system.dat ??

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Bonnie

Just upgraded from 98SE to XP Home. In trying to run Norton
WinDoctor, it starts out by telling me I can't run it because I've got
a missing file, Windows/system.dat.
So I take a look, and I've got some (apparent) backups of
system.dat dated years ago, Actually, the backups have the earmarks
of being made by "yours truly", who knows why. Anyway, I tried
renaming the newest file to system.dat. The system still runs OK, but
in Norton, now get a slightly different message, something about that
system.dat file and registry.
How can I re-develop this file?
Thanks, Bonnie
 
You can't. System.dat is unused in XP. You need to install the NT versions from the CD not the 9x version. A lot of it will crash your computer.
 
Just upgraded from 98SE to XP Home. In trying to run Norton
WinDoctor, it starts out by telling me I can't run it because I've got
a missing file, Windows/system.dat.
So I take a look, and I've got some (apparent) backups of
system.dat dated years ago, Actually, the backups have the earmarks
of being made by "yours truly", who knows why. Anyway, I tried
renaming the newest file to system.dat. The system still runs OK, but
in Norton, now get a slightly different message, something about that
system.dat file and registry.
How can I re-develop this file?
Thanks, Bonnie
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Oops, sorry, I should have made it clear that this is a brand new
Norton"SystemWorks" for XP........
Bonnie
 
It sounds like it has several versions of Norton's programs on it. As they've done in the past. There is no System.dat in XP. It's a 98 file. You may be installing a 98 version instead of a NT or XP (NT5.1) version or maybe 2000 (NT5.0).
 
It sounds like it has several versions of Norton's programs on it. As
they've done in the past.
There is no System.dat in XP. It's a 98 file. You may be installing a
98 version instead of a NT or XP (NT5.1) version or maybe 2000
(NT5.0).
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Thanks David, I checked, the Norton is a multi-OS type, but is
installed for XP, according to info on "about" tab in Norton.
I did a search for the system.dat files, and found a few references in
"windows/sysbackup/" .cab files
Then I searched registry, and found 3 references there.
I'm guessing that Norton isn't actually searching for that file on
it's own, but rather, because there are references to it left in the
registry. Maybe I neglected to mention that it's in the"WinDoctor",
"registry" posrtion of testing that brings this error message.
Thanks for the concern, Bonnie
 
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