re: When I try to boot normally, I get an error message "Windows protection error. Restart computer. System halted."
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 1:20 pm
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Posted by Ed
(659 messages posted)
There is some confusion here.
This discussion has mixed-up two quite separate matters. Christine Sanchez was asking
about the Windows ME option "System Restore"; but Keith has provided information
about SCANREG.EXE instead (which only restores the Windows Registry).
System Restore is a function of Windows ME whereby the computer can (theoretically)
be taken back to a specific point in time, i.e. at which it was working normally.
By creating a Restore Point (which contains a sort of "snapshot" of the computer's
state on that date), if something later crashes the computer you can return the computer
to the previous (working) state by using the information in the Restore Point snapshot.
System Restore has nothing to do with the Windows registry. It stores its Restore
Points (the restore data) in a hidden folder called C:\_RESTORE and (theoretically)
this contains not just the registry settings, but actual system files (i.e. configuration
files).
The problem is, System Restore doesn't work! Microsoft made a complete foul-up of
it, and never fixed the faults in it which prevented it working as it was supposed
to. All versions of System Restore for WinME are faulty: the program restores, but
by using the WRONG dates.
You will never fix anything by using System Restore. It just doesn't function properly.
Ed
On Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 4:27 am, Keith Stanier wrote:
>Chrstine Sanchez wrote:
>|I have tried to use a Systems Suite by Ontrack to boot from, and there were no
restore
>|points available. When I tried to run disk fixer, the program stops and says system
>|error.
>
>Hi Christine.
>
>You can do a system restore in DOS but not from the Boot menu as there is no Command
>Prompt Only on a WinME system as there is on a Win98SE system. You need a bootable
>floppy, thats if you have a floppy drive?
>
>Boot up with the floppy disk inserted if it doesn't read the floppy you will have
>to go into the CMOS/BIOS and change the boot sequence. Once at the A:\ prompt you
>can type in Scanreg /restore and Enter and choose a date when it last started
>up ok.
>
>If you get a bad command or filename message then you can either type in Path=C:\windows\command
>then type in Scanreg /restore. Or you can type in cd C:\windows\command and
>type Scanreg /restore and Enter
>
>If you want to check you drive for errors there should be Scandisk on the boot disk
>you can do a full scan of your drive which will show up any bad sectors that if
may
>repair.
>
>At the A:\ prompt just type in Scandisk and Enter.
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