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8605 2001-02-11 09:00:00 At C: Boot gets to Verifying DMI Pool Data then freezes.

But, if I use a bootup disk then into Windows at Win it says VFAT Device Initialization Failed - Device or resource required by VFAT is not present or is unavailable. VFAT cannot continue loading, System halted.

HELP PLEASE
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8606 2001-02-11 09:22:00 Does the HDD still appear in your BIOS? Guest (0)
8607 2001-02-11 10:01:00 Yes HDD in BIOS

Can access C: drive by booting to A: then CD
However, when in windows director Windows will not start. Comment as per previous posting

Thanks for any help.
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8608 2001-02-11 10:42:00 Hello Ken

DMI pool errors are usually pretty severe, in your case the corrupted vfat is one sympton, go to the following link for info to rectify the vfat problem, however this may still leave the DMI problem and your easiest solution may just be to reformat and reload Windows,
there are a few other things you can try if your PC will start in Safe Mode (sometimes you can sometimes you can't)but in my experience it's far quicker to reformat and start again.
Sorry for the bad news.
Regards
Alan
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8609 2001-02-11 10:52:00 Alan

Won't boot to safe mode.
Thanks for the good news.

Will follow up the link and reformat as necessary
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