boot probs

[Mickroy]

I have this laptop with Win98se thats coming up with an error about not being able to find himem.sys as it loads windows. But, himem.sys does exist, and isnt corrupt because I overwrote it with a known working copy of the file. Also, booting from a known good boot disk produces all sorta of memory errors.

Anyone know the prob? Please don't say physical memory

 

[jaun1477]

If a file named C:\CONFIG.SYS exists edit it so that first line reads:

device=c:\windows\himem.sys

then reboot. When you get back to a DOS promot, type:

c:\windows\win.com

Note: If you don't know how to edit the C:\CONFIG.SYS file, try the following DOS command:

c:\windows\command\edit c:\config.sys

If that doesn't work, try:

c:\windows\edit c:\config.sys

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If a file named C:\CONFIG.SYS does not exist, create one with the following line it:

device=c:\windows\himem.sys

then reboot. When you get back to a DOS promot, type:

c:\windows\win.com

Note: If you don't know how to create a C:\CONFIG.SYS, you can simply use the following DOS command:

echo device=c:\windows\himem.sys > c:\config.sys
good luck

 

[Mickroy]

Yeah, I know config.sys loads himem.sys and I had checked this out yesterday and it was all good but still got the same error. So, I shut it down and was gonna test the ram in another machine today.

I started it up just now....and it works. I dont get it, it just magically works!?! I fail to understand. Oh well, thanks for your reply all the same

 

[ATIRAGEPRO]

"Personal Processing Unit..."

Looks like you just worked yourself a miracle!

 

[o0krylon0o]

Like magic *poof* problem solved