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win98SE setup prob

  • 15-05-2002 9:36am
    #1
    sinus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 293 ✭✭


    due to recent virus a machine i am working on had a messed up registry, it was in a continually loop restarting with the reg checker

    i reinstalled win98se over its self to replace the reg....all going well until the part of install where it asks to keep or dispose of the system file from previous install:
    say yes- continious till 100% of backing up system files then error
    "application error:call to unified datalink" click ok and the system restarts

    say no
    "application error:call to unified datalink" click ok and the system restarts

    WTF? never seen this before...is a fresh format required??
    anyone seen this...


Comments

  • #2
    Cake Fiend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭Cake Fiend


    (This should be in MS Apps/OS BTW)
    Not sure what the error is (try a Google), but you're pretty much always better off installing an OS from a fresh format.
    If you have stuff on the hard-drive that you want to keep but can't back up to another HD/CDR/whatever, just delete the Windows and Program Files directories from DOS and then reinstall windows.


  • #3
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Yeah, you're always better off with a fresh install, esp. after a crippling virus.


  • #4
    Quigs Snr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,162 ✭✭✭Quigs Snr


    You shouldn't build a house on sand. I have rebuilt many a machine after a disaster. On most occasions where I have 'saved' the machine and rebuilt retaining the registry, I have found that for one reason or another things go pear shaped again quickly (note there are always exceptions, on occasion a full recovery is possible).

    My advice is the same as the others, reformat. You'll probably end up doing it in the end anyway.


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