Win 98se screwup

[Evanhoe]

Hi All,

This is my first Posting,hope someone can sollve my problems with our Win 98se OS!

When I run SFC on that computer,I get a "corrupted files message" for the following:USER.EXE and SETUP.DLL !When I insert my original Win 98 OS disk,to fix this and, I get "The file was not found.Verify that you have selected the correct "Restoration from location and try again" I downloaded "Unofficial Win 98se SP 2.1a" and (unless I don't know how to use it),that did'nt help either! Should it have?

There are other problems,which I'll submit in another Posting.IE:CD Rom does'nt work, New CD RW drive,can' t install required Aopen drivers, and finally when we boot up we get this message "VMM32\enable.VXD" missing ! We have tried hard,with the help of others

to solve these problems,but so far no success.Can anyone pls help!!!

VAN

[jaclaz]

You can try manually, using extract.exe from DOS (no GUI) to replace the offending file(s), check this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192832/en-us

and follow to:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/129605/EN-US/

About the enable.vxd problem:

http://computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/messages2/533.html

http://www.hftonline.com/forum/printthread.php?t=6786

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/6883/...l#Understanding VMM32.VXD

Remember, Google is your friend....

jaclaz

Edited March 31, 2007 by jaclaz

[Evanhoe]

Thanks Jaclaz,

I'll have a look at your proposed sites.Google is not very often my friend!,as it usually proposes 1 million sites and,very few relate to specific answers to my problems at the time!That's the reason I found this Forum and,i'm here now.We'll see how it goes and,I'll let you know.Thanks for your help.Oh,BTW i'm on a slow Dialup connection.

VAN

[awergh]

you dont need drivers for any CD\CDRW\DVD\DVDRW device,

it is registered in the bios it does not need drivers,

you may need software for burning but you dont need drivers to read a CD

[Evanhoe]

Hi again Jaclaz,

I went to the 1st & 2nd sites and I was overjoyed with hope as I followed the instructions,but...after I entered the file I wanted to extract "user.exe" I was asked to"Pls enter the path to extract to(Enter for current directory) I clicked Enter and I finally got this:Error:cannot open file:d:\(null).I had previously entered d:\ as the path to the Windows cab files (d:\ was where I had inserted my Win 98 OS disk).I got the same error when I clicked Enter where it said "Pls enter the path to extract to(Enter for current directory).Hope you can give me a tip as to what to do next!Thanks again.

VAN

[jaclaz]

I am not sure I got your problem correctly, but the "d:\" path should be the problem, usually Win9x install files are in a folder like "d:\Win9x\".

As an alternative, you can use as said Extract.exe from DOS:

http://www.uninets.net/~blaisdel/WindowsExtractCom.htm

jaclaz

[Evanhoe]

Hi Jaclaz,

Sorry if I confused you,I'm doubly confused as nothing seems to work! I'll give you details,on how I arrived at this last question!

1-Started computer with a "Win 98 start up Floppy disk"

2-Chose "Start up with cd Rom support"

3-Further on, At command prompt A:\ typed in" EXT"

4-When it asked"Pls enter the path to the Windows Cab files (a:) :I typed in "D drive"

5-Next,where it said "Pls enter the name of the file you want to extract" : I typed in 'User.exe" (This is one of the 2 I'm looking for)

6-Next it said "Pls enter the path to extract to ("Enter" for current directory) :I clicked Enter thinking it would send the file to C:\ or something,and I got this:

Source Path drive

File to extract: User.exe

Destination path: . (A dot!)

Is this ok? (Y/n): I typed Y

Next I got "Error: Cannot open file : D

Pls note:I got the same error message as per 6 above when I entered " C:\ " as the path to extract to!

Hope this is enough info to put me on the right track to fix this thing! Thanks again.

VAN

[jaclaz]

Evanhoe, sorry, but you seem like missing (no offence intended ) some basic knowledge, you will need to re-read the given link:

http://www.uninets.net/~blaisdel/WindowsExtractCom.htm

and also learn some basic DOS commands, here are a couple good start pages to get the hang of it:

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jchap/tvdt.htm

http://tnd.com/camosun/elex130/dostutor1.html

You need to find WHICH .cab files has User.exe (and other missing/corrupted files) inside.

(sorry if I cannot give you the exact location, but files inside .cab files are organized differently according to Win9x edition and language version)

Boot from the floppy.

Type

MD C:\cabtemp [ENTER]

this makes a temporary directory on your C: drive

Now issue:

D: [ENTER]
Dir /S *.cab >C:\cabtemp\cabdir.txt[ENTER]

this makes a .txt file with the list of all .cab files on the CD Rom

Now issue:

A: [ENTER]
Edit C:\cabtemp\cabdir.txt [ENTER]

you will be able to see in which directory (probably \Win98) the .cab files are

Exit the DOS editor and type

extract /a d:\Win9x\Win98_21.cab user.exe /l C:\cabtemp\ [ENTER]

substitute in the above "Win9x" with the actual Directory name where the .cab files are.

if the file is not found, repeat the above substituting Win98_21.cab with:

PRECOPY1.CAB
mini.cab
BASE4.CAB
CATALOG3.CAB
DRIVER11.CAB
NET7.CAB
PRECOPY1.CAB

i.e. with the first of each similarly named .cab files.

Loop through the above until you extract into C:\cabtemp directory all files you need.

The you need to copy the newly extracted files onto your (possibly corrupted) ones, overwriting them, most probably they are in C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System, to make sure issue

C: [ENTER]
dir /s user.exe
 [ENTER]

loop into the above with all file names and jolt down where they are, then issue:

Copy /b C:\cabtemp\filename.ext C:\Windows
 [ENTER]

substituting each time "filename.ext" with the appropriate filename and "C:\Windows" with the appropriate directory

jaclaz

Edited April 3, 2007 by jaclaz

[eidenk]

Use NDN to do all that. Powerful freeware dos file manager. Navigate to the cab dir with it. It can search within archives, open them and extract files from them.

http://ndn.muxe.com/beta/

http://ndn.muxe.com/download/file/12

It's on the Ultimate Boot CD also. Much easier than typing all that.

Edited April 3, 2007 by eidenk

[Evanhoe]

Hi Jaclaz,

Sorry for the delay in responding,..been busy trying to use tips I received on how to fix my problems with my wifes Win 98 computer.No offence taken from your remark,I appreciate your help.However,when I came to this Forum for help,I expected I would Post my problem and some generous person would provide an easy solution such as a few well placed clicks and VOILÀ, problem solved! Of course I was'nt that lucky.Enough of the moaning on my part for now(smile).

I had already gone to the Blaisdel site and that seemed too complicated for me!

So,now I tried your new suggestions,like...BOOT FROM THE FLOPPY and type:

When it finally booted,I chose "Startup with CD rom support" (That seemed to be where I would finally have to go to get the missing/corrupted files).

Further on at the "Command prompt a:\ I typed in the first CODE as you suggested,that is:

MD C:\Cabtemp and I got File already exist (Looking good so far,but it did'nt last).Next I typed:

D ...and got Bad Command (Dream over)! keep in mind that my Win 98 OS disk was in the D drive!

At this point I'm thinking,that it might be simpler to reinstall the Win 98 OS and would that not solve all the existing problems? If so, I would need all the pertinent details on,how to do this correctly.What do you think?

Pls note,I've already reinstalled my Win XP Pro OS successfully many times and,it's working great! Thanks for your help.

Van

[Evanhoe]

Use NDN to do all that. Powerful freeware dos file manager. Navigate to the cab dir with it. It can search within archives, open them and extract files from them.

http://ndn.muxe.com/beta/

http://ndn.muxe.com/download/file/12

It's on the Ultimate Boot CD also. Much easier than typing all that.

Hi Eidenk,

Thanks for your input,I'll be back to let you know about the above,and how it went.Thanks

VAN

[jaclaz]

D ...and got Bad Command (Dream over)! keep in mind that my Win 98 OS disk was in the D drive!

evanhoe, if you type

D

and press [Enter] key, you are telling DOS to execute the "D" command (which does not exist)

if you type

D:

that's D followed by colon, and press the [ENTER] key, you are telling DOS to change to the D: drive.

Drives in DOS are NOT A,B,C,D but rather A:, B:, C:, D:

That's why I suggested you read a bit on the two links I gave you.....

...you see, to repair a car you need, besides reading a manual and listening to hints and tricks by friends, some basic knowledge, you'll have to know that screws (generally) tighten when turned clockwise, and you must be prepared to get your hands dirty...

...same things applies to PC's ....

...the alternative, of course, is to take the car (read PC) to the shop and exchange money for the knowledge you are missing...

...real problem comes when you are missing BOTH money and knowledge...

jaclaz

[Evanhoe]

Hi again jaclaz,

That was a nice speech you made! But you must appreciate that,there is a limit as to how much I want to get in and dirty my hands regarding this stinking problem.As I indicated before,I'm just trying to fix the wife's Puter,so she can go on the Internet and send Emails etc..

I tried the D: as you suggested and that worked (Wow),Next I started typing ....

Dir /S * > <<<That character is not available to use on that keyboard(Although it appears on the key itself)

Enough is enough,I'm going to reinstall the Win 98 OS on that computer.Pls aadvise on any pitfalls I should watch for when I do this? As I said before I did this before on my main XP computer with no real problem.Thanks.

VAN