VFAT

When windows starts to load a blue screen appears with
message "VFAT Device Initialization Failed"

A device or resource required by VFAT is not
present or is unavailable. VFAT cannot continue loading.

System halted.

That's a scary one, as VFAT is the Windows File system...
http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/vfat.htm
A number of VFAT articles.

Here is the one/only to come up at
http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "VxD VFAT(01)"; Windows 98; Full Text; Exact Phrase.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...15&Product=w98
Fatal Exception 0E with Multiple MS-DOS Device Names in Path
(256015) - If the last two or more components in a path match MS-DOS
device names, you may receive an error message on a blue screen similar
to the following example: A fatal exception 0E has occurred at (address)
in VXD (FSD) + (address). The current...


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| When windows starts to load a blue screen appears with
| message "VFAT Device Initialization Failed"
|
| A device or resource required by VFAT is not
| present or is unavailable. VFAT cannot continue loading.
|
| System halted.