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其它操作系统综合讨论区 » Help: How to solve the problem that Windows 98 cannot boot due to the loss of the system.ini file

Floor1　wwwbbbyyy	Posted 2004-09-07 00:00
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How to solve the problem that Windows 98 cannot start due to the loss of the system.ini file? Recently, my friend's computer shows a prompt that the system.ini file is missing and cannot enter Windows. Which expert can help? I am very grateful.

Floor2　Michael	Posted 2004-09-08 00:00
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Check if there are files like system.in1, system.in2 in the Windows directory. You can use the command `dir system.* /a` to check. Find a backup of system.ini and rename it to system.ini.

Floor3　JonePeng	Posted 2004-09-09 00:00
金牌会员　Posts 1,883　Credits 4,562　From 广东广州
Don't worry. In fact, Win98 has already backed up important files for you. Win98 automatically backs up registry files (SYSTEM.DAT, USER.DAT), SYSTEM.INI, and WIN.INI at regular intervals, compresses these four files into a CAB file named RB.CAB, and saves it in the Windows\sysbckup folder. To solve your problem, you just need to extract SYSTEM.INI from the backed-up CAB file. First, press F8 when Win98 just starts up, select Command Prompy Only, type CD \WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP, then DIR RB.CAB. Usually, there are five files: RB000.CAB~RB005.CAB. Use EXTRACT to extract one of them, for example, EXTRACT /E /L C:\WINDOWS RB001.CAB SYSTEM.INI. Okay, SYSTEM.INI is restored like this.

Floor4　张世彬	Posted 2004-10-13 00:00
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It seems there is also in the boot disk. Can I COPY it? I haven't tried. I don't know what it's like without SYSTEM. Can I still enter Command Prompy Only?

Floor5　JonePeng	Posted 2004-10-14 00:00
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There is no system.ini on the boot disk because system.ini is the system initialization file that, along with the registry, directs which devices and drivers should be loaded when entering Windows. The task of the boot disk is only to start DOS, so the boot disk has no system.ini. This file is always saved in the Windows folder. It is possible to copy one directly from another machine, but I do not recommend doing so because it may not be able to enter Windows smoothly. Because the devices and configurations installed on each machine are different, when there is a conflict between the devices and configurations on another machine and this machine, some devices may not be able to be used normally or even the system may crash. The wise solution has been explained above. Even without system.ini, you can enter DOS from Command Prompt Only.