pcandpc Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 (edited) Hello?I'm using ME and during its update processthe system was messed up, and all I'm gettingis the protection fault error during the boot.Is there a way to undo what's done duringa previous step without reinstalling the entireOS?Tried with safemode and step-by-step modebut couldn't resurrect the ME.Any suggestions would be appreciated.Thanks. Edited November 14, 2005 by pcandpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash&Burn Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 If you can successfully get into Safemode, you should be able to run SFC...which could possibly undo some recent changes. If not perhaps command prompt, but you'd really have to know what you were doing in that case. For best results, I'd likely recommend safemode and backup what files you need, then do a reinstall.You could also backup files within 'command prompt', but last time I did that in win98 I wound up with a bunch of 8.3 files :/ though I don't recall if I used xcopy or copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidenk Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 If you can successfully get into Safemode, you should be able to run SFCThere is no SFC on Windows ME. It has been superceded by SFP which is more or less the same as XP's WFP.It seems I have made a good choice never to use the Windows Update.Is there a way to undo what's done during a previous step without reinstalling the entire OS?There might be a way to use System Restore from the prompt but it won't work anyway if System Restore has not been hotfixed.Try to reinstall Windows on top of itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewan Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 You could also backup files within 'command prompt', but last time I did that in win98 I wound up with a bunch of 8.3 files :/ though I don't recall if I used xcopy or copy.The critical component with regard to Long File Names (LFNs) is theINT 21h (DOS system call), AH=71h API. There is a lot more to sayabout that, but for the purposes of this discussion, it's probablysufficient to note that 32-bit file access is required.Remember that the DOS versions* of PKZIP, ARJ, RAR, etc. will useLFNs under the same conditions, and thus might be interestingalternatives to XCOPY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRS Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Info-Zip can also take advantage of LFNs if you install the DOSLFN driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcandpc Posted December 6, 2005 Author Share Posted December 6, 2005 Hi all,Thanks for all your comments.I did system restore and the OS is back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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