Various errors - any help much appreciated

susieb

The thorough check is still running - over 6 hours now is this normal? its only upto cluster 387,769 of 1,866,643 at this rate it will be running all week.

GreenNotM

susieb wrote:

The thorough check is still running - over 6 hours now is this normal? its only upto cluster 387,769 of 1,866,643 at this rate it will be running all week.

Leave it running as long as no other application is running .... that will be MS mins ...

susieb

Hi again,
its finished at last, and found no errors, I cant restore it as no system restores available and I have now restarted pc it loads windows but then I cant do anything, the cursor moves but I cant click on anything, the egg timer is just sat there, and I cant even do alt ctrl delete

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

Have you got the ME disk?

It might be worthwhile to reformat and reinstall Windows ME.

Start with a clean slate as it were.

susieb

Hi
Yes I have the disk, but do not know how to reformat and reinstall, sorry I'm not very techie.

albertross_2

Does it still work in safemode?

what is listed if you run msconfig (in the startup tab)?

susieb

no it does not work in safe mode either

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

Having never had ME I can only point to a site guiding you through the install, here.

Once the installs complete, as long as you've got the drivers for your modem/router, you can download all your other drivers from the net.

You'd need to know what soundcard and graphics cards currently installed to obtain the correct drivers though.

If you've got net access on another computer, you can always come here for assistance if need be. There's plenty of people on here ready to help.

albertross_2

The only thing I can think of, apart from a reinstall is to hold down the shift key as you start windows, or F8, forgot what's on the F8 menu in ME, but one of the options might work

GreenNotM

Hi Don't want to overload Susieb with posts while she is away but rebooting the pc several times may sort the registry problems out.... there may be a soft reboot button on the front of the pc, to do this..

BTW Safe mode is via the Ctlr key - earlier post..

Has the netgear wireless adapter been removed ?

MS site has this Windows Me Does Not Start in Safe Mode

Ruling out the Virus, CMOS battery and hardware conflicts leaves the following

Microsoft_Technet wrote:

If Windows Me still does not start in Safe mode, there may be a registry problem. To diagnose a registry problem, run the Windows Registry Checker tool (Scanreg.exe). 1.Restart your computer with the Startup disk in your floppy disk drive, and then choose the Minimal boot option.2.Type scanreg /restore, and then press ENTER.The Windows Registry Checker tool (Scanreg.exe) is not included on the Startup disk. When you start your computer with the Startup disk, the folder where the Windows Registry Checker tool is located (C:\Windows\Command) is added to the path. For additional information about the Windows Registry Checker tool, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
183887 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/183887/EN-US/) Description of the Windows Registry Checker Tool (Scanreg.exe)
For additional information about receiving an error message that your registry is damaged after you run the Windows Registry Checker tool, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
186909 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/186909/EN-US/) Registry Checker Continues to Detect Registry Damage
If Windows Me still does not start in Safe mode after you use the Windows Registry Checker tool, reinstall Windows Me in the same folder in which you originally installed it.

If you still cannot start Windows Me in Safe mode, install Windows Me in a new, empty folder. This is a troubleshooting step to help you determine if the problem is related to a remnant of the previous operating system, such as a configuration setting, or if the problem is a hardware problem.