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08-11-2003, 05:38 PM
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how to recover installed programs
I recently wrecked my win98 computer while installing a program. It was something from download.com, unfortunately I don't remember what it was called. Anyways after I rebooted Explorer wouldn't load and it told me to reinstall Windows (some .dll was linked to another missing .dll, but I don't remember the names). So I go to reinstall 98 over the old copy, but halfway through the installation it gives me the same error. So I'm stuck.
I need to get all the data off of that drive so that I can format and install a fresh copy of Windows. The only problem is that I don't want to have to reinstall every single program that I already had. Is there any way to save the program files, and then copy them back to windows, but register them all properly (file types, etc.) I don't know of a way to do this but if there is it would be very helpful. 
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08-11-2003, 05:55 PM
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It's called ghosting/disk imaging. But you have to have it created BEFORE your computer goes wacky!
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08-12-2003, 02:34 AM
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Seems odd that Win98 won't re-install over itself.
What error message is it giving exactly? David. |
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08-12-2003, 04:24 PM
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Thanks Ray, I figured that much
An "error starting program" dialog appeared: The MSVCRT.DLL file is linked to missing export NTDLL.DLL:RtlGetNtVersionNumbers. This occured once the desktop appeared on startup, then again about halfway through installation. Now it seems the system is wrecked more because setup stopped halfway through. |
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08-12-2003, 06:11 PM
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try this link http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;330314
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08-13-2003, 02:11 AM
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Andy's link to the article on the msvcrt file might do the trick: there are quite a few people who get this error. It usually works.
In some cases it doesn't: If you still have trouble after replacing that file, take a look at this thread, especially the portion where the wmploc files are mentioned http://www.computing.net/windowsme/w...rum/37326.html . . . this strategy (deleting the wmploc.dll and wmploc.00x files and reattempting the reinstall) seems most successful with WinMe. (but it shouldn't hurt to try on Win98 - besides, you're reinstalling anyway . . the files in question are from Windows Media Player) . . . Gary |
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