I have a windows 98 gateway computer. About 6 months ago, upon booting, I started 
getting messages that nwlink.vxd was missing, as well as vserver.vxd . I didn't know 
how to fix it, and didn't have alot of time to, so i laid it off. ON JANUARY 1st 
at 12:00 am, new years, I booted it and was asked for the windows registration code. 
I gave it,(It is on a sticker on the side of my computer.)I thought it was extremely 
strange. From then on, I couldn't get the computer to boot. It always does this when 
it boots:

#1: I get a message saying that Norton Antivirus wasn't able to determine the location 
of configuration files. [Ok]

#2: SoundBlaster Audio PCID Driver cannot load MIDI Waveset. MIDI Playback has been 
disabled.

#3: Explorer has performed an illegal operation and must be shut down. [OK]

#4: When I press ok, the only thing apparent is my desktop background picture. Thats 
it.


*** I searched the internet for solutions, but tried everything I found. I tryed 
to hold CTRL down on startup, as well as F8, to get the Safe mode. However, if I 
hold a key down, it tells me that it has detected the mouse, but there was a keyboard 
error, and goes about performing an illegal operation anyway. 

*** When I have the windows 98 disk in, I ALWAYS get a screen asking whether to boot 
up from the hard drive or from the disk. 
      A: If i boot from the hard drive I get the same results
      B: If I boot from the CD, it tells me that it is going to ERASE EVERYTHING, 
and to make sure that there isn't any files that I need to keep. THAT'S THE WHOLE 
REASON I NEED THIS COMPUTER TO START UP in the first place!!! SO I can get the files!!!

PLEASE HELP ME!!!

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