Delete the system.dat file.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Eric Greenberg
> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 7:52 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [PCBUILD] New MB and Windows 98.
>
>
> Hi All and a Happy Holidays.
>
> My problem:  New system received by client was DOA.  Traced it to the
> Motherboard.  Changed MB to Tekram P6L40-A4.  It is a PII-266/96MB SDRAM,
> LX chipset.  Before system would not boot, now boots fine until it hit the
> Windows 98 screen.
>
> I realize that this is just a resource conflict between the old and new
> MB's, but how in the heck do I get around it?  I cannot boot in to 98 no
> matter what I do...safe mode/boot disk whatever.  I CAN get to the command
> prompt and have run all the DOS diagnostics and everything comes up clean.
>
> So basically after all the above, my general question is how do I "trick"
> the registry into finding all the new hardware without a new install?
> Usually I just wipe the HD and start over, but this client has
> some data on
> the HD that i would like to preserve.
>
> TIA
>
>
> Eric
>
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