scanreg.exe switch syntax ?

[Guest RJK]

Hello,

 

An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based standalone PC !

:-) ...built 20th-May-2000 !

 

After a long fight, (Asus P5A? AMD K6/2-500), and it hanging on a black

screen, (after bios post and the "Windows 98 screen" with the

"scrolling/rotating" line at the bottom of it), I fought and uninstalled

Norton Internet Security, which I suspected was causing the black screen

hang,

.....and indeed after removing Norton - it will boot up in Windows Normal GUI

mode.

 

So ! before things start going backwards I'd like to scanreg /backup

....and label it. Do I have to use the quotes "??? ??? ???"

.....and is it possible that 98's scanreg.exe is mistakenly detecting the

Maxtor Drive ovlerlay / as being a bad sector, or would that not happen ?

 

In any event, I now have Spinrite 6 running.

 

TIA

 

regards, Richard

[Guest Don Phillipson]

Re: scanreg.exe switch syntax ?

 

"RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based standalone PC

!

> :-) ...built 20th-May-2000 !

> . . .

> So ! before things start going backwards I'd like to scanreg /backup

> ...and label it. Do I have to use the quotes "??? ??? ???"

> ....and is it possible that 98's scanreg.exe is mistakenly detecting the

> Maxtor Drive ovlerlay / as being a bad sector, or would that not happen ?

 

Distinguish between the two utilities

SCANDISK tests (hard) drive) integrity, File Allocation Table etc.

SCANREG verifies Registry (USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT) at reboot.

SCANREG /RESTORE can also be used to load an earlier date's Registry

(useful in the case of a harmful change you want to undo.)

SCANREG.INI sets parameters for this utility, including how many

old Registries to save on disk. (Default value = 5 by command

MaxBackupCopies=5

but you can reset this for any number you like.)

 

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

[Guest dadiOH]

Re: scanreg.exe switch syntax ?

 

RJK wrote:

> Hello,

>

> An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based

> standalone PC ! :-) ...built 20th-May-2000 !

>

> After a long fight, (Asus P5A? AMD K6/2-500), and it hanging on a

> black screen, (after bios post and the "Windows 98 screen" with the

> "scrolling/rotating" line at the bottom of it), I fought and

> uninstalled Norton Internet Security, which I suspected was causing

> the black screen hang,

> ....and indeed after removing Norton - it will boot up in Windows

> Normal GUI mode.

>

> So ! before things start going backwards I'd like to scanreg

> /backup ...and label it. Do I have to use the quotes "??? ???

> ???" ....and is it possible that 98's scanreg.exe is mistakenly

> detecting the Maxtor Drive ovlerlay / as being a bad sector, or

> would that not happen ?

 

The daily saved, backed up registrys are in C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP and

are named rb***.cab. You can rename to whatever you want -

rbGOOD.cab, for example - but I don't recall if SCANREG /RESTORE will

display a renamed file for selection. No big deal if not, just rename

conventionally before restoring.

 

--

 

dadiOH

____________________________

 

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...

....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from

LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.

Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

[Guest RJK]

Re: scanreg.exe switch syntax ?

 

Thanks, ...as usual - me saying one thing and meaning another ! scandisk

instead of scanreg, or t'other way around. My excuse - tiredness.

 

After a very pleasant but, VERY slow "dig" around this particular W98se

system box, and after some pretty thorough scans for malware that

surprisingly all came up negative, and after uninstalling oldish Norton

bloatware - and cleaning up after that, and other application software

remains, Spinrite 6 dealt with a damaged location on the hard disk

containing a "Voodoo 3000? 3dfx" graphics driver," and after reinstalling

that driver, all is well.

 

I "trial and errored" with the scandisk.exe command line syntax for the

switch /backup="text string" ...it turned out. I can remember from ages

ago, (MSDOS 2.1 onwards :-), wishing that MS wouldn't use so much

punctuation in their external DOS command *.exe examples !

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message

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> "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:uvWVn3oaIHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>

>> An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based standalone PC

> !

>> :-) ...built 20th-May-2000 !

>> . . .

>> So ! before things start going backwards I'd like to scanreg /backup

>> ...and label it. Do I have to use the quotes "??? ??? ???"

>> ....and is it possible that 98's scanreg.exe is mistakenly detecting the

>> Maxtor Drive ovlerlay / as being a bad sector, or would that not happen

>> ?

>

> Distinguish between the two utilities

> SCANDISK tests (hard) drive) integrity, File Allocation Table etc.

> SCANREG verifies Registry (USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT) at reboot.

> SCANREG /RESTORE can also be used to load an earlier date's Registry

> (useful in the case of a harmful change you want to undo.)

> SCANREG.INI sets parameters for this utility, including how many

> old Registries to save on disk. (Default value = 5 by command

> MaxBackupCopies=5

> but you can reset this for any number you like.)

>

> --

> Don Phillipson

> Carlsbad Springs

> (Ottawa, Canada)

>

>

>

[Guest RJK]

Re: scanreg.exe switch syntax ?

 

Thanks for your response

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"dadiOH" <dadiOH@guesswhere.com> wrote in message

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> RJK wrote:

>> Hello,

>>

>> An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based

>> standalone PC ! :-) ...built 20th-May-2000 !

>>

>> After a long fight, (Asus P5A? AMD K6/2-500), and it hanging on a

>> black screen, (after bios post and the "Windows 98 screen" with the

>> "scrolling/rotating" line at the bottom of it), I fought and

>> uninstalled Norton Internet Security, which I suspected was causing

>> the black screen hang,

>> ....and indeed after removing Norton - it will boot up in Windows

>> Normal GUI mode.

>>

>> So ! before things start going backwards I'd like to scanreg

>> /backup ...and label it. Do I have to use the quotes "??? ???

>> ???" ....and is it possible that 98's scanreg.exe is mistakenly

>> detecting the Maxtor Drive ovlerlay / as being a bad sector, or

>> would that not happen ?

>

> The daily saved, backed up registrys are in C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP and

> are named rb***.cab. You can rename to whatever you want -

> rbGOOD.cab, for example - but I don't recall if SCANREG /RESTORE will

> display a renamed file for selection. No big deal if not, just rename

> conventionally before restoring.

>

> --

>

> dadiOH

> ____________________________

>

> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...

> ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from

> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.

> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

>

>

>

[Guest PCR]

Re: scanreg.exe switch syntax ?

 

RJK wrote:

| Thanks, ...as usual - me saying one thing and meaning another !

| scandisk instead of scanreg, or t'other way around. My excuse -

| tiredness.

|

| After a very pleasant but, VERY slow "dig" around this particular

| W98se system box, and after some pretty thorough scans for malware

| that surprisingly all came up negative, and after uninstalling oldish

| Norton bloatware - and cleaning up after that, and other application

| software remains, Spinrite 6 dealt with a damaged location on the

| hard disk containing a "Voodoo 3000? 3dfx" graphics driver," and

| after reinstalling that driver, all is well.

 

Very nice. Glad to hear it.

 

| I "trial and errored" with the scandisk.exe command line syntax for

| the switch /backup="text string" ...it turned out. I can remember

| from ages ago, (MSDOS 2.1 onwards :-), wishing that MS wouldn't use

| so much punctuation in their external DOS command *.exe examples !

 

Huh? Are you tired again this quick? I doubt ScanDisk has anything like

that. It is ScanReg that has it, as Phillipson was intimating...

 

C:\>ScanReg /?

 

Windows Registry Checker

Usage: SCANREG [/<option>]

 

<option>

? : Displays usage.

BACKUP : Backup the registry and related system configuration

files.

RESTORE : Choose a backup to restore.

FIX : Repair the registry.

COMMENT="<comment>"

: Adds the specified comment to the CAB file while backing

up.

 

So, I guess it would be...

ScanReg /Comment "RJK's Perfect Registry Backup"

 

HOWEVER, registry backups (RB???.cab's in SYSBCKUP) become dated after a

while. Settings will be different & large installs or uninstalls may

become mussed by restoring an older registry. Also, this perfect one

like the others naturally will disappear (as a new one is added) after 5

more successful boots to Windows (some day I must check whether Safe

Mode qualifies) on 5 separate days-- multiple reboots on the same day

don't count.

 

Though you may do as dadiOH suggests & increase the number of backups

that are kept, unfortunately ScanReg /Restore will never offer more than

the most recent 5 backups to you. Therefore, you'd have to remove excess

newer .cabs from C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP to ensure the one you want is

offered.

 

| regards, Richard

|

|

| "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message

| news:O2V7CmraIHA.5900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

|> "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

|> news:uvWVn3oaIHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

|>

|>> An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based

|>> standalone PC ! :-) ...built 20th-May-2000 !

|>> . . .

|>> So ! before things start going backwards I'd like to scanreg

|>> /backup ...and label it. Do I have to use the quotes "??? ???

|>> ???" ....and is it possible that 98's scanreg.exe is mistakenly

|>> detecting the Maxtor Drive ovlerlay / as being a bad sector, or

|>> would that not happen ?

|>

|> Distinguish between the two utilities

|> SCANDISK tests (hard) drive) integrity, File Allocation Table etc.

|> SCANREG verifies Registry (USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT) at reboot.

|> SCANREG /RESTORE can also be used to load an earlier date's Registry

|> (useful in the case of a harmful change you want to undo.)

|> SCANREG.INI sets parameters for this utility, including how many

|> old Registries to save on disk. (Default value = 5 by command

|> MaxBackupCopies=5

|> but you can reset this for any number you like.)

|>

|> --

|> Don Phillipson

|> Carlsbad Springs

|> (Ottawa, Canada)

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest RJK]

Re: scanreg.exe switch syntax ?

 

....did it again...

 

scanREG ....sorry :-)

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

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> RJK wrote:

> | Thanks, ...as usual - me saying one thing and meaning another !

> | scandisk instead of scanreg, or t'other way around. My excuse -

> | tiredness.

> |

> | After a very pleasant but, VERY slow "dig" around this particular

> | W98se system box, and after some pretty thorough scans for malware

> | that surprisingly all came up negative, and after uninstalling oldish

> | Norton bloatware - and cleaning up after that, and other application

> | software remains, Spinrite 6 dealt with a damaged location on the

> | hard disk containing a "Voodoo 3000? 3dfx" graphics driver," and

> | after reinstalling that driver, all is well.

>

> Very nice. Glad to hear it.

>

> | I "trial and errored" with the scandisk.exe command line syntax for

> | the switch /backup="text string" ...it turned out. I can remember

> | from ages ago, (MSDOS 2.1 onwards :-), wishing that MS wouldn't use

> | so much punctuation in their external DOS command *.exe examples !

>

> Huh? Are you tired again this quick? I doubt ScanDisk has anything like

> that. It is ScanReg that has it, as Phillipson was intimating...

>

> C:\>ScanReg /?

>

> Windows Registry Checker

> Usage: SCANREG [/<option>]

>

> <option>

> ? : Displays usage.

> BACKUP : Backup the registry and related system configuration

> files.

> RESTORE : Choose a backup to restore.

> FIX : Repair the registry.

> COMMENT="<comment>"

> : Adds the specified comment to the CAB file while backing

> up.

>

> So, I guess it would be...

> ScanReg /Comment "RJK's Perfect Registry Backup"

>

> HOWEVER, registry backups (RB???.cab's in SYSBCKUP) become dated after a

> while. Settings will be different & large installs or uninstalls may

> become mussed by restoring an older registry. Also, this perfect one

> like the others naturally will disappear (as a new one is added) after 5

> more successful boots to Windows (some day I must check whether Safe

> Mode qualifies) on 5 separate days-- multiple reboots on the same day

> don't count.

>

> Though you may do as dadiOH suggests & increase the number of backups

> that are kept, unfortunately ScanReg /Restore will never offer more than

> the most recent 5 backups to you. Therefore, you'd have to remove excess

> newer .cabs from C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP to ensure the one you want is

> offered.

>

> | regards, Richard

> |

> |

> | "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message

> | news:O2V7CmraIHA.5900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> |> "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> |> news:uvWVn3oaIHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> |>

> |>> An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based

> |>> standalone PC ! :-) ...built 20th-May-2000 !

> |>> . . .

> |>> So ! before things start going backwards I'd like to scanreg

> |>> /backup ...and label it. Do I have to use the quotes "??? ???

> |>> ???" ....and is it possible that 98's scanreg.exe is mistakenly

> |>> detecting the Maxtor Drive ovlerlay / as being a bad sector, or

> |>> would that not happen ?

> |>

> |> Distinguish between the two utilities

> |> SCANDISK tests (hard) drive) integrity, File Allocation Table etc.

> |> SCANREG verifies Registry (USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT) at reboot.

> |> SCANREG /RESTORE can also be used to load an earlier date's Registry

> |> (useful in the case of a harmful change you want to undo.)

> |> SCANREG.INI sets parameters for this utility, including how many

> |> old Registries to save on disk. (Default value = 5 by command

> |> MaxBackupCopies=5

> |> but you can reset this for any number you like.)

> |>

> |> --

> |> Don Phillipson

> |> Carlsbad Springs

> |> (Ottawa, Canada)

>

> --

> Thanks or Good Luck,

> There may be humor in this post, and,

> Naturally, you will not sue,

> Should things get worse after this,

> PCR

> pcrrcp@netzero.net

>

>

[Guest PCR]

Re: scanreg.exe switch syntax ?

 

RJK wrote:

| ...did it again...

|

| scanREG ....sorry :-)

 

OK. (I'm sure I've done it myself once/twice. And Terhune has lost his

memory too!) Anyhow, it would be...

 

ScanReg /Backup /Comment "RJK's Perfect Registry Backup"

 

...., I think, & not what I first wrote.

 

| regards, Richard

|

|

| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

| news:eLJz9GDbIHA.4208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

|> RJK wrote:

|> | Thanks, ...as usual - me saying one thing and meaning another !

|> | scandisk instead of scanreg, or t'other way around. My excuse -

|> | tiredness.

|> |

|> | After a very pleasant but, VERY slow "dig" around this particular

|> | W98se system box, and after some pretty thorough scans for malware

|> | that surprisingly all came up negative, and after uninstalling

|> | oldish Norton bloatware - and cleaning up after that, and other

|> | application software remains, Spinrite 6 dealt with a damaged

|> | location on the hard disk containing a "Voodoo 3000? 3dfx"

|> | graphics driver," and after reinstalling that driver, all is well.

|>

|> Very nice. Glad to hear it.

|>

|> | I "trial and errored" with the scandisk.exe command line syntax for

|> | the switch /backup="text string" ...it turned out. I can

|> | remember from ages ago, (MSDOS 2.1 onwards :-), wishing that MS

|> | wouldn't use so much punctuation in their external DOS command

|> | *.exe examples !

|>

|> Huh? Are you tired again this quick? I doubt ScanDisk has anything

|> like that. It is ScanReg that has it, as Phillipson was intimating...

|>

|> C:\>ScanReg /?

|>

|> Windows Registry Checker

|> Usage: SCANREG [/<option>]

|>

|> <option>

|> ? : Displays usage.

|> BACKUP : Backup the registry and related system configuration

|> files.

|> RESTORE : Choose a backup to restore.

|> FIX : Repair the registry.

|> COMMENT="<comment>"

|> : Adds the specified comment to the CAB file while

|> backing up.

|>

|> So, I guess it would be...

|> ScanReg /Comment "RJK's Perfect Registry Backup"

|>

|> HOWEVER, registry backups (RB???.cab's in SYSBCKUP) become dated

|> after a while. Settings will be different & large installs or

|> uninstalls may become mussed by restoring an older registry. Also,

|> this perfect one like the others naturally will disappear (as a new

|> one is added) after 5 more successful boots to Windows (some day I

|> must check whether Safe Mode qualifies) on 5 separate days--

|> multiple reboots on the same day don't count.

|>

|> Though you may do as dadiOH suggests & increase the number of backups

|> that are kept, unfortunately ScanReg /Restore will never offer more

|> than the most recent 5 backups to you. Therefore, you'd have to

|> remove excess newer .cabs from C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP to ensure the one

|> you want is offered.

|>

|> | regards, Richard

|> |

|> |

|> | "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message

|> | news:O2V7CmraIHA.5900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

|> |> "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

|> |> news:uvWVn3oaIHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

|> |>

|> |>> An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based

|> |>> standalone PC ! :-) ...built 20th-May-2000 !

|> |>> . . .

|> |>> So ! before things start going backwards I'd like to scanreg

|> |>> /backup ...and label it. Do I have to use the quotes "??? ???

|> |>> ???" ....and is it possible that 98's scanreg.exe is mistakenly

|> |>> detecting the Maxtor Drive ovlerlay / as being a bad sector, or

|> |>> would that not happen ?

|> |>

|> |> Distinguish between the two utilities

|> |> SCANDISK tests (hard) drive) integrity, File Allocation Table etc.

|> |> SCANREG verifies Registry (USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT) at reboot.

|> |> SCANREG /RESTORE can also be used to load an earlier date's

|> |> Registry (useful in the case of a harmful change you want to

|> |> undo.) SCANREG.INI sets parameters for this utility, including

|> |> how many old Registries to save on disk. (Default value = 5 by

|> |> command MaxBackupCopies=5

|> |> but you can reset this for any number you like.)

|> |>

|> |> --

|> |> Don Phillipson

|> |> Carlsbad Springs

|> |> (Ottawa, Canada)

|>

|> --

|> Thanks or Good Luck,

|> There may be humor in this post, and,

|> Naturally, you will not sue,

|> Should things get worse after this,

|> PCR

|> pcrrcp@netzero.net

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest RJK]

Re: scanreg.exe switch syntax ?

 

Thanks PCR but, there has to be an = sign in it :-)

...according to scanreg /?

 

scanreg /backup /comment="wonderfully descriptive text string"

 

....I haven't tried it without but, perhaps it works without the =

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

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> RJK wrote:

> | ...did it again...

> |

> | scanREG ....sorry :-)

>

> OK. (I'm sure I've done it myself once/twice. And Terhune has lost his

> memory too!) Anyhow, it would be...

>

> ScanReg /Backup /Comment "RJK's Perfect Registry Backup"

>

> ..., I think, & not what I first wrote.

>

> | regards, Richard

> |

> |

> | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

> | news:eLJz9GDbIHA.4208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> |> RJK wrote:

> |> | Thanks, ...as usual - me saying one thing and meaning another !

> |> | scandisk instead of scanreg, or t'other way around. My excuse -

> |> | tiredness.

> |> |

> |> | After a very pleasant but, VERY slow "dig" around this particular

> |> | W98se system box, and after some pretty thorough scans for malware

> |> | that surprisingly all came up negative, and after uninstalling

> |> | oldish Norton bloatware - and cleaning up after that, and other

> |> | application software remains, Spinrite 6 dealt with a damaged

> |> | location on the hard disk containing a "Voodoo 3000? 3dfx"

> |> | graphics driver," and after reinstalling that driver, all is well.

> |>

> |> Very nice. Glad to hear it.

> |>

> |> | I "trial and errored" with the scandisk.exe command line syntax for

> |> | the switch /backup="text string" ...it turned out. I can

> |> | remember from ages ago, (MSDOS 2.1 onwards :-), wishing that MS

> |> | wouldn't use so much punctuation in their external DOS command

> |> | *.exe examples !

> |>

> |> Huh? Are you tired again this quick? I doubt ScanDisk has anything

> |> like that. It is ScanReg that has it, as Phillipson was intimating...

> |>

> |> C:\>ScanReg /?

> |>

> |> Windows Registry Checker

> |> Usage: SCANREG [/<option>]

> |>

> |> <option>

> |> ? : Displays usage.

> |> BACKUP : Backup the registry and related system configuration

> |> files.

> |> RESTORE : Choose a backup to restore.

> |> FIX : Repair the registry.

> |> COMMENT="<comment>"

> |> : Adds the specified comment to the CAB file while

> |> backing up.

> |>

> |> So, I guess it would be...

> |> ScanReg /Comment "RJK's Perfect Registry Backup"

> |>

> |> HOWEVER, registry backups (RB???.cab's in SYSBCKUP) become dated

> |> after a while. Settings will be different & large installs or

> |> uninstalls may become mussed by restoring an older registry. Also,

> |> this perfect one like the others naturally will disappear (as a new

> |> one is added) after 5 more successful boots to Windows (some day I

> |> must check whether Safe Mode qualifies) on 5 separate days--

> |> multiple reboots on the same day don't count.

> |>

> |> Though you may do as dadiOH suggests & increase the number of backups

> |> that are kept, unfortunately ScanReg /Restore will never offer more

> |> than the most recent 5 backups to you. Therefore, you'd have to

> |> remove excess newer .cabs from C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP to ensure the one

> |> you want is offered.

> |>

> |> | regards, Richard

> |> |

> |> |

> |> | "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message

> |> | news:O2V7CmraIHA.5900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> |> |> "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> |> |> news:uvWVn3oaIHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> |> |>

> |> |>> An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based

> |> |>> standalone PC ! :-) ...built 20th-May-2000 !

> |> |>> . . .

> |> |>> So ! before things start going backwards I'd like to scanreg

> |> |>> /backup ...and label it. Do I have to use the quotes "??? ???

> |> |>> ???" ....and is it possible that 98's scanreg.exe is mistakenly

> |> |>> detecting the Maxtor Drive ovlerlay / as being a bad sector, or

> |> |>> would that not happen ?

> |> |>

> |> |> Distinguish between the two utilities

> |> |> SCANDISK tests (hard) drive) integrity, File Allocation Table etc.

> |> |> SCANREG verifies Registry (USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT) at reboot.

> |> |> SCANREG /RESTORE can also be used to load an earlier date's

> |> |> Registry (useful in the case of a harmful change you want to

> |> |> undo.) SCANREG.INI sets parameters for this utility, including

> |> |> how many old Registries to save on disk. (Default value = 5 by

> |> |> command MaxBackupCopies=5

> |> |> but you can reset this for any number you like.)

> |> |>

> |> |> --

> |> |> Don Phillipson

> |> |> Carlsbad Springs

> |> |> (Ottawa, Canada)

> |>

> |> --

> |> Thanks or Good Luck,

> |> There may be humor in this post, and,

> |> Naturally, you will not sue,

> |> Should things get worse after this,

> |> PCR

> |> pcrrcp@netzero.net

>

> --

> Thanks or Good Luck,

> There may be humor in this post, and,

> Naturally, you will not sue,

> Should things get worse after this,

> PCR

> pcrrcp@netzero.net

>

>

[Guest PCR]

Re: scanreg.exe switch syntax ?

 

RJK wrote:

| Thanks PCR but, there has to be an = sign in it :-)

| ..according to scanreg /?

|

| scanreg /backup /comment="wonderfully descriptive text string"

|

| ...I haven't tried it without but, perhaps it works without the =

 

You are welcome. I agree it looks like there has to be an = sign in it,

unless experimentation proves otherwise. And I hope that's the last

thing I've left out!

 

| regards, Richard

|

|

| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

| news:u620uoEbIHA.4176@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

|> RJK wrote:

|> | ...did it again...

|> |

|> | scanREG ....sorry :-)

|>

|> OK. (I'm sure I've done it myself once/twice. And Terhune has lost

|> his memory too!) Anyhow, it would be...

|>

|> ScanReg /Backup /Comment "RJK's Perfect Registry Backup"

|>

|> ..., I think, & not what I first wrote.

|>

|> | regards, Richard

|> |

|> |

|> | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

|> | news:eLJz9GDbIHA.4208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

|> |> RJK wrote:

|> |> | Thanks, ...as usual - me saying one thing and meaning another !

|> |> | scandisk instead of scanreg, or t'other way around. My excuse -

|> |> | tiredness.

|> |> |

|> |> | After a very pleasant but, VERY slow "dig" around this

|> |> | particular W98se system box, and after some pretty thorough

|> |> | scans for malware that surprisingly all came up negative, and

|> |> | after uninstalling oldish Norton bloatware - and cleaning up

|> |> | after that, and other application software remains, Spinrite 6

|> |> | dealt with a damaged location on the hard disk containing a

|> |> | "Voodoo 3000? 3dfx" graphics driver," and after reinstalling

|> |> | that driver, all is well.

|> |>

|> |> Very nice. Glad to hear it.

|> |>

|> |> | I "trial and errored" with the scandisk.exe command line syntax

|> |> | for the switch /backup="text string" ...it turned out. I can

|> |> | remember from ages ago, (MSDOS 2.1 onwards :-), wishing that MS

|> |> | wouldn't use so much punctuation in their external DOS command

|> |> | *.exe examples !

|> |>

|> |> Huh? Are you tired again this quick? I doubt ScanDisk has anything

|> |> like that. It is ScanReg that has it, as Phillipson was

|> |> intimating...

|> |>

|> |> C:\>ScanReg /?

|> |>

|> |> Windows Registry Checker

|> |> Usage: SCANREG [/<option>]

|> |>

|> |> <option>

|> |> ? : Displays usage.

|> |> BACKUP : Backup the registry and related system configuration

|> |> files.

|> |> RESTORE : Choose a backup to restore.

|> |> FIX : Repair the registry.

|> |> COMMENT="<comment>"

|> |> : Adds the specified comment to the CAB file while

|> |> backing up.

|> |>

|> |> So, I guess it would be...

|> |> ScanReg /Comment "RJK's Perfect Registry Backup"

|> |>

|> |> HOWEVER, registry backups (RB???.cab's in SYSBCKUP) become dated

|> |> after a while. Settings will be different & large installs or

|> |> uninstalls may become mussed by restoring an older registry. Also,

|> |> this perfect one like the others naturally will disappear (as a

|> |> new one is added) after 5 more successful boots to Windows (some

|> |> day I must check whether Safe Mode qualifies) on 5 separate days--

|> |> multiple reboots on the same day don't count.

|> |>

|> |> Though you may do as dadiOH suggests & increase the number of

|> |> backups that are kept, unfortunately ScanReg /Restore will never

|> |> offer more than the most recent 5 backups to you. Therefore,

|> |> you'd have to remove excess newer .cabs from C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP

|> |> to ensure the one you want is offered.

|> |>

|> |> | regards, Richard

|> |> |

|> |> |

|> |> | "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message

|> |> | news:O2V7CmraIHA.5900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

|> |> |> "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

|> |> |> news:uvWVn3oaIHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

|> |> |>

|> |> |>> An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based

|> |> |>> standalone PC ! :-) ...built 20th-May-2000 !

|> |> |>> . . .

|> |> |>> So ! before things start going backwards I'd like to scanreg

|> |> |>> /backup ...and label it. Do I have to use the quotes "???

|> |> |>> ??? ???" ....and is it possible that 98's scanreg.exe is

|> |> |>> mistakenly detecting the Maxtor Drive ovlerlay / as being a

|> |> |>> bad sector, or would that not happen ?

|> |> |>

|> |> |> Distinguish between the two utilities

|> |> |> SCANDISK tests (hard) drive) integrity, File Allocation Table

|> |> |> etc. SCANREG verifies Registry (USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT) at

|> |> |> reboot. SCANREG /RESTORE can also be used to load an earlier

|> |> |> date's Registry (useful in the case of a harmful change you

|> |> |> want to undo.) SCANREG.INI sets parameters for this utility,

|> |> |> including how many old Registries to save on disk. (Default

|> |> |> value = 5 by command MaxBackupCopies=5

|> |> |> but you can reset this for any number you like.)

|> |> |>

|> |> |> --

|> |> |> Don Phillipson

|> |> |> Carlsbad Springs

|> |> |> (Ottawa, Canada)

 

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