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I need suggestions on how to damage a computer with Windows 98.

post #1 of 23
2/1/05 at 2:47pm
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I'm in a computers repair class and my teacher told me to cause damage to the computer to see what it does. I have a Windows 98 disk in case I have to reinstall it, so as long as I can cause damage without permanently damaging something, it's all good.

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post #2 of 23
2/1/05 at 2:49pm
try opening up Regedit and deleting registry keys at random.
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post #3 of 23
2/1/05 at 2:51pm
search on *.dll, delete all of them
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post #4 of 23
2/1/05 at 3:13pm
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Originally Posted by The Anaconda
try opening up Regedit and deleting registry keys at random.
I was deleting everything in all of the registry working my way up from the bottom. When I got to CLASSES_ROOT, my mouse was pretty much not working anymore clicking-wise.

:-P
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post #5 of 23
2/1/05 at 3:22pm
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I screwed it up big time.



I want to see if it's fixable without having to reformat.
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post #6 of 23
2/1/05 at 3:29pm
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F8 while booting, Command Promt, scanreg, and then used a backup and everything was fine.
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post #7 of 23
2/1/05 at 3:30pm
Yep scanreg is pretty handy...

now try doing that with an XP system and that's a completely different story for fixing it... (anyone that has had to use recovery console to fix "system32/config/system" error knows this )
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post #8 of 23
2/1/05 at 4:52pm
well.... obviously if you have a backup it can be fixed easily
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post #9 of 23
2/1/05 at 6:22pm
delete io.sys and msdos.sys
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post #10 of 23
2/1/05 at 7:02pm
and boot.ini
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post #11 of 23
2/1/05 at 7:21pm
Windows 98 is not NT based, thus no boot.ini.
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post #12 of 23
2/1/05 at 7:26pm
Hmmm, been too long I guess. Haven't even seen 98 run for like 5+ years
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post #13 of 23
2/1/05 at 7:29pm
easy to mess up 98 system!

Cruise through pron and haxor sites without wearing a condom.
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post #14 of 23
2/1/05 at 9:16pm
Delete all fonts that are on the system.
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post #15 of 23
2/1/05 at 9:24pm
Bring up a command prompt and enter fdisk /mbr
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post #16 of 23
2/1/05 at 9:32pm
Change a bunch of 1's to 0's . Messing with the reg is fun!
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post #17 of 23
2/1/05 at 9:59pm
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Originally Posted by viper8547
Change a bunch of 1's to 0's .
reminds me of that squirrel thingy and the "Snell" tech support flash video.

and if the machine only has one partition fdisk /mbr won't do anything to it... (good command for getting rid of boot sector viruses tho )
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post #18 of 23
2/1/05 at 11:47pm
Take it upstairs...
Throw it out of a window...
Tell her that you tried to make a Windows Breakthrough
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post #19 of 23
2/2/05 at 12:13am
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Originally Posted by gsferrari
Take it upstairs...
Throw it out of a window...
Tell her that you tried to make a Windows Breakthrough
Throwing the computer out the window is a documented WinME fix, not sure if the same applies for 98.


Back to the first post -
Are there classes held these days that cover win98 repair? Seriously, is there???? Does it cover DOS?

BTW - no longer supports 98
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post #20 of 23
2/2/05 at 12:15am
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Originally Posted by G-Omaha
Delete all fonts that are on the system.

AHAHA

Never even thought of this one. Imagine that back in the WIN95 days when HD space was expensive, deleting "extra" fonts was part of my clean up and make space routine.
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