| Well, if disaster strikes, and you've used MS
Backup to back up your files, and you need to restore your system
with this disk, pop the floppy into the A: drive and from the
subsequent menu, choose the "Start Computer with CD-ROM
Support." Now, at the command prompt, type the following: D:
CD TOOLS\SYSREC PCRESTOR, where D is your CD drive letter
(yours may be different). The PCRESTOR.BAT file starts an
automatic version of Win 98/ME Setup, and then cranks up the
System Restore Wizard. Once this is on screen, take out the floppy
disk, click Next in the System Restore Wizard, and you'll see the MS Backup Welcome screen. Click "Restore Backed Up
Files" and click OK. You'll need to indicate where your
backup files have been stored (on the hard drive, a Zip or Jaz
drive, a CD-ROM, a box of floppies, whatever), then you'll choose
the most recent system backup and when asked what to restore,
check everything. When it asks where to restore the data, choose
"Original Locations." The how is "Always replace
the file on my computer." Win ME users, for some
unknown reason Microsoft saw fit to remove MS Backup from your
OS's standard setup, so you'll either need a third-party backup
system or you'll need to install it from the original CD -- look
in \ADD-ONS\MSBACKUP\. Also, you may get any of several error
messages about the INDEX.DAT file. Don't worry about it, the file
will be regenerated and corrected the first time you fire up
Internet Explorer. |