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| Thread ID: 54295 | 2005-02-08 22:37:00 | How do I fix the KRNL386.exe error.... | straka01 (310) | Press F1 |
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| 322817 | 2005-02-10 01:31:00 | The MS kb article seems to apply more to Win3xx even though itsays win95/98. Win386.exe is a Windows 3.x file and doesnt exist in win98. If adding the c:\windows to the path doesnt help, then it may be a case of re-install, but I'll do a bit more searching and see if IDG "Windows Secrets" has anything to offer. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 322818 | 2005-02-10 01:39:00 | Check this out..Google says possible irq issue also... You will find krnl386.exe in the win98_45.cab on win98se disk.Terry Porritt 12-07-2002, 10:49 PM I just knew there must be an answer somewhere. The reason I couldn't find krnl386.exe was that I was looking on a Win98SE upgrade CD, it isnt there. It IS on a Win98 first edition CD in Win98_41.cab. To find it on a full Win98SE CD will just take a bit of searching, or it may be in the same .cab. So going back again to my first posting, you need a boot disk with CD rom support, and you need to have extract.exe already on your hard drive or just copy it from the Win98 directory on the CD. Boot from the floppy, copy extract.exe from the CD to c:\ To find krnl386.exe, issue this command: extract /A /D D:\win98\win98_22.cab krnl386.exe | more D:\ is your CD drive letter. This will search consecutively through all .cab starting from win98_22.cab When you have found it extract with: extract D:\win98\win98_xx.cab krnl386.exe This will put the file in C:\, copy it to C:\windows\system Hopefully things will then be ok. pcwORLD 2002 |
cjongreen (7128) | ||
| 322819 | 2005-02-10 01:46:00 | OK, I knew PF1 had been all through this before, there was a thread going back to 2002 which Google threw up. Cutting a long story short, try re-installing krnl386.exe from the install CD. Do it from DOS, here is the what I said 3 years ago, this uses a boot floppy with CDROM drive support: "Boot from the floppy, copy extract.exe from the CD to c:\ To find krnl386.exe, issue this command: extract /A /D D:\win98\win98_22.cab krnl386.exe | more D:\ is your CD drive letter. This will search consecutively through all .cab starting from win98_22.cab When you have found it extract with: extract D:\win98\win98_xx.cab krnl386.exe This will put the file in C:\, copy it to C:\windows\system Hopefully things will then be ok. " Now to clarify, after booting from floppy and copying the extract program to C:\, change from A: prompt to C: prompt to issue the extract command above. Win98_xx.cab represents the cab file where the krnl386.exe file was found. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 322820 | 2005-02-10 01:47:00 | Snap :thumbs: | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 322821 | 2005-02-10 02:35:00 | I've done everything as instructed - extracted and copied the krnl386.exe into c:\windows\system - over-writing the encumbent one. I've checked that the autoexec.bat file has path=c:\windows in it. Unfortunately, I still get the same error. I've got an idea - let me know what you think.... As I have a copy of win98_CD on the HDD - I might try reloading it after deleting the autoexec.bat, config.sys and krnl386.exe files. Is that worth a try? |
straka01 (310) | ||
| 322822 | 2005-02-10 03:49:00 | Perhaps before deleting anything, just try re-installing Win98SE over the top of itself and see what happens? | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 322823 | 2005-02-10 03:56:00 | To me your first post says it all..I tried to install the Scanner and Printer.The problem appears to have started there so unplug the things one at a time from the pc..deleting the drivers that came with them and see if the issue goes away.Constantly overwriting files and operating systems just leads to more junk and mess.AS I mentioned earlier Google mentions the causer could be an IRQ conflict.Go into device manager and have a look whats happening in their. | cjongreen (7128) | ||
| 322824 | 2005-02-10 04:11:00 | EG..start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Information...expand the tree clicking on items in the left had window.. info will pop up in the right hand window and see if their are conflicts or problem devices. | cjongreen (7128) | ||
| 322825 | 2005-02-10 04:24:00 | To me your first post says it all..I tried to install the Scanner and Printer.The problem appears to have started there so unplug the things one at a time from the pc..deleting the drivers that came with them and see if the issue goes away.Constantly overwriting files and operating systems just leads to more junk and mess.AS I mentioned earlier Google mentions the causer could be an IRQ conflict.Go into device manager and have a look whats happening in their. This seems a good idea. In Win98 I have always loaded peripherals like sound card, modem etc, one by one after ensuring the basic OS is working OK, and after chipset drivers have been installed. With integrated devices that is not always possible. Windows has some intelligence, but it can't always handle installing too many devices all at once. Doing things one at a time and then doing a running check will show at what stage, if any, a problem arises. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 322826 | 2005-02-10 08:23:00 | I would like to thank everyone for their help and support with this issue. I think it's happened because I tried to install too many devices at once - just a guess - but it's probably upset the things so much that even if I got it up-and-running the OS would be full of excess rubbish files. So, I've decided to reload, this time creating two logical drives - namely C & D. On C I'm installing the OS and on D the data. Next time - if there's problems I'l just need to format C. Anyway, thanks to all who offered help and support. Well done :o) |
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