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| 168686 | 2003-08-19 10:00:00 | A friend went to fire up her Packard Bell machine today and it gave a message about the registry being corrupt, and needing repairing. I did that but there is now no mouse or keyboard response. Both are USB. I haven't tried ps2 ones yet, as she had none. Is it likely to make a difference? She has 3 CD's from Packard Bell labelled as CD Master 1,2 & 3. I can't read any of them. I presume they contain her win me installation and drivers, but how are they supposed to be used? |
wotz (335) | ||
| 168687 | 2003-08-19 10:06:00 | Hmm... sounds a bit odd. The discs you discuss are probably a set of recovery disks - basically chuck Disc 1 in the drive and turn the PC on - it should come into a console type interface. Be careful with these disks, some will repair an install, or install over the top, however a lot of them *cough*PC Company*cough* will just clear the drive and start again. If you aren't sure about them, you might want to find a way of backing up the data on the drive before running the discs. You may be able to repair the registry if you can boot into a command prompt. Tap the F8 key every second or so as the computer starts up to get a Start Up Menu. Choose Command prompt only. Once you have a C:\> prompt, type in "scanreg /fix" without the " marks. This will attempt to repair the registry. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 168688 | 2003-08-19 10:09:00 | I have tried booting from no 1 and tried exploring them all. No go | wotz (335) | ||
| 168689 | 2003-08-19 10:10:00 | I did get scanreg done fine. Booted from a startup disk. | wotz (335) | ||
| 168690 | 2003-08-19 10:12:00 | Have you checked the BIOS to make sure it is set to seek CD-Rom on boot? | whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 168691 | 2003-08-19 10:14:00 | wotz, There should also be a floppy disk that you use to start the re-install. As has been mentioned those are most likely recovery disks and will convert the computer back to it's original factory settings ie no personal data! |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 168692 | 2003-08-19 10:14:00 | Yep, made it do that. I can't explore any of the disks on my computer. | wotz (335) | ||
| 168693 | 2003-08-19 10:17:00 | Gorela, I would have thought any boot disk would be fine to get me started. Load CD drivers and run the setup from the CD. I can't see any files on the CD's. | wotz (335) | ||
| 168694 | 2003-08-19 10:17:00 | That seems really odd, unless they are written in a format not supported by your machine (which I don't deem likely). Did the scanreg resolve the problem or is it still ongoing? I'd check those CD's in another PC - you should be able to view the contents. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 168695 | 2003-08-19 10:18:00 | scanreg fixed that problem. Checked them in my PC and can't see any files. Sorry to repeat but we are overlapping each other. | wotz (335) | ||
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