'himen.sys' cannot be found on win95

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J T - 22 Jan 2004 22:14 GMT

I followed a helpfull thread by r. martell that
elimanated the damaged memory and the file was accesed in
my C:
The next line says ' Directory C:\
file not found
5160 MB free '
and is sitting with the C: prompt waiting for direction.
I not DOS savy and do not know what to do.
Please help?
Jack

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Ron Martell - 23 Jan 2004 22:25 GMT

>I followed a helpfull thread by r. martell that
>elimanated the damaged memory and the file was accesed in
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>Please help?
>Jack

If that result you reported was from the command

DIR C:\HIMEM.SYS /S /P

then you have a potentially serious problem in that at least one
critical system file (himem.sys) has been deleted from your hard
drive.

Before we proceed any further we need to determine just how serious
the problem may be, and how best to correct it.

Try the following two commands in the same way as you previously did:

DIR C:\WIN.COM /S /P
DIR C:\KERNEL32.DLL /S /P
DIR C:\VMM32.VXD /S /P

If any of these results in a "file not found" result as well then your
problems can almost certainly only be fixed by reinstalling Windows.

However if these 3 files do exist on your hard drive then we attempt
to fix the himem.sys situation.

Enter the following command to check for the existence of the Windows
95 install files on your hard drive:

DIR C:\WIN95*.CAB /S /P

That may find a large number of files, most likely in the folder
c:\windows\options\cabs but possibly somewhere else.

If those files are not on your hard drive then you will need to have:
1. Your Windows 95 install CD.
2. A boot disk that includes the drivers for accessing your CDROM
drive. Get one from www.bootdisk.com if you do not have one.

Post the results back here and we will proceed to the next step.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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JT - 25 Jan 2004 03:21 GMT

I followed your directions here are the results:
Directory of c:\windows
win com 24503 0-09-34
1 file 24,503 bytes
total files listed
1 file 24503 bytes
0 dir 5160.48 mbfree

Directory of C:\windows\system
Kernell32 dll 414,208 08-24-96
1 file 414,208 bytes
total files
1 file 414,208 bytes
0 dir 5160.48 bytes free

Directory of C:\windows\system
vm 32 vxd 709,555 bytes
1 file 709,555 bytes
0 dir 5160.48 mb free

Cab files win95_02 cab was listed thru
win95_28
total 27 files 44796978 bytes

Thanks in advance for your help.
I have already tried to reinstall windows 95 over but for
some reason it keeps telling me that the disk product #'s
are invalid.

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JT - 25 Jan 2004 04:24 GMT

I also took the computer to BestBuy and they swap ram to
verify that the chips was ok. But they really were not
interested or capable of helping with a Win 95 system.
They were courteous because I just bought a new system
for the family there. Unfortunately this is my office
machine.

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Ron Martell - 25 Jan 2004 21:27 GMT

>I followed your directions here are the results:
>Directory of c:\windows
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>some reason it keeps telling me that the disk product #'s
>are invalid.

Try extracting a new copy of himem.sys from the windows .cab files.

Boot to a DOS prompt again and enter the following commands:

cd\windows\options\cabs
extract /y /a /l c:\windows win95_02.cab himem.sys

That should put a new copy of himem.sys into your windows folder and
the computer should hopefully now boot into Windows okay.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 26 Jan 2004 03:45 GMT

Ron thanks for the code, I tried it as is and with the
Win95 CD, and sometimes with my win startup disc in. I
also have a newer version of Windows95 on my harddisk
(C:win95 ) But I do not know if it was a full install. I
scanned my printscreens in PDF for you to view. I know I
made mistakes, but I tried a lot of possibilities.
However I am not knowlegable in
DOS and I am afraid I'll make things worse, plus I get
frustrated.
I greatly appreciate the time you have taken to try to
help me out and feel confident we can resolve this.
I will send the PDF to your sign in email address.
I look foward to your help.
Jack

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