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re: win 98 re-install Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 3:27 pm Posted by Gerry Kroll (1986 messages posted) Start in Command Prompt mode. Hold the CTRL key while the computer is booting. This will produce a white-on-black boot menu. Select Command Prompt only from the menu. Type these commands, hitting Enter after each one: deltree   /y   c:\*.sav ren   c:\config.sys   *.sav ren   c:\autoexec.bat   *.sav Restart your computer. If you still have that error, you didn't install W98 correctly. In that case, here's a procedure that might help. http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win95/r1071319853 On Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 2:22 pm, dan wrote: >I re-format my pc because it kept on freezing and logging me out prematurely. I re-install >Win 98 but on re-start it gives me an error message hymem.sys can't be found and >it ask me to re-start my pc but it will do the same thing. Any suggestions/help please >anyone. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: win 98 re-install Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 5:36 pm Posted by dan (4 messages posted) Thanks for the reply. I tried this and the last 2 items didn't work. So I re-installed the win98 on CDrom and its the same thing. Did I format my pc wrong? The bootdisk I downloaded from the site you suggested will not work on my a: drive. Kept on telling me that it is an invalid drive. Anymore suggestion? Will greatly appreciated. On Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 3:27 pm, Gerry Kroll wrote: >Start in Command Prompt mode. Hold the CTRL key while the computer is booting. This >will produce a white-on-black boot menu. Select Command Prompt only from the menu. > >Type these commands, hitting Enter after each one: > deltree /y  c:\*.sav > ren  c:\config.sys *.sav > ren  c:\autoexec.bat *.sav >Restart your computer. > >If you still have that error, you didn't install W98 correctly. In that case, here's >a procedure that might help. > http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win95/r1071319853 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: win 98 re-install Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 7:04 pm Posted by JmC (14166 messages posted) You should now have a boot disk....start over and try it with these instructions: PC-911 JmC On Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 2:22 pm, dan wrote: >I re-format my pc because it kept on freezing and logging me out prematurely. I re-install >Win 98 but on re-start it gives me an error message hymem.sys can't be found and >it ask me to re-start my pc but it will do the same thing. Any suggestions/help please >anyone. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: win 98 re-install Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 5:23 am Posted by Gerry Kroll (1986 messages posted) The two lines in that instruction won't work if the files mentioned aren't there. That's normal, because all we're trying to do is to save those files and also get rid of them as far as booting is concerned. When you boot with that W98SE "custom" boot disk, the CD drive is r:. The CD drive will only be accessible if it's a standard IDE drive. If you have a weird drive that's connected to the parallel port or by means of USB, forget it. You need to use the manufacturer's DOS boot disk. Here's a procedure for doing a completely "clean" install: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win95/r1071319853 On Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 5:36 pm, dan wrote: >Thanks for the reply. I tried this and the last 2 items didn't work. So I re-installed >the win98 on CDrom and its the same thing. Did I format my pc wrong? The bootdisk >I downloaded from the site you suggested will not work on my a: drive. Kept on telling >me that it is an invalid drive. Anymore suggestion? Will greatly appreciated. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: win 98 re-install Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 12:16 pm Posted by dan (4 messages posted) After setup, my pc will give me this error on restart. "While Initializing Device VCACHE. Windows protection Error. You need to restart your computer." And when I restart a screen message say...Hymem.sys has detected unreliable. XMS memory at address 01000166. XMS Driver not installed. To continue starting your pc press Enter. And when I do that it gives me an error message Hymem.sys is missing. On Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 7:04 pm, JmC wrote: > > >You should now have a boot disk....start over and try it with these >instructions: PC-911 > > > > JmC > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum