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re: Error Loading GDI.EXE You must reinstall windows Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 5:44 pm Posted by jack hall (308 messages posted) JA, You might want to start here. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/146904 On Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 2:16 pm, JA wrote: >I have a Emachines PC with Windows 98 SE, I deleted some programs a couple days ago. >I restarted but this is where i run into problems. > >The first thing that comes up when it comes on is the Emachines screen. >Then it goes to the AMBIOS System configuration screen, this is where it shows all >the pc specs. >Next screen is the Windows 98 Startup >It has the following message bellow the options-Warning: Windows did not finish loading >on the previous attempt....and so on. >I chose to go into safe mode since it was recommended but then the next screen has >a message that says error loading gdi.exe You must reinstall windows. Then it turns >off. > >I tried reinstalling windows with the restore cd but in the AMBIOS window it has >a "Searching for boot record from Cdrom.......OK" but then it does not do anything >else. > >If I skip the boot from cd rom it goes to the Windows Startup window again. If I >choose anymode it has the following message: The following file is missing or corrupted >C:\CDROM\OAKCDROM.SYS THETHERE IS AN ERROR IN YOUR CONFIG.SYS FILE ON LINE 6 > >I have read online that I may need a floppy disk with the windows 98 boot disk files >so I can reinstall Windows since it does not want to read the cdrom. >Any help is appreciated, I have been online for the last two days trying to find >a solution and I just get more confused. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Error Loading GDI.EXE You must reinstall windows Friday, September 26, 2008 at 2:12 pm Posted by JA (3 messages posted) I tried this but when I enter md "c:\windows\fonts it tells me it can't be created. Am I typing it in wrong? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Error Loading GDI.EXE You must reinstall windows Friday, September 26, 2008 at 2:22 pm Posted by jack hall (308 messages posted) I don't know where your at, but if your not at C:\ then at the prompt type cd C:\ and hit enter. (no quatation marks around anything) You should see C:\ If your there, type......... md C:\windows\fonts\ The last slash mark will create the folder if it isn't there. On Friday, September 26, 2008 at 2:12 pm, JA wrote: >I tried this but when I enter md "c:\windows\fonts it tells me it can't be created. >Am I typing it in wrong? > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Error Loading GDI.EXE You must reinstall windows Monday, September 29, 2008 at 4:44 pm Posted by JA (3 messages posted) I tried but it says unable to create directory. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Error Loading GDI.EXE You must reinstall windows Monday, September 29, 2008 at 4:50 pm Posted by Steve Dunn (925 messages posted) Restore CD - is it that rather than a window 98 install CD? Have you got hold of a win98 boot floppy yet (www.bootdisk.com good place if not)? Only any use if you have a win98 install CD to start install. It is possible you have a hardware problem (RAM, mobo, processor etc dying) - in which case you won't have any joy till you sort that. On Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 2:16 pm, JA wrote: >I have a Emachines PC with Windows 98 SE, I deleted some programs a couple days ago. >I restarted but this is where i run into problems. > >The first thing that comes up when it comes on is the Emachines screen. >Then it goes to the AMBIOS System configuration screen, this is where it shows all >the pc specs. >Next screen is the Windows 98 Startup >It has the following message bellow the options-Warning: Windows did not finish loading >on the previous attempt....and so on. >I chose to go into safe mode since it was recommended but then the next screen has >a message that says error loading gdi.exe You must reinstall windows. Then it turns >off. > >I tried reinstalling windows with the restore cd but in the AMBIOS window it has >a "Searching for boot record from Cdrom.......OK" but then it does not do anything >else. > >If I skip the boot from cd rom it goes to the Windows Startup window again. If I >choose anymode it has the following message: The following file is missing or corrupted >C:\CDROM\OAKCDROM.SYS THETHERE IS AN ERROR IN YOUR CONFIG.SYS FILE ON LINE 6 > >I have read online that I may need a floppy disk with the windows 98 boot disk files >so I can reinstall Windows since it does not want to read the cdrom. >Any help is appreciated, I have been online for the last two days trying to find >a solution and I just get more confused. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Error Loading GDI.EXE You must reinstall windows Monday, September 29, 2008 at 5:37 pm Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) |It is possible you have a hardware problem (RAM, mobo, processor etc dying) |- in which case you won't have any joy till you sort that. | Steve Dunn An easy hardware check is to boot to a Linux CD: cache of http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php?sort=ImageSize&showonly=desktop The smaller ones are at the bottom of the page. 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