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boot from start-up disk failed
I decided to boot my Windows Me from the start-up disk because it would not
boot normally or in Safe Mode but instead displayed the error message:"An I/O subsystem driver failed to load. Either a file in the .\iosubsystem subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory. Replace the disk and then press any key." The system has lots of memory available so I decided to boot from the start up disk and select the option to boot with access to the CD drive where I had my Windows ME CD. I thought the corrupted file could be replaced from the original Windows ME CD. Instead, I got another error message saying cannot find sector Drive C. The option to Retry didn't work so I selected Abort and after that didn't work I selected Fail which, of course, didn't help. Any suggestions for what I might do next to get my system to boot up? When I try to boot normally it often gets as far as press F3 for the configuration utility. But when I press F3 nothing happens. |
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Mart,
my tried and true fix for that kinda failure has always been to get a new HD and reinstall ME then use the old drive as a slave, transfer all "need to save" data to the new drive then take the old HD and throw it as far as I can into the lake... ) its worked everytime I've tried it over the last 10 years... "Mart" wrote in message ... From here, your problem would seem to be far more likely associated with a 'failing hard drive' than with memory issues. WinMe (in both Normal and Safe Mode) is trying to load corrupted or damaged files from your hard drive (HDD) and consequently, failing to boot. I would suggest you run scandisk c: from your (emergency) startup floppy disk, but beware!! DO NOT let it do a surface scan (at this stage) Instead, just take a note of any/all error reports and report back here. If your HDD is failing, you may wish to try to recover your (personal) data before you try booting into WinMe again. Somebody will advise you of the next steps. BTW - You cannot boot into WinMe directly from the startup floppy disk, it can only be done from the main system (failing?) HDD (Probably your C: drive). Mart "Chesapeake Chum" Chesapeake wrote in message ... I decided to boot my Windows Me from the start-up disk because it would not boot normally or in Safe Mode but instead displayed the error message:"An I/O subsystem driver failed to load. Either a file in the .\iosubsystem subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory. Replace the disk and then press any key." The system has lots of memory available so I decided to boot from the start up disk and select the option to boot with access to the CD drive where I had my Windows ME CD. I thought the corrupted file could be replaced from the original Windows ME CD. Instead, I got another error message saying cannot find sector Drive C. The option to Retry didn't work so I selected Abort and after that didn't work I selected Fail which, of course, didn't help. Any suggestions for what I might do next to get my system to boot up? When I try to boot normally it often gets as far as press F3 for the configuration utility. But when I press F3 nothing happens. |
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Thanks for chipping-in RTS, indeed, I quite agree - subject to CC having
fully satisfied (convinced) himself that he has got a failing HDD. The important object is to NOT write to, or to read from as little as possible, the failing disk BEFORE salvaging his (personal) data. Hence my 'Surface Scan' warning. However, I suspect that CC may need further advice on (clean) installing WinMe onto a new HDD. Mart "RockyTSquirrel" wrote in message ... Mart, my tried and true fix for that kinda failure has always been to get a new HD and reinstall ME then use the old drive as a slave, transfer all "need to save" data to the new drive then take the old HD and throw it as far as I can into the lake... ) its worked everytime I've tried it over the last 10 years... "Mart" wrote in message ... From here, your problem would seem to be far more likely associated with a 'failing hard drive' than with memory issues. WinMe (in both Normal and Safe Mode) is trying to load corrupted or damaged files from your hard drive (HDD) and consequently, failing to boot. I would suggest you run scandisk c: from your (emergency) startup floppy disk, but beware!! DO NOT let it do a surface scan (at this stage) Instead, just take a note of any/all error reports and report back here. If your HDD is failing, you may wish to try to recover your (personal) data before you try booting into WinMe again. Somebody will advise you of the next steps. BTW - You cannot boot into WinMe directly from the startup floppy disk, it can only be done from the main system (failing?) HDD (Probably your C: drive). Mart "Chesapeake Chum" Chesapeake wrote in message ... I decided to boot my Windows Me from the start-up disk because it would not boot normally or in Safe Mode but instead displayed the error message:"An I/O subsystem driver failed to load. Either a file in the .\iosubsystem subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory. Replace the disk and then press any key." The system has lots of memory available so I decided to boot from the start up disk and select the option to boot with access to the CD drive where I had my Windows ME CD. I thought the corrupted file could be replaced from the original Windows ME CD. Instead, I got another error message saying cannot find sector Drive C. The option to Retry didn't work so I selected Abort and after that didn't work I selected Fail which, of course, didn't help. Any suggestions for what I might do next to get my system to boot up? When I try to boot normally it often gets as far as press F3 for the configuration utility. But when I press F3 nothing happens. |
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Thanks guys! I recently got a new computer so would be content just to
salvage my personal data off of this one rather than spending money on a new hard drive. Any help on how to salvage the data? I do have an external hard drive but it has never been used with this computer before. I also have a thumb drive with lots of capacity. "Mart" wrote: Thanks for chipping-in RTS, indeed, I quite agree - subject to CC having fully satisfied (convinced) himself that he has got a failing HDD. The important object is to NOT write to, or to read from as little as possible, the failing disk BEFORE salvaging his (personal) data. Hence my 'Surface Scan' warning. However, I suspect that CC may need further advice on (clean) installing WinMe onto a new HDD. Mart "RockyTSquirrel" wrote in message ... Mart, my tried and true fix for that kinda failure has always been to get a new HD and reinstall ME then use the old drive as a slave, transfer all "need to save" data to the new drive then take the old HD and throw it as far as I can into the lake... ) its worked everytime I've tried it over the last 10 years... "Mart" wrote in message ... From here, your problem would seem to be far more likely associated with a 'failing hard drive' than with memory issues. WinMe (in both Normal and Safe Mode) is trying to load corrupted or damaged files from your hard drive (HDD) and consequently, failing to boot. I would suggest you run scandisk c: from your (emergency) startup floppy disk, but beware!! DO NOT let it do a surface scan (at this stage) Instead, just take a note of any/all error reports and report back here. If your HDD is failing, you may wish to try to recover your (personal) data before you try booting into WinMe again. Somebody will advise you of the next steps. BTW - You cannot boot into WinMe directly from the startup floppy disk, it can only be done from the main system (failing?) HDD (Probably your C: drive). Mart "Chesapeake Chum" Chesapeake wrote in message ... I decided to boot my Windows Me from the start-up disk because it would not boot normally or in Safe Mode but instead displayed the error message:"An I/O subsystem driver failed to load. Either a file in the .\iosubsystem subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory. Replace the disk and then press any key." The system has lots of memory available so I decided to boot from the start up disk and select the option to boot with access to the CD drive where I had my Windows ME CD. I thought the corrupted file could be replaced from the original Windows ME CD. Instead, I got another error message saying cannot find sector Drive C. The option to Retry didn't work so I selected Abort and after that didn't work I selected Fail which, of course, didn't help. Any suggestions for what I might do next to get my system to boot up? When I try to boot normally it often gets as far as press F3 for the configuration utility. But when I press F3 nothing happens. |
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Two (possibly three) options - both along the lines that RTS alluded, in
that you make your old drive a 'slave' or more accurately an extra drive off your new computer. All options entail removing the bad disk from your old machine and one messy option involves poking about in your new PC and connecting your old drive as a slave (assuming you have an IDE controller in your new computer) - not really recommended. The other easier option(s) *may* cost a few bucks and only entails removing your old disk from your old computer of course and connecting it to a USB to IDE adapter - e.g. http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner...o+IDE+C ables However, you already have one of these devices - your external hard drive!! Just open-up the external HD box, remove the existing drive and substitute the old drive and voila, you've done it for free. You can now read (and ultimately test) your old drive and recover whatever undamaged files are still there. You may find that there are some instructions for replacing/substituting hard drives in the user manual which came with the external hard drive. Good luck Mart "Chesapeake Chum" wrote in message ... Thanks guys! I recently got a new computer so would be content just to salvage my personal data off of this one rather than spending money on a new hard drive. Any help on how to salvage the data? I do have an external hard drive but it has never been used with this computer before. I also have a thumb drive with lots of capacity. "Mart" wrote: Thanks for chipping-in RTS, indeed, I quite agree - subject to CC having fully satisfied (convinced) himself that he has got a failing HDD. The important object is to NOT write to, or to read from as little as possible, the failing disk BEFORE salvaging his (personal) data. Hence my 'Surface Scan' warning. However, I suspect that CC may need further advice on (clean) installing WinMe onto a new HDD. Mart "RockyTSquirrel" wrote in message ... Mart, my tried and true fix for that kinda failure has always been to get a new HD and reinstall ME then use the old drive as a slave, transfer all "need to save" data to the new drive then take the old HD and throw it as far as I can into the lake... ) its worked everytime I've tried it over the last 10 years... "Mart" wrote in message ... From here, your problem would seem to be far more likely associated with a 'failing hard drive' than with memory issues. WinMe (in both Normal and Safe Mode) is trying to load corrupted or damaged files from your hard drive (HDD) and consequently, failing to boot. I would suggest you run scandisk c: from your (emergency) startup floppy disk, but beware!! DO NOT let it do a surface scan (at this stage) Instead, just take a note of any/all error reports and report back here. If your HDD is failing, you may wish to try to recover your (personal) data before you try booting into WinMe again. Somebody will advise you of the next steps. BTW - You cannot boot into WinMe directly from the startup floppy disk, it can only be done from the main system (failing?) HDD (Probably your C: drive). Mart "Chesapeake Chum" Chesapeake wrote in message ... I decided to boot my Windows Me from the start-up disk because it would not boot normally or in Safe Mode but instead displayed the error message:"An I/O subsystem driver failed to load. Either a file in the .\iosubsystem subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory. Replace the disk and then press any key." The system has lots of memory available so I decided to boot from the start up disk and select the option to boot with access to the CD drive where I had my Windows ME CD. I thought the corrupted file could be replaced from the original Windows ME CD. Instead, I got another error message saying cannot find sector Drive C. The option to Retry didn't work so I selected Abort and after that didn't work I selected Fail which, of course, didn't help. Any suggestions for what I might do next to get my system to boot up? When I try to boot normally it often gets as far as press F3 for the configuration utility. But when I press F3 nothing happens. |
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Thanks Mart! I'll see what I can do, probably tomorrow.
"Mart" wrote: Two (possibly three) options - both along the lines that RTS alluded, in that you make your old drive a 'slave' or more accurately an extra drive off your new computer. All options entail removing the bad disk from your old machine and one messy option involves poking about in your new PC and connecting your old drive as a slave (assuming you have an IDE controller in your new computer) - not really recommended. The other easier option(s) *may* cost a few bucks and only entails removing your old disk from your old computer of course and connecting it to a USB to IDE adapter - e.g. http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner...o+IDE+C ables However, you already have one of these devices - your external hard drive!! Just open-up the external HD box, remove the existing drive and substitute the old drive and voila, you've done it for free. You can now read (and ultimately test) your old drive and recover whatever undamaged files are still there. You may find that there are some instructions for replacing/substituting hard drives in the user manual which came with the external hard drive. Good luck Mart "Chesapeake Chum" wrote in message ... Thanks guys! I recently got a new computer so would be content just to salvage my personal data off of this one rather than spending money on a new hard drive. Any help on how to salvage the data? I do have an external hard drive but it has never been used with this computer before. I also have a thumb drive with lots of capacity. "Mart" wrote: Thanks for chipping-in RTS, indeed, I quite agree - subject to CC having fully satisfied (convinced) himself that he has got a failing HDD. The important object is to NOT write to, or to read from as little as possible, the failing disk BEFORE salvaging his (personal) data. Hence my 'Surface Scan' warning. However, I suspect that CC may need further advice on (clean) installing WinMe onto a new HDD. Mart "RockyTSquirrel" wrote in message ... Mart, my tried and true fix for that kinda failure has always been to get a new HD and reinstall ME then use the old drive as a slave, transfer all "need to save" data to the new drive then take the old HD and throw it as far as I can into the lake... ) its worked everytime I've tried it over the last 10 years... "Mart" wrote in message ... From here, your problem would seem to be far more likely associated with a 'failing hard drive' than with memory issues. WinMe (in both Normal and Safe Mode) is trying to load corrupted or damaged files from your hard drive (HDD) and consequently, failing to boot. I would suggest you run scandisk c: from your (emergency) startup floppy disk, but beware!! DO NOT let it do a surface scan (at this stage) Instead, just take a note of any/all error reports and report back here. If your HDD is failing, you may wish to try to recover your (personal) data before you try booting into WinMe again. Somebody will advise you of the next steps. BTW - You cannot boot into WinMe directly from the startup floppy disk, it can only be done from the main system (failing?) HDD (Probably your C: drive). Mart "Chesapeake Chum" Chesapeake wrote in message ... I decided to boot my Windows Me from the start-up disk because it would not boot normally or in Safe Mode but instead displayed the error message:"An I/O subsystem driver failed to load. Either a file in the .\iosubsystem subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory. Replace the disk and then press any key." The system has lots of memory available so I decided to boot from the start up disk and select the option to boot with access to the CD drive where I had my Windows ME CD. I thought the corrupted file could be replaced from the original Windows ME CD. Instead, I got another error message saying cannot find sector Drive C. The option to Retry didn't work so I selected Abort and after that didn't work I selected Fail which, of course, didn't help. Any suggestions for what I might do next to get my system to boot up? When I try to boot normally it often gets as far as press F3 for the configuration utility. But when I press F3 nothing happens. |
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One more shot. try scandisk /all from boot disc. Make sure you leave a space
before slash. -- I mastered Wordstar graphics! "Chesapeake Chum" wrote: Thanks Mart! I'll see what I can do, probably tomorrow. "Mart" wrote: Two (possibly three) options - both along the lines that RTS alluded, in that you make your old drive a 'slave' or more accurately an extra drive off your new computer. All options entail removing the bad disk from your old machine and one messy option involves poking about in your new PC and connecting your old drive as a slave (assuming you have an IDE controller in your new computer) - not really recommended. The other easier option(s) *may* cost a few bucks and only entails removing your old disk from your old computer of course and connecting it to a USB to IDE adapter - e.g. http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner...o+IDE+C ables However, you already have one of these devices - your external hard drive!! Just open-up the external HD box, remove the existing drive and substitute the old drive and voila, you've done it for free. You can now read (and ultimately test) your old drive and recover whatever undamaged files are still there. You may find that there are some instructions for replacing/substituting hard drives in the user manual which came with the external hard drive. Good luck Mart "Chesapeake Chum" wrote in message ... Thanks guys! I recently got a new computer so would be content just to salvage my personal data off of this one rather than spending money on a new hard drive. Any help on how to salvage the data? I do have an external hard drive but it has never been used with this computer before. I also have a thumb drive with lots of capacity. "Mart" wrote: Thanks for chipping-in RTS, indeed, I quite agree - subject to CC having fully satisfied (convinced) himself that he has got a failing HDD. The important object is to NOT write to, or to read from as little as possible, the failing disk BEFORE salvaging his (personal) data. Hence my 'Surface Scan' warning. However, I suspect that CC may need further advice on (clean) installing WinMe onto a new HDD. Mart "RockyTSquirrel" wrote in message ... Mart, my tried and true fix for that kinda failure has always been to get a new HD and reinstall ME then use the old drive as a slave, transfer all "need to save" data to the new drive then take the old HD and throw it as far as I can into the lake... ) its worked everytime I've tried it over the last 10 years... "Mart" wrote in message ... From here, your problem would seem to be far more likely associated with a 'failing hard drive' than with memory issues. WinMe (in both Normal and Safe Mode) is trying to load corrupted or damaged files from your hard drive (HDD) and consequently, failing to boot. I would suggest you run scandisk c: from your (emergency) startup floppy disk, but beware!! DO NOT let it do a surface scan (at this stage) Instead, just take a note of any/all error reports and report back here. If your HDD is failing, you may wish to try to recover your (personal) data before you try booting into WinMe again. Somebody will advise you of the next steps. BTW - You cannot boot into WinMe directly from the startup floppy disk, it can only be done from the main system (failing?) HDD (Probably your C: drive). Mart "Chesapeake Chum" Chesapeake wrote in message ... I decided to boot my Windows Me from the start-up disk because it would not boot normally or in Safe Mode but instead displayed the error message:"An I/O subsystem driver failed to load. Either a file in the .\iosubsystem subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory. Replace the disk and then press any key." The system has lots of memory available so I decided to boot from the start up disk and select the option to boot with access to the CD drive where I had my Windows ME CD. I thought the corrupted file could be replaced from the original Windows ME CD. Instead, I got another error message saying cannot find sector Drive C. The option to Retry didn't work so I selected Abort and after that didn't work I selected Fail which, of course, didn't help. Any suggestions for what I might do next to get my system to boot up? When I try to boot normally it often gets as far as press F3 for the configuration utility. But when I press F3 nothing happens. |
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NOT UNTIL critical (personal) data has been salvaged - the /all switch may
attempt to write to the 'faulty' drive and make things worse. Hence my suggestion not to do a surface scan in my first reply, thus preventing any attempt (at this stage) to write to the disk. Alternatively use the /checkonly switch. Repairs should only be attempted if/when data is no longer critical. Mart "Corday" wrote in message ... One more shot. try scandisk /all from boot disc. Make sure you leave a space before slash. -- I mastered Wordstar graphics! "Chesapeake Chum" wrote: Thanks Mart! I'll see what I can do, probably tomorrow. "Mart" wrote: Two (possibly three) options - both along the lines that RTS alluded, in that you make your old drive a 'slave' or more accurately an extra drive off your new computer. All options entail removing the bad disk from your old machine and one messy option involves poking about in your new PC and connecting your old drive as a slave (assuming you have an IDE controller in your new computer) - not really recommended. The other easier option(s) *may* cost a few bucks and only entails removing your old disk from your old computer of course and connecting it to a USB to IDE adapter - e.g. http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner...o+IDE+C ables However, you already have one of these devices - your external hard drive!! Just open-up the external HD box, remove the existing drive and substitute the old drive and voila, you've done it for free. You can now read (and ultimately test) your old drive and recover whatever undamaged files are still there. You may find that there are some instructions for replacing/substituting hard drives in the user manual which came with the external hard drive. Good luck Mart "Chesapeake Chum" wrote in message ... Thanks guys! I recently got a new computer so would be content just to salvage my personal data off of this one rather than spending money on a new hard drive. Any help on how to salvage the data? I do have an external hard drive but it has never been used with this computer before. I also have a thumb drive with lots of capacity. "Mart" wrote: Thanks for chipping-in RTS, indeed, I quite agree - subject to CC having fully satisfied (convinced) himself that he has got a failing HDD. The important object is to NOT write to, or to read from as little as possible, the failing disk BEFORE salvaging his (personal) data. Hence my 'Surface Scan' warning. However, I suspect that CC may need further advice on (clean) installing WinMe onto a new HDD. Mart "RockyTSquirrel" wrote in message ... Mart, my tried and true fix for that kinda failure has always been to get a new HD and reinstall ME then use the old drive as a slave, transfer all "need to save" data to the new drive then take the old HD and throw it as far as I can into the lake... ) its worked everytime I've tried it over the last 10 years... "Mart" wrote in message ... From here, your problem would seem to be far more likely associated with a 'failing hard drive' than with memory issues. WinMe (in both Normal and Safe Mode) is trying to load corrupted or damaged files from your hard drive (HDD) and consequently, failing to boot. I would suggest you run scandisk c: from your (emergency) startup floppy disk, but beware!! DO NOT let it do a surface scan (at this stage) Instead, just take a note of any/all error reports and report back here. If your HDD is failing, you may wish to try to recover your (personal) data before you try booting into WinMe again. Somebody will advise you of the next steps. BTW - You cannot boot into WinMe directly from the startup floppy disk, it can only be done from the main system (failing?) HDD (Probably your C: drive). Mart "Chesapeake Chum" Chesapeake wrote in message ... I decided to boot my Windows Me from the start-up disk because it would not boot normally or in Safe Mode but instead displayed the error message:"An I/O subsystem driver failed to load. Either a file in the .\iosubsystem subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory. Replace the disk and then press any key." The system has lots of memory available so I decided to boot from the start up disk and select the option to boot with access to the CD drive where I had my Windows ME CD. I thought the corrupted file could be replaced from the original Windows ME CD. Instead, I got another error message saying cannot find sector Drive C. The option to Retry didn't work so I selected Abort and after that didn't work I selected Fail which, of course, didn't help. Any suggestions for what I might do next to get my system to boot up? When I try to boot normally it often gets as far as press F3 for the configuration utility. But when I press F3 nothing happens. |
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Unfortunately my external hard drive does not have screws or another way to
open it without breaking the case. I decided to get someone who has the needed equipment and has done something like this before to help me with the task. Many thanks to all of you who have given me advice in this situation. I'll let you know whether we are able to save the data. Regretably my back-up is a few months old. Lesson learned. "Mart" wrote: NOT UNTIL critical (personal) data has been salvaged - the /all switch may attempt to write to the 'faulty' drive and make things worse. Hence my suggestion not to do a surface scan in my first reply, thus preventing any attempt (at this stage) to write to the disk. Alternatively use the /checkonly switch. Repairs should only be attempted if/when data is no longer critical. Mart "Corday" wrote in message ... One more shot. try scandisk /all from boot disc. Make sure you leave a space before slash. -- I mastered Wordstar graphics! "Chesapeake Chum" wrote: Thanks Mart! I'll see what I can do, probably tomorrow. "Mart" wrote: Two (possibly three) options - both along the lines that RTS alluded, in that you make your old drive a 'slave' or more accurately an extra drive off your new computer. All options entail removing the bad disk from your old machine and one messy option involves poking about in your new PC and connecting your old drive as a slave (assuming you have an IDE controller in your new computer) - not really recommended. The other easier option(s) *may* cost a few bucks and only entails removing your old disk from your old computer of course and connecting it to a USB to IDE adapter - e.g. http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner...o+IDE+C ables However, you already have one of these devices - your external hard drive!! Just open-up the external HD box, remove the existing drive and substitute the old drive and voila, you've done it for free. You can now read (and ultimately test) your old drive and recover whatever undamaged files are still there. You may find that there are some instructions for replacing/substituting hard drives in the user manual which came with the external hard drive. Good luck Mart "Chesapeake Chum" wrote in message ... Thanks guys! I recently got a new computer so would be content just to salvage my personal data off of this one rather than spending money on a new hard drive. Any help on how to salvage the data? I do have an external hard drive but it has never been used with this computer before. I also have a thumb drive with lots of capacity. "Mart" wrote: Thanks for chipping-in RTS, indeed, I quite agree - subject to CC having fully satisfied (convinced) himself that he has got a failing HDD. The important object is to NOT write to, or to read from as little as possible, the failing disk BEFORE salvaging his (personal) data. Hence my 'Surface Scan' warning. However, I suspect that CC may need further advice on (clean) installing WinMe onto a new HDD. Mart "RockyTSquirrel" wrote in message ... Mart, my tried and true fix for that kinda failure has always been to get a new HD and reinstall ME then use the old drive as a slave, transfer all "need to save" data to the new drive then take the old HD and throw it as far as I can into the lake... ) its worked everytime I've tried it over the last 10 years... "Mart" wrote in message ... From here, your problem would seem to be far more likely associated with a 'failing hard drive' than with memory issues. WinMe (in both Normal and Safe Mode) is trying to load corrupted or damaged files from your hard drive (HDD) and consequently, failing to boot. I would suggest you run scandisk c: from your (emergency) startup floppy disk, but beware!! DO NOT let it do a surface scan (at this stage) Instead, just take a note of any/all error reports and report back here. If your HDD is failing, you may wish to try to recover your (personal) data before you try booting into WinMe again. Somebody will advise you of the next steps. BTW - You cannot boot into WinMe directly from the startup floppy disk, it can only be done from the main system (failing?) HDD (Probably your C: drive). Mart "Chesapeake Chum" Chesapeake wrote in message ... I decided to boot my Windows Me from the start-up disk because it would not boot normally or in Safe Mode but instead displayed the error message:"An I/O subsystem driver failed to load. Either a file in the .\iosubsystem subdirectory is corrupt or the system is low on memory. Replace the disk and then press any key." The system has lots of memory available so I decided to boot from the start up disk and select the option to boot with access to the CD drive where I had my Windows ME CD. I thought the corrupted file could be replaced from the original Windows ME CD. Instead, I got another error message saying cannot find sector Drive C. The option to Retry didn't work so I selected Abort and after that didn't work I selected Fail which, of course, didn't help. Any suggestions for what I might do next to get my system to boot up? When I try to boot normally it often gets as far as press F3 for the configuration utility. But when I press F3 nothing happens. |
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