RECONSTRUCT the WIN98 registry

what are the commands(in order) for the six steps (DOS Commands) to RECONSTRUCT the WIN98 registry?

koshi

you should thank Tech666 for this file...

1. take the following lines and and past the to a file called cleanreg.bat.

2. put it in c:\

3. run cleanreg.bat windir (e.g. : cleanreg.bat C:\windows)

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Cleanreg.bat
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attrib %1\system.dat -s -h -r
attrib %1\user.dat -s -h -r
pause 'press a key to continue or ctrl c to end'
cls
copy %1\system.dat %1\system.jjh
copy %1\user.dat %1\user.jjh
pause 'press a key to continue or ctrl c to end'
cls

regedit /l:%1\system.dat /e %1\system.jbk
pause 'press a key to continue or ctrl c to end'
cls

del %1\system.dat
pause 'press a key to continue or ctrl c to end'
cls

regedit /l:%1\system.dat /c %1\system.jbk
pause 'press a key to continue or ctrl c to end'
cls

regedit /r:%1\user.dat /e %1\user.jbk
pause 'press a key to continue or ctrl c to end'
cls

del %1\user.dat
pause 'press a key to continue or ctrl c to end'
cls

regedit /r:%1\user.dat /c %1\user.jbk

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this fdoies take a long time (hours) but can restore a dead registry..

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Originally posted by Condor:
<STRONG>you should thank Tech666 for this file...

...this fdoies (SIC) take a long time (hours) but can restore a dead registry..</STRONG>

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What would be the success rate for this procedure VS clean reinstall? Is it worth it?

okay..

let me clear it up..


sorry for the typo.. it should be "does" <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">


this takes hours unless you have a very fast CPU (1GHz+) and still takes a long time.

this is not an option to a clean install (format+install) this is for computers you cannot format (software/setting).

Installing windows Over itself is NOT a good idea to fix problems - they will come back pretty soon, as the reinsallation doesn't clean corrupted keys and errors from the registry.


using Scanreg /fix (win98) is usefull but still this batch file is better.


It does have a price - it takes a long time and requires some one to watch it (it pauses on every error..)

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Originally posted by Condor:
[QB]...Installing windows Over itself is NOT a good idea to fix problems - they will come back pretty soon, as the reinsallation doesn't clean corrupted keys and errors from the registry...QB]

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As we've all experienced at one time or another <IMG SRC="smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0">

Thank you very much for this info. I appreciate this feedback, event though I did not initiate the thread.