Gosh, it seems like there are a lot of Win98ers out there, many of whom
haven't followed the threads of PCBUILD or PCSOFT for a couple months. It
my well be that if the Win98 Registry has become corrupt. If the Win98
registry backup files have also become corrupt, you may need to reinstall
the OS - if you haven't saved a backup copy of your *valid* registry
files. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, ie, to preclude
having to reinstall Win98 - I used to do that a lot of times - it's
better to have a method to save an uncorrupted version of your Registry
files (email me direct).

However, if you've gone past that option, first try installing Win98
*over the top* of your current OS, without reformatting. If that doesn't
work, you may still have to reformat and reinstall the OS - along with
all your other programs. Don't forget to save all your .ini & .sys,
files, along with all your data files (if you haven't been keeping/saving
them to a separate HDD partition).

jack payton

On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:38:33 -0400 Rick Glazier <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> There are other options for recovering from a problem like this.
> It is not necessary to format.
> The "installations" of programs can be lost when the registry gets
> corrupted, but all the files and data are still on the harddrive.
> Sometimes you can just delete the Windows directory, re-install
> Windows and go looking for your data. (ALL programs would
> then need to be re-installed too.)
> An immediate format is my last choice to recover from a problem.
> As a matter of fact, I ONLY format a drive when I buy it, or when
> moving it to a different machine.
> Other than that, I manipulate things at a file level.
> Just my $.02          Rick Glazier
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul"
> > Last month I posted in here similar problem you're having  right
> now.  The
> > subject line was "Looping Registry Checker."  Like me, I strongly
> believe
> > you have a corrupted registry files and if you still have the
> capability, I
> > would strongly recommend right now to make backups of all your
> data files
> > (ex:  word files, dbase, spreadsheets, graphics, etc.) before it's
> too late.
> > You sound like your registry files are corrupted.
> >
> >  I should say, the problem was very devastating  such that I end
> up
> > reformatting my harddrive.

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