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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Setup / August 2004vmm32.vxd problem
I have a problems with a Win98 machine that wiil not run after being update with Windows Update. The vmm32.vxd is missing, and I followed this atricle http://www.infinisource.com/techfiles/vmm32.html. I found all the vxd's, made de wininit.ini, but when booting I get this error: Windows could not combine VxDs into a monolithic file before starting. I found a MS technote that tells me to free up space (I have more then 700 MB) and run scandisk. I did offcoure that, but that didn't help. On google groups I found other with same problem, but no solution. So will re-installing Win 98 ruin anything with the other programs? or/and can i build the vmm32.vxd on another machine using wininit.exe and the vxd's that make up the monolithic file? Thx Jesper Try doing an install over the top of the existing system which will preserve your software and settings. Vmm32 is built during Windows setup so if you use the file from another PC, the drivers will be for that PC's hardware rather than yours. As you have seen from Google, many fail to provide feedback after fixing a problem so we don't always know what works and what doesn't. Please give feedback to this thread and let us know what happens.  SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > I have a problems with a Win98 machine that wiil not run after being update > with Windows Update. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Jesper My user thinks he got his labtop with Win98 preinstalled. I have a work license to Win98, so it's unlikely it's the same key. Could this create a problem? Is there something I should know or considder when I reinstall? And what about the vxd's I placed? Should they be removed? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Jesper > Try doing an install over the top of the existing system which will preserve > your software and settings. Vmm32 is built during Windows setup so if you [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > > > Jesper You didn't mention a laptop in the original post and that changes things significantly. Laptops almost always come with a recovery CD that is built especially for that particular laptop. A recovery CD does not always allow an installation over the top of the existing system and may even fdisk and format the drive before installing the system. Loading a retail version of W98 to a laptop can be dangerous and even cause physical damage. You are going to have to take a look at the software that came with the machine to see what options the recovery CD offers. You may have start over clean. SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > My user thinks he got his labtop with Win98 preinstalled. > [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > > > > > Jesper Ok hm. Does not sound good. Would I be able to upgrade to NT 4.0 without being able to access Win 98? Jesper > You didn't mention a laptop in the original post and that changes things > significantly. Laptops almost always come with a recovery CD that is built [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] > > > > > > > > Jesper I don't support NT4 and have never used it--sorry. You might be able to upgrade to XP but you had better ask that question in an XP newsgroup. SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > Ok hm. > [quoted text clipped - 74 lines] > > > > > > > > > > Jesper On further thought, I doubt you can upgrade to NT4 since it uses NTFS partitions while W98 uses Fat 16/32 partitions. SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > I don't support NT4 and have never used it--sorry. You might be able to > upgrade to XP but you had better ask that question in an XP newsgroup. [quoted text clipped - 84 lines] > > > > > > > > > > > > Jesper >On further thought, I doubt you can upgrade to NT4 since it uses NTFS >partitions while W98 uses Fat 16/32 partitions. NT (all versions up to and including XP) run fine on FATxx. Some older ones (NT 3.x, NT 4) can't "see" FAT32. >-------------- ---- --- -- - - - - "I think it's time we took our friendship to the next level" 'What, gender roles and abuse?' >-------------- ---- --- -- - - - - I don't understand how it can run fine on fat32 but can't see fat32--but then who cares? I don't support NT4 and I violated my own rule of telling people to ask their system questions in the appropriate system group rather than attempting to muddle through the question. SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > >On further thought, I doubt you can upgrade to NT4 since it uses NTFS > >partitions while W98 uses Fat 16/32 partitions. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > 'What, gender roles and abuse?' > >-------------- ---- --- -- - - - - On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:51:42 -0500, "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> >I don't understand how it can run fine on fat32 but can't see fat32 Older NT versions support FAT16 but not FAT32; later versions support both FAT16 and FAT32. NT extends the Win9x FAT16 2G limit to 4G by using 64k clusters, but this isn't compatible with DOS or Win9x. >but then who cares? Anyone who would rather avoid NTFS, and there are good reasons to do that. It's bad enough that XP artificially shoves users into NTFS without inaccurate advice leading down the same path ;-p >-------------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - Tip Of The Day: To disable the 'Tip of the Day' feature... >-------------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - |
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