....that the "system.bad" file is the C\Windows\System directory??? During a registry restore, there is frequently a "System.bad" file made from the old "system.dat" file and likewise with a "user.bad" from "user.dat".
Have you tried to do a "Scanreg /restore" while in DOS?
Or maybe physically renaming and using an older "System.dat" and "User.dat" files, like this:
c:
cd\windows
attrib -r -h -s system.dat
attrib -r -h -s system.da0
ren system.dat system.bad
ren system.da0 system.dat
attrib -r -h -s user.dat
attrib -r -h -s user.da0
ren user.dat system.bad
ren user.da0 uder.dat
Hope this helps.
Grif
Good Afternoon All:
This forum has changed a bit since the last time I logged in. Still I bet that there is someone out there who has incountered the problem that I would like to describe.
Operating system Win 98 SE
MB Micronics 200
Socket 7 AMD @ 550 CPU
128 MB 133 Sdram
2- Western Digital Hard Drives
Sony 8 X Cdrom
When brought in this computer would not boot to windows or safe mode. It went through the POST ok.
The hardware test were all good but when I started the software tests C:\windows\system Directory was changed to a file (big) and renamed system.bad. In debug it looked as though DOS copy command had been used to conconate it. I was able to use DOS to save his data, it wasn't changed.
I used DOS file scanners from Computer Associates and MacAffe and both said no virus. I can think of no way that these changes can be accidental. Can anyone name a Virus or Worm that behaves this way?
Thanks,
B.K.

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