file is missing would be a start. One possibility is system.ini another is win.ini both of which live in the windows folder but I can't help but wonder how this might have happened. Fortunately Win Me automatically backs up both of these files the first time you boot your system each day. Using a Win Me boot floppy boot to an A:\> DOS prompt and type SCANREG /RESTORE and from the five dates offered choose the most recent prior to the problem. The system should now restore these two files from backup together with a copy of the registry made at that time. Remove the floppy and reboot and hopefully you should now be back in Win Me.  SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP Windows mike.maltby@gmail.com > Hi , > I have an Dell Dimension 2100 Desktop computer which came with [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > computer running again..Please help !!! > Thanks Thanks Mike...I will try this and see. Hope it works > Knowing which ini file is missing would be a start. One possibility is > system.ini another is win.ini both of which live in the windows folder but [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > computer running again..Please help !!! > > Thanks I am having the same problem, but I do not have a Win Me boot disk. Is there a way to get one create so I can try this? Les Hultquist > Knowing which ini file is missing would be a start. One possibility is > system.ini another is win.ini both of which live in the windows folder but [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > computer running again..Please help !!! > > Thanks > I am having the same problem, but I do not have a Win Me boot disk. > Is there a way to get one create so I can try this? You can make a startup or boot floppy using Add/Remove Programs | Startup Disk. If you are unable to create a boot floppy you can download the image of a Win Me OEM boot disk from www.bootdisk.com. Download to the desktop, not necessarily that of the Win Me PC, double click to run and follow the prompts to transfer the image to a floppy. Do NOT copy the downloaded file to a floppy - that won't make a bootable floppy but instead a floppy disk containing the downloaded file. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com |
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