Ren c:windows\windoz.dll c:\windows\windoz.old and click ENTER.
If the file is in windows you can rename it to old from whatever its was before, i.e., exe, txt, dll, etc.Īn example of renaming would be to rename windoz.dll to windoz.old you would use You can look at the last thing listed in log and most likely it is the item that caused Windows not to load. If it does not work, then type 'a: c:\bootlog.txt'.
From a:> type 'c:\windows\bootlog.txt' and click ENTER From a:> type 'del c:\win386.swap' and click ENTER. From a:> type 'del c:\windows\temp*.*' and click ENTER. From a:> type 'fdisk /mbr' and click ENTER. If successful it will say system transferred. Note the space between scanreg and /restore. Select a date before the problem occurred. If you don't have one, get one from From a:> type 'scanreg /restore' without the quotes and hit ENTER. If one works, you don't have to go to the next one.ġ. Here is a 10 steps approach to fixing the error of not being able to boot up to Windows. You should fix the problem before upgrading to Windows XP, even if you have to reinstall Windows 98.
