Mike M wrote :-
Back to Mart.
Thanks Mike, and why am I not too surprised that you didn't take it further?
g
Amongst the chaff, Mike S wrote that not only did he have Norton installed
(and I think Mike M has well alluded to the potential catastrophe of having
Norton products installed on a WinMe system) but somewhat more worrying is
the spectre, where you "ended up reinstalling Windows ME" - which I take to
mean that you reinstalled it over itself. In other words it was NOT a clean
(fresh) install - which is very likely to have caused a 'version soup' -
with all of its attendant problems.
If that is the case, then I personally wouldn't even bother attempting to
try and 'fix' things. I would be far more inclined to cut my losses and save
myself an awful lot of time and effort by starting over with a completely
fresh install - assuming you have all the 'original' installation disks etc.
Just try to recover any important (personal) data from your hard disk before
you start.
I suspect that you may have an OEM version of WinMe - in which case follow
your User Manual's instructions for a 'factory fresh' install (WITHOUT
NORTON). However, If you've got MS copy of the WinMe (retail) CD, then start
by reading the following instructions :-
"Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271673/en-us
Also, be sure that you've still got a copy of the 25 digit product key,
before you start.
Good luck
Mart
"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Symantec/Norton
Better known as the Win Me destroyer - not that Norton is much better on
any other operating system. There really should be a class action suit
against Symantec for passing off their bloatware system destroyer as an
anti-virus product.
What is the IFSMGR? I searched for the file but could not find it.
This file, with many others, is built in to vmm32.vxd when Win Me is first
installed. IFSMGR.VXD is a virtual device driver and is the (Microsoft)
Installable File System ManaGeR. In other words is used when reading and
writing files
Back to Mart.
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Mike Maltby
Mike S wrote:
Thanks for your help Mart.
My problems started when Windows ME would not run at all. I could
access DOS and was able to see that the directory- and file-
structures seemed intact. I ended up reinstalling Windows ME but it
still would not start in unprotected mode. So I used the step wise
option and was able start up Windows ME when Symantec/Norton was
deactivated. Later it also ran without deactivating Norton (i.e. a
regular startup).
I then ran into problems with defrag as described below. Follwing
Mart´s suggestion I then ran defrag in Safe Mode. I did this twice.
The first time Scandisk had restarted 10 times after being stopped by
some " other application writing to the disk" (still in Safe Mode).
The second time (still in Safe Mode) Scandisk ran through and so did
defrag. I´m now in the proces of running Sandisk and defrag in
unprotected mode to see if it will work. Are there any other
suggestions?
What is the IFSMGR? I searched for the file but could not find it.