How to restore or repair the registry with Windows 98 Registry Checker (ScanReg)

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STEP 2
Select the action you wish to perform

I want to restore registry backups

Select one of the following methods to restore registry backups:

Restore a registry backup from within Windows 98

1
Click Start > Run.

2
In the Run dialog box, type the following text:

scanregw.exe

3
Click OK.

Restore a registry backup from MS-DOS mode

1
Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode.
If the computer does not automatically start in MS-DOS mode when attempting to boot into Windows 98, hold down Ctrl key during the computer startup until the Startup Menu displays, and choose Safe Mode Command Prompt Only from the Startup Menu.

2
At the Command prompt, type the following:

scanreg /restore

3
Press Enter.

4
Choose which backup to restore.
You should have a choice of registry backups from the last five days the computer successfully booted. You can also restore other backups from either the hard drive or floppy disk.
The backups from the last five days will be in the format RB00x.*, where RB stands for Registry Backup, and x is the sequence number of the backup. RB000.cab is the most recent backup.

I want to repair the registry

Select one of the following methods to repair the registry:

Repair the registry from within Windows 98

1
Click Start > Run.

2
In the Run dialog box, type the following text:

scanregw.exe

3
Click OK.

Repair the registry from MS-DOS mode

1
Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode.
If the computer does not automatically start in MS-DOS mode when attempting to boot into Windows 98, hold down the Ctrl key during bootup until the Startup Menu appears, and choose Safe Mode Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.

2
At the Command prompt, type the following text:

scanreg

3

Press Enter.

Note

If ScanReg is unable to fix the registry problems, or does not detect registry problems, type the following command:

scanreg /fix

Press Enter.

If the registry problems are still not resolved, restore a backup of the registry. See the section I want to restore registry backups.

Document ID: 1999111116313539
Last Modified: 11/10/2006
Date Created: 11/11/1999
Product(s): TS_GEN