If you're running W98, you could use 'scanreg /restore' in DOS to select
another registry cabfile (which will restore your entire registry by using a
copy which is hopefully, undamaged)
To get to DOS, use a boot disk, or keep hitting the F8 key as the pc boots
up, then select 'Command Prompt Only' from the menu you get.
Try getting 'Scanreg' to kick in from C:\Windows but if not,
C:\Windows\Command should yield it.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Allen Boland" Subject: [PCBUILD] crash???


> Today I turned the computer on & it did the whole 'detect improper
shutoff' and repair deal.  There were some damaged filed which I saved &
then it went to this message:
>
> "Windows has detected new hardware and is searching for dirvers for it."
>
> I then had the option of letting it search automatically or directing the
search myself.  Either way I don't have a clue what the "new hardware" could
possibly be, so how could I choose the right driver?
>
> After following every possible path, I end up with this error message:
>
> "Enum\HTREE\ROOT\0
>
> SURegCreateKey failed!"
>
> at which point the only thing the computer will respond to is
ctrl-alt-delete.  It goes to a choice of start mode (safe, normal...) but no
matter what I do I end up in the same place with the same error message.
>
> At the bottom of the first screen (with the choice of startup mode) is
this message:
>
> "Windows has detected a registration/configuration error.  Use SCANREG to
correct this error."
>
> How can I get to DOS to do this????  What else can I do?

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