Incomplete startup of Me

Mike wrote :-

> Whenever that has happened ... the problem has
> always been cleared by scandisk running
> automatically following a reboot.

Unless of course one cancels the 'forced' scandisk operation as being
irrelevant, totally unnecessary and a compete waste of time <VBG> (Not
exactly unheard of - and not that long ago, either)

BTW - WinMe Auto-update is still working - just tried it this morning.

Mart


"Mike M" wrote in message

> Mart,
>
> I had thought along much the same lines as yourself, that is, that Safe
> Mode had "hung" at around the point the desktop is usually displayed.
> Whenever that has happened to me the problem has always been cleared by
> scandisk running automatically following a reboot.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby RemoveThis @gmail.com

No 'solutions' I'm afraid but a couple of further pointers which might be
worth looking at :-

"How to Troubleshoot Windows Millennium Edition Startup Problems"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273738/en-us

Virus has to be a (strong?) contender - as mentioned in the KB article.
Try F-Protect for DOS from http://www.f-prot.com/download/

BTW - May be worth throwing as much hardware off as you can (especially
USB), leaving minimal kit - Monitor, Keyboard and (preferably) serial or
ps/2 Mouse.

Also :-
"How to Start the System Restore Tool from a Command Prompt"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279736/en-us

But the fact that you haven't got any *recent* .CAB files (typically 5) - as
Mike has already pointed out - is a major worry, especially for the days
leading up to the day on which your PC went down.

> ..or should I just take the HDD to another computer
> and back it up there first?

If you've got some serious (personal) data which you can't afford to lose,
then Yes!

Mart


"JNB" <JNB.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Sorry for the delay guys....i'm having to use someone elses
> computer/connection so there is a delay between reading you comments and
> trying/checking stuff and replying. Anyway...scandisk did run
> automatically,
> i've learned that when the system hangs and I have to use the power button
> to
> shut down that scandisk finishes alot faster if i start in Safe Mode.
> Then I
> do an orderly shutdown from Safe Mode and then it has always powered up
> normally. However, now after scandisk finishes it goes to the grey screen
> that I mentioned before and hangs...I cant do anything. I dont recall now
> if
> scandisk runs automatically anymore after i use the power button to
> shutdown
> from the hung state (I'll have to go back and try it) Also, one mystery
> that
> I can clear up is the reason there is a very recent .cab available from
> scanreg /restore is that I after you guys turned me on to scanreg I
> noticed
> its "backup" option and used it to create the .cab. The other 4 that show
> up
> in the list now are several years old.
> Is this still the right way to proceed? I'm deathly afraid I'll blow away
> data etc if I try this and it doesnt work. For now though from DOS, I've
> looked around on the C: drive and it looks like all is still intact and
> the
> HDD is OK. I havent tried saving to the memory stick yet but that will be
> my
> next step...or should I just take the HDD to another computer and back it
> up
> there first?