Registry Problem

[steve]

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I have had a problem starting my Win'95 computer, any help
would be much appreciated:

On start-up I get the message "Windows has detected a
registry/configuration error. Choose safe mode...etc."

When I tried to restore the registry (c:\windows> attrib -
h -r -s system.dat) the SYSTEM.DAT file was not found.
These other files were also not found: SYSTEM.DA0,
USER.DAT and USER.DA0.

In the Windows directory I could only find these files
with the correct name:
SYSTEM.I~I
SYSTEM.SIW
SYSTEM.CB
SYSTEM.FTW
USER.ACL

Have I lost the system and user files and their back-ups?
Is there any hope of restoring them?

Thanks,

Steve.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (More info?)

If they are not there, then I don't see how you can restore them
unless you have other backups somewhere.
The System.* files you mention look like backups of System.ini rather
than System.dat but the size will tell you that.

I don't see how you could lose all 4 files. Have you looked elsewhere
in case they have been moved?

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion, "Steve"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have had a problem starting my Win'95 computer, any help
>would be much appreciated:
>
>On start-up I get the message "Windows has detected a
>registry/configuration error. Choose safe mode...etc."
>
>When I tried to restore the registry (c:\windows> attrib -
>h -r -s system.dat) the SYSTEM.DAT file was not found.
>These other files were also not found: SYSTEM.DA0,
>USER.DAT and USER.DA0.
>
>In the Windows directory I could only find these files
>with the correct name:
>SYSTEM.I~I
>SYSTEM.SIW
>SYSTEM.CB
>SYSTEM.FTW
>USER.ACL
>
>Have I lost the system and user files and their back-ups?
>Is there any hope of restoring them?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (More info?)

system.da* and user.da* are system, hidden, and read only. In command line
mode, use "ATTRIB -r -s -h c:\windows\*.da* to undo the attributes.

"Steve" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:821601c431f9$47256fb0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I have had a problem starting my Win'95 computer, any help
> would be much appreciated:
>
> On start-up I get the message "Windows has detected a
> registry/configuration error. Choose safe mode...etc."
>
> When I tried to restore the registry (c:\windows> attrib -
> h -r -s system.dat) the SYSTEM.DAT file was not found.
> These other files were also not found: SYSTEM.DA0,
> USER.DAT and USER.DA0.
>
> In the Windows directory I could only find these files
> with the correct name:
> SYSTEM.I~I
> SYSTEM.SIW
> SYSTEM.CB
> SYSTEM.FTW
> USER.ACL
>
> Have I lost the system and user files and their back-ups?
> Is there any hope of restoring them?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve.
>