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lost files I need to find on win install CD why search will not find them?
I am running windows 98se (just installing it and most of my old stuff)
I did a clean install from plain windows 98 to put a creative labs web cam on it. During the cam instalation had a lot of problems. Finally got it to work. But now at boot up it says I am missing vredir.vxd,dfs.vxd & msn32.dll. So I went out on the web and found the solution instructions. It says I should be able to restore useing system file checker. However it says I should find the lost files on my (OEM?) windows 98SE install CD in the win98 folder in the cabs folder. I find no cabs folder on the CD. Also said maybe I'd could restore from the cabs folder on the C drive. Also not present. I turned on show hidden files in folder options and did a find for the files in question on both the CD and c drive without finding them. OK what gives when I did a search of my windows 98 install CD it could not find the files. So I opened all folders manually, what fun! and in net7 and net9 in the win98 found the files. Are these the ones I need? And in a while when I use System File Checker are they going to install as I am told they will. What are my odds of more road blocks? Why did microsoft make it sound like cabs was a single folder I would find in the win98 folder. But more over why would my search in the start menu not find the files on the CD? I did the search with and without the three character dot endings? Also I noticed that when auto starts the installer CD that if I click on browse the cd and find the files I need. Then if I right button click on them it says extract. Is it smart enough to put them back on C drive where they belong or will I get a box asking where to put them. Which is the best way to get them back 1. drag them fron CD to C:\windows\sytem like I could do on an old MAC or copy and paste 2. use the system file checker under accesories 3. use the extract method mesioned above by right clicking What will work without more windows crap happening? Do you people realize how much easier a MAC is to use? |
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