iosubsys problem

I have a dual boot system with WinMe on 1 drive and XP on another. When
starting WinMe today, I got a bluescreen with the following msg:

While initializing device IOS
Error:An I/O subsytem driver failed to load. Either a file in the
..\iosubsys subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory.
System halted.

It appears that my USB ports are not coming up and unfortunately, about 2
wks ago I replaced my ps2 mouse with an MS optical USB mouse. I can boot in
safe mode but can't do much without a mouse.
I booted in logged mode and the last few lines of bootlog.txt a

[00103595] Enumerating USB Human Interface Device
(USB\VID_045E&PID_0083\INST_0)
[00103595] Enumerated USB Human Interface Device
(USB\VID_045E&PID_0083\INST_0)
[00103595] Enumerating HID-compliant mouse
(HID\VID_045E&PID_0083\0000USB&VID_045E&PID_0083&I NST_0)
[00103595] Enumerated HID-compliant mouse
(HID\VID_045E&PID_0083\0000USB&VID_045E&PID_0083&I NST_0)
[00103595] DEVICEINIT = ACPI
[00103595] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = ACPI
[00103595] DEVICEINIT = VCDFSD
[00103595] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VCDFSD
[00103595] DEVICEINIT = IOS

I went in thru the XP side and ran a Scandisk and a virus scan on my C
drive (WinMe drive) and got no unusual results.
What should I try next? Should I try re-loading all the original drivers
or could that just open up a new can of worms?
All of my most used programs are on the WinMe side, so I'm really up a
creek. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

--
George J. Wallace

I can boot in safe mode but can't do much without a mouse.

Enable Legacy USB support in the BIOS. This should then allow you to use
your mouse when in Safe Mode.

Try booting to Safe Mode and run System Restore to a checkpoint created
before your problems began.

Your problem could be due to your attempting to limit memory usage.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows [2001-2006]



George J. Wallace wrote:

I have a dual boot system with WinMe on 1 drive and XP on another. When
starting WinMe today, I got a bluescreen with the following msg:

While initializing device IOS
Error:An I/O subsytem driver failed to load. Either a file in the
.\iosubsys subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory.
System halted.

It appears that my USB ports are not coming up and unfortunately,
about 2 wks ago I replaced my ps2 mouse with an MS optical USB mouse.
I can boot in safe mode but can't do much without a mouse.
I booted in logged mode and the last few lines of bootlog.txt a

[00103595] Enumerating USB Human Interface Device
(USB\VID_045E&PID_0083\INST_0)
[00103595] Enumerated USB Human Interface Device
(USB\VID_045E&PID_0083\INST_0)
[00103595] Enumerating HID-compliant mouse
(HID\VID_045E&PID_0083\0000USB&VID_045E&PID_0083&I NST_0)
[00103595] Enumerated HID-compliant mouse
(HID\VID_045E&PID_0083\0000USB&VID_045E&PID_0083&I NST_0)
[00103595] DEVICEINIT = ACPI
[00103595] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = ACPI
[00103595] DEVICEINIT = VCDFSD
[00103595] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VCDFSD
[00103595] DEVICEINIT = IOS

I went in thru the XP side and ran a Scandisk and a virus scan on my
C drive (WinMe drive) and got no unusual results.
What should I try next? Should I try re-loading all the original
drivers or could that just open up a new can of worms?
All of my most used programs are on the WinMe side, so I'm really up
a creek. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Mike;
1) I went thru the bios and all its' submenus and there isn't an "enable
legacy usb" option. Would "usb emulation on/off" be the option I want.
2) When you suggest that the problem is caused by attempting to limit
memory usage, do you mean by using 1 of the so-called "ram-booster"
utilities? I tried 1 months ago but could see no benefit so I uninstalled
it. Could it have left garbage in the registry to come back and bite me?
Thanks a ton for your help!
"Mike M" wrote in message
...
I can boot in safe mode but can't do much without a mouse.

Enable Legacy USB support in the BIOS. This should then allow you to use
your mouse when in Safe Mode.

Try booting to Safe Mode and run System Restore to a checkpoint created
before your problems began.

Your problem could be due to your attempting to limit memory usage.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows [2001-2006]



George J. Wallace wrote:

I have a dual boot system with WinMe on 1 drive and XP on another. When
starting WinMe today, I got a bluescreen with the following msg:

While initializing device IOS
Error:An I/O subsytem driver failed to load. Either a file in the
.\iosubsys subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory.
System halted.

It appears that my USB ports are not coming up and unfortunately,
about 2 wks ago I replaced my ps2 mouse with an MS optical USB mouse.
I can boot in safe mode but can't do much without a mouse.
I booted in logged mode and the last few lines of bootlog.txt a

[00103595] Enumerating USB Human Interface Device
(USB\VID_045E&PID_0083\INST_0)
[00103595] Enumerated USB Human Interface Device
(USB\VID_045E&PID_0083\INST_0)
[00103595] Enumerating HID-compliant mouse
(HID\VID_045E&PID_0083\0000USB&VID_045E&PID_0083&I NST_0)
[00103595] Enumerated HID-compliant mouse
(HID\VID_045E&PID_0083\0000USB&VID_045E&PID_0083&I NST_0)
[00103595] DEVICEINIT = ACPI
[00103595] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = ACPI
[00103595] DEVICEINIT = VCDFSD
[00103595] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VCDFSD
[00103595] DEVICEINIT = IOS

I went in thru the XP side and ran a Scandisk and a virus scan on my
C drive (WinMe drive) and got no unusual results.
What should I try next? Should I try re-loading all the original
drivers or could that just open up a new can of worms?
All of my most used programs are on the WinMe side, so I'm really up
a creek. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

....while waiting for Mike's response.....
it would be useful to see a copy of your system.ini file....this is where
most RAM-tweakers tend to cock things up totally


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"George J. Wallace" wrote in message
...
Hi Mike;
1) I went thru the bios and all its' submenus and there isn't an "enable
legacy usb" option. Would "usb emulation on/off" be the option I want.
2) When you suggest that the problem is caused by attempting to limit
memory usage, do you mean by using 1 of the so-called "ram-booster"
utilities? I tried 1 months ago but could see no benefit so I uninstalled
it. Could it have left garbage in the registry to come back and bite me?
Thanks a ton for your help!
"Mike M" wrote in message
...
I can boot in safe mode but can't do much without a mouse.

Enable Legacy USB support in the BIOS. This should then allow you to use
your mouse when in Safe Mode.

Try booting to Safe Mode and run System Restore to a checkpoint created
before your problems began.

Your problem could be due to your attempting to limit memory usage.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows [2001-2006]



George J. Wallace wrote:

I have a dual boot system with WinMe on 1 drive and XP on another. When
starting WinMe today, I got a bluescreen with the following msg:

While initializing device IOS
Error:An I/O subsytem driver failed to load. Either a file in the
.\iosubsys subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory.
System halted.

It appears that my USB ports are not coming up and unfortunately,
about 2 wks ago I replaced my ps2 mouse with an MS optical USB mouse.
I can boot in safe mode but can't do much without a mouse.
I booted in logged mode and the last few lines of bootlog.txt a

[00103595] Enumerating USB Human Interface Device
(USB\VID_045E&PID_0083\INST_0)
[00103595] Enumerated USB Human Interface Device
(USB\VID_045E&PID_0083\INST_0)
[00103595] Enumerating HID-compliant mouse
(HID\VID_045E&PID_0083\0000USB&VID_045E&PID_0083&I NST_0)
[00103595] Enumerated HID-compliant mouse
(HID\VID_045E&PID_0083\0000USB&VID_045E&PID_0083&I NST_0)
[00103595] DEVICEINIT = ACPI
[00103595] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = ACPI
[00103595] DEVICEINIT = VCDFSD
[00103595] DEVICEINITSUCCESS = VCDFSD
[00103595] DEVICEINIT = IOS

I went in thru the XP side and ran a Scandisk and a virus scan on my
C drive (WinMe drive) and got no unusual results.
What should I try next? Should I try re-loading all the original
drivers or could that just open up a new can of worms?
All of my most used programs are on the WinMe side, so I'm really up
a creek. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Noel;
This is my system.ini :

[boot]
oemfonts.fon=vgaoem.fon
shell=Explorer.exe
system.drv=system.drv
drivers=mmsystem.dll power.drv
user.exe=user.exe
gdi.exe=gdi.exe
sound.drv=mmsound.drv
dibeng.drv=dibeng.dll
comm.drv=comm.drv
mouse.drv=mouse.drv
keyboard.drv=keyboard.drv
*DisplayFallback=0
fonts.fon=vgasys.fon
fixedfon.fon=vgafix.fon
386Grabber=vgafull.3gr
display.drv=pnpdrvr.drv

[keyboard]
keyboard.dll=
oemansi.bin=
subtype=
type=4

[boot.description]
system.drv=Standard PC
mouse.drv=Microsoft Mouse
keyboard.typ=Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
aspect=100,96,96
display.drv=RADEON 7200 Series

[386Enh]
MinSPS=8
ebios=*ebios
woafont=dosapp.fon
mouse=*vmouse, msmouse.vxd
device=*dynapage
device=*vcd
device=*vpd
device=*int13
device=*enable
keyboard=*vkd
EMMExclude=C000-CFFF
display=*vdd,*vflatd
WPSLPT1=0
PagingDrive=C:
MinPagingFileSize=512000

[NonWindowsApp]
TTInitialSizes=4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 22

[power.drv]

[drivers]
wavemapper=*.drv
MSACM.imaadpcm=*.acm
MSACM.msadpcm=*.acm

[iccvid.drv]

[mciseq.drv]

[mci]
cdaudio=mcicda.drv
sequencer=mciseq.drv
waveaudio=mciwave.drv
avivideo=mciavi.drv
videodisc=mcipionr.drv
vcr=mcivisca.drv
MPEGVideo=mciqtz.drv
MPEGVideo2=mciqtz.drv
WinDVD=ivimci.drv
cfsmpegvideo=cfsqtz.drv

[vcache]
MaxFileCache=524288

[MSNP32]

[Password Lists]
default=C:\WINDOWS\default.PWL



[network]
SSID=29382503

[drivers32]
msacm.lhacm=lhacm.acm
VIDC.VDOM=vdowave.drv
msacm.msaudio1=msaud32.acm
msacm.sl_anet=sl_anet.acm
MSACM.imaadpcm=imaadp32.acm
MSACM.msadpcm=msadp32.acm
MSACM.msgsm610=msgsm32.acm
MSACM.msg711=msg711.acm
MSACM.trspch=tssoft32.acm
vidc.CVID=iccvid.dll
vidc.MSVC=msvidc32.dll
VIDC.MRLE=msrle32.dll
msacm.msg723=msg723.acm
vidc.M263=msh263.drv
vidc.M261=msh261.drv
VIDC.IV50=ir50_32.dll
msacm.iac2=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IAC25_32.AX
msacm.l3acm=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\L3CODECA.ACM
VIDC.UYVY=msyuv.dll
msacm.voxacm160=vct3216.acm
VIDC.IV41=IR41_32.AX
VIDC.YUY2=msyuv.dll
VIDC.YVYU=msyuv.dll
VIDC.WMV3=wmv9vcm.dll

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
...while waiting for Mike's response.....
it would be useful to see a copy of your system.ini file....this is where
most RAM-tweakers tend to cock things up totally


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"George J. Wallace" wrote in message

Nothing drastically wrong there - unless you're short on disk space
Why are you limiting vCache? - how much RAM is installed?
You have a high minimum filesize for the swapfile - why?


WPSLPT1=0
This looks as if you're had a Canon printer installed at some point, and
uninstalled it??


--
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"George J. Wallace" wrote in message
...
Hi Noel;
This is my system.ini :

[boot]
oemfonts.fon=vgaoem.fon
shell=Explorer.exe
system.drv=system.drv
drivers=mmsystem.dll power.drv
user.exe=user.exe
gdi.exe=gdi.exe
sound.drv=mmsound.drv
dibeng.drv=dibeng.dll
comm.drv=comm.drv
mouse.drv=mouse.drv
keyboard.drv=keyboard.drv
*DisplayFallback=0
fonts.fon=vgasys.fon
fixedfon.fon=vgafix.fon
386Grabber=vgafull.3gr
display.drv=pnpdrvr.drv

[keyboard]
keyboard.dll=
oemansi.bin=
subtype=
type=4

[boot.description]
system.drv=Standard PC
mouse.drv=Microsoft Mouse
keyboard.typ=Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
aspect=100,96,96
display.drv=RADEON 7200 Series

[386Enh]
MinSPS=8
ebios=*ebios
woafont=dosapp.fon
mouse=*vmouse, msmouse.vxd
device=*dynapage
device=*vcd
device=*vpd
device=*int13
device=*enable
keyboard=*vkd
EMMExclude=C000-CFFF
display=*vdd,*vflatd
WPSLPT1=0
PagingDrive=C:
MinPagingFileSize=512000

[NonWindowsApp]
TTInitialSizes=4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 22

[power.drv]

[drivers]
wavemapper=*.drv
MSACM.imaadpcm=*.acm
MSACM.msadpcm=*.acm

[iccvid.drv]

[mciseq.drv]

[mci]
cdaudio=mcicda.drv
sequencer=mciseq.drv
waveaudio=mciwave.drv
avivideo=mciavi.drv
videodisc=mcipionr.drv
vcr=mcivisca.drv
MPEGVideo=mciqtz.drv
MPEGVideo2=mciqtz.drv
WinDVD=ivimci.drv
cfsmpegvideo=cfsqtz.drv

[vcache]
MaxFileCache=524288

[MSNP32]

[Password Lists]
default=C:\WINDOWS\default.PWL



[network]
SSID=29382503

[drivers32]
msacm.lhacm=lhacm.acm
VIDC.VDOM=vdowave.drv
msacm.msaudio1=msaud32.acm
msacm.sl_anet=sl_anet.acm
MSACM.imaadpcm=imaadp32.acm
MSACM.msadpcm=msadp32.acm
MSACM.msgsm610=msgsm32.acm
MSACM.msg711=msg711.acm
MSACM.trspch=tssoft32.acm
vidc.CVID=iccvid.dll
vidc.MSVC=msvidc32.dll
VIDC.MRLE=msrle32.dll
msacm.msg723=msg723.acm
vidc.M263=msh263.drv
vidc.M261=msh261.drv
VIDC.IV50=ir50_32.dll
msacm.iac2=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IAC25_32.AX
msacm.l3acm=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\L3CODECA.ACM
VIDC.UYVY=msyuv.dll
msacm.voxacm160=vct3216.acm
VIDC.IV41=IR41_32.AX
VIDC.YUY2=msyuv.dll
VIDC.YVYU=msyuv.dll
VIDC.WMV3=wmv9vcm.dll

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
...while waiting for Mike's response.....
it would be useful to see a copy of your system.ini file....this is where
most RAM-tweakers tend to cock things up totally


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"George J. Wallace" wrote in message

Hi Noel;
On my C drive (with Me installed) I've got 12.5 gig free, on my D drive
(with XP installed) I have 23.9 gig free, on my E drive (just data files)
5.17 gig free, and my F drive (data files again) I have 32.1 gig free.
I've never had a Canon printer or scanner, just a Lexmark printer.
Sorry, I honestly can't answer your questions about the swapfile and
vcache. I don't recall ever changing them, but then, I'm a geezer and have
trouble remembering yesterday :-)

George J. Wallace

Hi Noel;
Forgot to mention, I've got 640 Meg of RAM.
I'll bet your off watching the Allstar Game :-)

George J. Wallace

Forgot to mention, I've got 640 Meg of RAM.

Hence you limiting vcache. I can't see anything wrong with your
system/ini file. My comment was solely based on a reference I found where
a similar error message to the one you are seeing was displayed.

I'll bet your off watching the Allstar Game :-)

I rather doubt it. Wrong country, wrong sport for Noel and myself. g
--
Mike Maltby



George J. Wallace wrote:

Hi Noel;
Forgot to mention, I've got 640 Meg of RAM.
I'll bet your off watching the Allstar Game :-)

George J. Wallace

Heh! - I was fighting a NAV infestation on a PC... thing refuses to update
It's coming out by the roots later - again! It reminded me of all the
reasons why I hate Norton rubbish.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com

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"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Forgot to mention, I've got 640 Meg of RAM.

Hence you limiting vcache. I can't see anything wrong with your
system/ini file. My comment was solely based on a reference I found where
a similar error message to the one you are seeing was displayed.

I'll bet your off watching the Allstar Game :-)

I rather doubt it. Wrong country, wrong sport for Noel and myself. g
--
Mike Maltby



George J. Wallace wrote:

Hi Noel;
Forgot to mention, I've got 640 Meg of RAM.
I'll bet your off watching the Allstar Game :-)

George J. Wallace