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Missing MSVCRT.dll, 98 wont' start, startup disk not loading
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Missing MSVCRT.dll, 98 wont' start, startup disk not loading
Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 11:52 am
Posted by Ed E
(2 messages posted)
Hi, I have searched for an answer on this forum, and some come close, but no cigar.
My problem is that I installed Windows 98 se on my daughter's old computer (it was
running windows 95), and it worked fine at first, but about an hour later she tried
to start it up and it gave her a page fault error that MSVCRT.dll was missing. She
had been deleting old files to make room for new stuff, so that's likely what happened.
The main problem is that the start up disc is not being read, and I can't even get
the system to start up in safe mode. Is there a way I can access DOS, and then put
that dll into the system file from there? I have no idea if or how this can be done.
I have downloaded a copy of the dll, but can't do anything with it. Any help would
be appreciated. Thanks.
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Daughter deleted files willy-nilly
Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
was: Missing MSVCRT.dll, 98 wont' start, startup disk not loading
|I have searched for an answer on this forum,
|and some come close, but no cigar.
| Ed E
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Because you thought you were searching for the *biggest* problem.
You're not.
|[...]about an hour later she tried to start it up
|and it gave her a page fault error that MSVCRT.dll was missing.
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Interesting--but the Visual C runtimes are FAR from the most significant problem.
|She had been deleting old files to make room for new stuff,
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Now we get to the heart of it.
|The main problem is that the start up disc is not being read,
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"Startup Disk" == bootable floppy disk.
To what are you referring?
|and I can't even get the system to start up in safe mode.
|Is there a way I can access DOS,
|and then put that dll into the system file from there?
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The contents of the hard drive sound thoroughly borked to be.
If Windoze had been installed for only an hour,
the SMART thing to do is to just reinstall the OS.
...or you could chase your tail for a week
figuring out what all files she deleted
then trying to replace them one-by-one
--and still not have a well-behaved system.
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re: Missing MSVCRT.dll, 98 wont' start, startup disk not loading
Monday, February 12, 2007 at 4:24 am
Posted by Keith Stanier
(1655 messages posted)
On Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 11:52 am, Ed E wrote: The main problem is that the
start up disc is not being read, and I can't even get the system to start up in safe
mode. I have downloaded a copy of the dll, but can't do anything with it.
Well if you have MSVCRT.dll on a floppy you can copy it to the proper folder from
DOS.
How are you trying to access Safe Mode?
As the computer starts up hold down the Ctrl key until you see the DOS menu, Normal
Mode, Safe Mode etc. Select Command Prompt Only put in the floppy with MSVCRT.dll
on it and type.
Copy A:\MSVCRT.dll C:\Windows\System then Enter. Then try a restart to see
what other errors it brings up.
As gewg_ says you've just rebuilt it, rebuild it again, not a re-install. A Format
and fresh install.
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re: Missing MSVCRT.dll, 98 wont' start, startup disk not loading
Monday, February 12, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Posted by Ed E
(2 messages posted)
Just tried it, Keith, and it worked like a charm - no other problems (yet?). Thank
you very much for your help.
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re: Missing MSVCRT.dll, 98 wont' start, startup disk not loading
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Posted by Keith Stanier
(1655 messages posted)
You're welcome Ed.
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