re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 7:03 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by JmC (14166 messages posted) Another option Joan, may be to restore the registry. If your attempt to install Office failed and you cannot now boot the machine, try this. If this is not the case, then provide more information. Boot, press and hold the 'CTRL' key to enter the boot menu. Select the 'COMMAND PROMPT ONLY' option and press enter. At the C:\> prompt, type 'SCANREG /RESTORE' and press enter. When the next screen appears select a backup with a date before this problem occurred. Or with the most current backup, which would be the first time you booted today. Finish out the backup process and then reboot. JmC On Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 12:10 pm, Joan wrote: >I have an IBM Thinkpad 600E that came with preinstalled Windows 98. After installing >Office the problem started. >Now I get only the screen that says Microsoft Windows 98 inside a black frame. >What do I need to do to reinstall Windows 98. >Could it be possible that my hard drive has died. Written in response to: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Joan: Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 12:10 pm) Responses to this message: re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Rusty: Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 5:39 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Joan: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 12:10 pm) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Jeremy: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 2:11 pm) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Joan: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 2:21 pm) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Jonathan: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 4:43 pm) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Joan: Fri, Nov 29, 2002, 7:07 am) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Oh_dear: Fri, Nov 29, 2002, 7:18 am) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (JmC: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 7:03 pm) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Rusty: Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 5:39 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum