Diane;
type: "scanreg /restore" (no quotes)
space between scanreg and /restore
then you should get a list of registry backups
to chose from. Just might work.
<>< Larry Fisk
         Fisk Computers
           Fruitvale, Idaho

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Duncan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:39 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Toshiba Satellite Laptop


> Hello,
>
> I just fired up an old Toshiba Satellite 1605/cds4.3
> that I "inherited" from my son.  It's dusty and tired,
> clunks and whirrs.  I have no papers.
>  F2 to the BIOS, and it said there's no hard disk.  I
> turned it off.
>  I turned it on again.  After about 10 minutes, the
> Windows 98 splash screen
> comes on and there's a louder whirring sound.
>  10 minutes later, I get a black screen with white lettering
> telling me "Warning:Windows has detected a registry/configuration
> error.  Choose, Command prompt only, and run SCANREG."
> But the machine doesn't respond to anything I input.

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