[peterm]

hmmmm odd
what about safe mode can you boot to that ?
rebbot the computer and hold down the ctrl key or keep tapping
F8 as soon as it starts to boot

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safe mode does not give me windows-just blank blue screen with mouse arrow

Edited by caron, 02 September 2005 - 02:44 AM.

[caron]

safe mode does not give me windows-just blank blue screen with mouse arrow

Edited by caron, 02 September 2005 - 02:44 AM.

[caron]

i'm starting to get that sinking feeling.

[peterm]

ok at the c:> scanreg.exe /fix enter
it will run through a few screens then say registry repaired. Press enter then press ctrl + alt + delete keys together to reboot.

[peterm]

If this runs then after the reboot
try the regedit again. Has the screen changed?
I am sorry But I have to break for about 30mins - Dinner time
I will return

[caron]

sorry to say the same errir message=cannot find device file...

[peterm]

was this while trying to run scanreg /fix?

[caron]

i tried the regedit again and got the same reults with=
L:system specifies the location of the system.data file.
R:user specifies the location of the user.data file
C FILENAME2 specifies the file to create the registry frm
etc

[peterm]

is this an upgrade from windows 95?

[caron]

yes the same error message after running scanfix

[caron]

i don't think it is an upgrade because i remember reading something like clean w98 install would that be correct or some else
it's w98se

Edited by caron, 02 September 2005 - 04:06 AM.

[peterm]

do me a favour restart the computer and keep pressing F5
what happens?

[caron]

it tried to go into safe mode-it said safe mode in all four corners- then the usual message said windows is running in safe mode-pressed enter then strange in the two top corners the words safe mode remained and in the bottom two corners the words disapeared. [B]the mouse pointer is enlarged

[peterm]

so you have window up in safe mode?
do you have a start button?

[caron]

it's not in safe mode-no start button