Tudd,
Windows 98 or Windows ME?
What procedure were you using to "restore" your computer? Windows 98 doesn't have a tradition "System Restore" like WinME and XP, but were you using the "Scanreg /restore" commands in DOS, or were you using a Recovery Disk of some sort?
Hope this helps and let us know please.
Grif
i recently tried to restore my computer to an earlier date. during this process, my son turned off the computer at the wall. i cannot now restore to an earlier restore point. it keeps restoring to the present date. i cannot move the cursor back to a restore point, it will only restore to the date i try to do it.
i am using windows 98. as i am rather a technophobe, i hope the information i have given you is sufficient.
thanks, tudd.

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