Older Windows restore and fix the registry

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For those running older Windows versions from 95 to ME on a virtual machine and would like to know how to restore and fix the registry, then follow these steps.

Recommended for experienced users

Windows 95

This will rename the registry and reinstall Windows

1. Press F8 at startup when booting Windows 95
2. In Command prompt type the following (press enter after each line)

attrib -r -s -h system.1st
ren system.1st system.ba0
cd windows
attrib -r -s -h system.dat
attrib -r -s -h system.dao
attrib -r -s -h user.dat
attrib -r -s -h user.dao
rename system.dat system.ba0
rename system.dao system.ba1
rename user.dat user.ba0
rename user.dao user.ba1

3. Restart the computer.

Windows 98 & SE

1. Restart PC or virtual machine (If already on)
2. At the command prompt type scanreg /restore
3. Click on a registry with the word "started" in it with the date, then press enter
4. Press enter to restart PC.

Windows ME

1. Boot the computer with you Windows ME disk
2. At the Windows ME startup menu press Shift & F5 to open command prompt.
3. Command prompt will open as A:\, so type C:\ and press enter.
4. Now type cd windows\command then press enter.
5. Type scanreg /restore, press enter.
6. Select a registry with "startup" next to a date and press enter.
7. Restart computer.