Boot to a dos prompt.  type in scanreg /restore.  You will get an option
letting you pick which version of your registry you want to restore.
Usually, there are 5.  Restore a version from before the new installs and
see if that doesn't let you boot.

Ben Moore


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stéphane Vaillancourt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 7:10 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] BSOD on Win98 SE bootup!


> Hi everybody!
>
> Yesterday night, I installed a few software programs on my
> computer which was running fine (I made a clean install about 1
> month ago), but when I was asked to reboot my system - which I
> did - it came up with a Blue Screen and EVERY time I tried to
> reboot my system I got this *!%$* BSOD (Safe Mode, Normal Mode -
> I even tried to REINSTALL Windows over the existing system).
>
> Could my registry be under all this?  I believe I got a backup of
> my registry under the C:\Windows\Desktop subfolder, since I
> always back up important data (and my HD doesn't seem to be
> corrupted)... but I didn't have the time to check, since I had to
> sleep a few hours before going back to work this morning.
>
> My system runs (ran? hehe!) on Windows 98 SE which was "clean
> installed" about 1 month ago.  I've got a Celeron 466, 128Mb of
> RAM on an ABit BH6 motherboard... (but I don't believe hardware
> info is relevant at this point - tell me if I'm wrong, I'll
> supply additional info).
>
> Has anybody experienced something similar?  The BSOD appears
> right after the mouse pointer appears on a black screen (just
> before showing up the background picture and the icons).  I've
> been working over 12 years with PCs, but this is the first time I
> see something like this.
>
> Thank you very much for your help!
>
>
> Stephane Vaillancourt

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