can't start windows Monday, June 4, 2007 at 8:59 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Roland (30 messages posted) I am getting two messages when trying to start windows. First is "error loading explorer.exeou must reinstall windows" The second is "unable to run C:\windows\system\runonce.exe" I usted the start-up disk to no avail. As a last resort I tried to reinstall Windows from the CD, but can only get through part of the installation process when I get error messages. If I were to install Windows in a different directory, can I salvage my data (Word docs., etc) from the old directory and put them in the new one? Is there anyway I can get the reinstallation to "take?" I've never run into a situation where I couldn't reinstall the OS. Any suggestions would be appreciated, since I've gotten desperate and run out of ideas. Responses to this message: re: can't start windows (gewg_: Monday, June 4, 2007 at 10:49 pm) re: can't start windows (pstorr: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 12:16 am) All messages in this thread [show all] can't start windows (Roland: Mon, Jun 4, 2007, 8:59 pm) re: can't start windows (gewg_: Mon, Jun 4, 2007, 10:49 pm) re: can't start windows (pstorr: Wed, Jun 13, 2007, 12:16 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum