---------- > From: Ronn Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Brin-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Irregulars Question -- Win 98 Registry Problem > Date: Thursday, February 14, 2002 4:31 PM > > Hi, you experts . . . > > Over the weekend, my Win 98 machine refused to boot. It reported a > registry problem, and SCANREG did not fix it. A friend of mine locally who > does this kind of thing for a living said I needed to reinstall Win 98 to > correct the problem. Numerous attempts to reinstall it from the .CAB files > in the C:\WIN98 directory to the C:\WINDOWS directory all resulted in the > message: > > "Message SU995028 > Setup encountered an error while creating registry keys. If the problem > persists, you will not be able to upgrade but should install Windows 98 to > a new directory. (0x13a4)" > > Finally, I took its advice and created a new directory and installed it
> there. Not only does that mean that I will have to reinstall all the > software before it can work, but for some reason it cannot find any of the > proper drivers: for example, it refuses to let the monitor show anything > but 16 colors, 640x480 resolution. > > What I would like to do, of course, is to get back to where I was last week > or so, without the impending registry problem. I have exhausted my store > of ideas on what to try (and my friend is not currently available and I > don't want to keep bothering him for free advice, anyway), so I got my old > Win 95 machine running (or at least walking) so I could ask for help. > > Is there some way I can do something like copy the registry file from the > new directory into the old C:\WINDOWS directory, then try reinstalling > there again with any hope of success? Or is there something else I can try? > > Thanks, Do you have any backups you have made in the past? Look for a backup file System.da0 . You can move the registry from your temporary installation into your old installation but you will encounter problems. 1 wipe the new installation. 2 rename the old windows directory winold (move windows winold). 3 reinstall from cd, with the directory windows 4 copy system.dat and user.dat to another directory. 5 move windows winnew 6 move winold windows 7 backup / rename your current registry files 8 copy the new system.dat file into the windows directory you _Will_ lose installation information about everything that was previously installed on your computer, but by this point you are screwed anyway. Need more information about the video problem. What did you do to try to change the mode? What video card do you have? What drivers have you installed for this video card? Windows doesn't always magically have a driver for everything, they have to be installed from the vendors disks, etc.
