start up windows (W98)

[john14310]

cold some body help me with this problem,I had xp on my comp and then took it off and put 98 back on, now when I turn on my comp it is telling me that it is updating the files and check hard drive,and then it loads windows 98. I would like it to just load 98 with out the wording before it starts,is there something in the reg making this happen and can I change that so it doesn't have the wording in it.thanks john

[laurieA]

Try this:

Go to Start > Shutdown, and choose 'Restart the computer in MS-DOS'

At the blinking cursor, type the following commands successively, hitting 'enter' after EACH line:

cd\
cd windows\command
scanreg /fix

The Scanreg tool will now proceed to rebuild your registry, which can take some time.

When it finished, type exit or win, followed by hitting 'enter' to return to Windows.
Ctrl-alt-delete will work as well.

You will have refreshed, compacted and repaired your Registry.

[john14310]

thanks Laurie for the quick reply. will there be any down falls in doing this,and would you suggest backing up my old reg before doing this. thanks john