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246893 2004-06-22 22:05:00 Recently I had ocasion to do a re-install of my OS. Windows 98 SE. When it started for the first time, it told me "... file cannot ..find. Please insert the Windows cd..". Which I did. But It still kept telling me " such and such a file cannot be found ...". I clicked Skip file" and it went on to tell me about another missing file. Same circle. Lots of files couldn't be found. ksuser.dll,gm16.dls, wdmaud.drv, sysaudio.sys, swmidi.sys, portcls.sys, ksclock.dll,MSVBM.DLL. What can I do? WILLWILLWILLWILL (236)
246894 2004-06-22 22:29:00 > What can I do?

Clean the Windows 98 CD
godfather (25)
246895 2004-06-22 23:03:00 I had a problem like this once and it was faulty RAM . The file faults were quite consistent because they were always trying to load into the same section of RAM .

I proved this initially by swapping the sticks over in their sockets, whereby different files got lost!

Memtest confirmed the fault and a new stick fixed the problem .

I'd still clean the CD first, and if it has serious scratches get it re-polished . Video rental shops are agents for a good service .

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
246896 2004-06-30 01:29:00 I feel pretty foolish, but you were 100% right. I got Disc Doctor and polished the disc, and like magic, the list of missing files was gone. Many thanks. WILLWILLWILLWILL (236)
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