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- METHODS FOR RESTORING A CORRUPTED DESKTOP
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-
- There may be cases where your desktop may have been corrupted. An example
- is if you booted DOS and tried to rearrange your hard disk and corrupted
- either INI files or Extended Attributes. The following mechanisms have
- been implemented to help in these cases. There a 3 methods of restoring
- your desktop.
-
-
- Method (1)
- The first method tries to migrate your current desktop configuration by
- merging new initialization files with your corrupt initialization files.
-
-
- 1) Restart your computer using the OS/2 Installation Diskette;
- then insert disk #1 when prompted.
- 2) When the IBM logo appears with the options to 'Enter' to
- continue or 'ESC' to cancel; press 'ESC' to cancel. This will
- drop you off at the A: prompt.
- 3) Change to the drive containing OS/2. Then switch to the OS2
- sub-directory ( Ex. C:\OS2> ).
- 4) At the command line type:
- MAKEINI OS2.INI INI.RC (Press 'ENTER')
- MAKEINI OS2SYS.INI INISYS.RC (Press 'ENTER')
- 5) At the command line use the attrib command to delete the
- hidden file WP ROOT. SF in the OS2 startable partition.
- At the command line type:
- ATTRIB C:\WP?ROOT.?SF -s -r -h
- DEL C:\WP?ROOT.?SF
- 6) Re-boot your computer by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL. This should
- re-build your desktop to your current desktop by replacing the
- corrupt .ini files with new .ini files created with the
- MAKEINI commands.
- 7) It is highly recommended to do an IMMEDIATE shutdown after the
- system is installed to make sure that all programs and files
- have been associated correctly. Use the system shutdown the
- system menu by clicking with the right mouse button on the
- desktop (*not on any icon*) and a system menu with the
- shutdown option in the middle.
-
-
- Method (2)
- This method copies your original desktop and initialization file and then
- generates new files from copies that are stored in the OS2\INSTALL sub-
- directory. This method will not save shadow copies of icons or extended
- services icons on your desktop. This will start the tutorial and generate
- the desktop as though you have just finished the installation process.
-
- 1) If possible do a controlled 'Shutdown' of OS2.
- 2) Re-boot your system by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL.
- 3) As soon as you hear a single beep, or you press 'Enter' at the
- Boot Manager menu or password prompt; Press and HOLD ALT-F1
- keys. Hold these keys down until the keyboard buffer is full,
- the buffer is full when a rapid beeping sound is heard.
- 4) Release keys after the buffer is filled.
- 5) The system will boot past the normal 'Black' OS2 Colored
- Circles and then will a note saying that 3 files have been
- renamed and re-created from copies in the OS2\INSTALL sub-
- directory.
- 6) Your system should now return to the original desktop. This
- process can take up to 10 minutes. Sometimes the tutorial
- will start-up again and you may wish to review the tutorial
- while your desktop is being generated.
- 7) It is highly recommended to do an IMMEDIATE shutdown after the
- system is installed to make sure that all programs and files
- have been associated correctly. Use the system shutdown the
- system menu by clicking with the right mouse button on the
- desktop (*not on any icon*) and a system menu with the
- shutdown option in the middle.
-
- Method (3)
- If the above methods do not work this is a manual way of re-installing
- without having to install with the diskettes.
-
- 1) Restart your computer using the OS/2 Installation Diskette;
- then insert disk #1 when prompted.
- 2) When the IBM logo appears with the options to 'Enter' to
- continue or 'ESC' to cancel; press 'ESC' to cancel. This will
- drop you off at the A: prompt.
- 3) Change to the drive containing OS/2. Then switch to the OS2
- sub-directory ( Ex. C:\OS2> ).
- 4) At the command line type:
- MAKEINI OS2.INI INI.RC (Press 'ENTER')
- MAKEINI OS2SYS.INI INISYS.RC (Press 'ENTER')
- 5) At the command line use the attrib command to delete the
- hidden file WP ROOT. SF in the OS2 startable partition.
- At the command line type:
- ATTRIB C:\WP?ROOT.?SF -s -r -h
- DEL C:\WP?ROOT.?SF
- 6) Change to the desktop sub-directory and remove all the
- subsequent sub-directories located beneath the desktop
- directory. The desktop directory in a FAT system is named
- OS!2_2.0_D and HPFS is named
- OS!2 2.0 DESKTOP. In order to change to the sub-directory
- type:
- CD OS!2_2.0_D (For FAT system)
- CD "OS!2 2.0 DESKTOP" (For HPFS system)
- To remove sub-directories issue the 'RD subdir' to remove sub-
- directories where subdir is the name of the sub-directory to
- be deleted.
- ***NOTE : In FAT systems blanks in folder names are
- represented by underscores '_', and in HPFS folder names with
- blanks in them must be enclosed in double quotes '"'.
- 7) Re-boot your computer by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL. This should
- re-build your desktop to your current desktop by replacing the
- corrupt .ini files with new .ini files created with the
- MAKEINI commands.
- 8) It is highly recommended to do an IMMEDIATE shutdown after the
- system is installed to make sure that all programs and files
- have been associated correctly. Use the system shutdown the
- system menu by clicking with the right mouse button on the
- desktop (*not on any icon*) and a system menu with the
- shutdown option in the middle.
-
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- Thank you for calling the OS/2 2.0 Support Line. Regarding the problem
- reported to the Support Line, we feel that this information may assist
- you in resoloving your problem. If you still require assistance, please
- call 1-800-237-5511, and reference your customer number and problem (PMR)
- number. Your Problem Record Number (PMR) should appear on the cover
- page of this faxed document.