it all started with vmm32.vxd needed to run windows [Archive]

hopeless

May 29th, 2003, 12:52 AM

Ran and fixed with diskscan, tried to reinstall windows 98 from the CD that came with computer but can't since not an upgrade, tried to rename the 'fixed' file back to windows\system but messed up and thik ened up renaming the windows\system to something else, the created a win98 bootdisk and don't know how to get it to load or if it will solve problem. Don't want to format drive since don't have CD for prodigy or office 2000 and based on experiences to date, sounds too scary. Whew!!!
What should I do, be gentle.

PostCode

May 29th, 2003, 01:23 AM

Once you booted to a floppy, type the following in:

c:
cd windows\system
ren vmm32.vxd vmm32.xxx
cd ..
ren win.com win.xxx

Now there are a few ways to actually install Windows. The following links will tell you how to do this:

How to Install Windows (http://www.cybertechhelp.com/html/tutorials/tutorial.php/id/39)

You can also copy the files located within the win98\ directory on the CD to the hard drive and install Windows from here as well. The benefit to this is that when Windows asks for the CD, you can point it to the location you have choosen and it'll get what it needs from there, thus no need for the CD after you have it installed. First check to see if you already have the .cab files on your drive. They should be located in the c:\windows\options\cabs directory. After you get done renaming win.com type:

cd options\cabs
dir

This should list the .cab files if they are located there. If they are already there, then you don't need to copy them over and you can just start the installation of Windows:

setup

If they are not there, then insert the cd and type the following:

copy d:\win98\*.* c:\windows\options\cabs

Alternately, if you are currently in the windows\options\cabs directory then you can type the following:

copy d:\win98\*.*

Again, once you get the files copied over then you can start the installation of Windows:

setup

During the installation the setup program will prompt you where to install Windows. By default it'll say something like c:\windows.000. You need to change this to c:\windows. After that, you should be good to go. The previous link explains the various phases that the installation goes through.

Hope this helps.