windows 98 second edition

When I restarted my PC and it got to the screen where you have a username and
password an error appeared. It told me i needed to re-install windows. I
tried starting in safe mode and the same error appeared so I tried to go into
ms dos mode and from here I am stuck. I noticed when my pc was booting up the
following info appeared:

error: memory manager not detected
creative SB16 Emulation Driver requires Emm386
creative SB16 Emulation Driver NOT loading

When the 5 options show which do I choose? Should I have my bootup floppy or
windows cd in the pc as it is restarting. If so which of the 3 options should
I use?

"cab" u31421@uwe wrote in message news:6d3452717e8d9@uwe...

I noticed when my pc was booting up the
following info appeared:

error: memory manager not detected
creative SB16 Emulation Driver requires Emm386
creative SB16 Emulation Driver NOT loading

These look like DOS error messages. But Win98 does
not require DOS utilities (it uses its own Windows
drivers). The error messages may go away if you
reboot without AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
(which Win98 does not need.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

When I tried to get into windows an error showed as : a required .dll file,
msvcrt.dll was not found

When I go to restart the pc the screen shows:

error: memory manager not detected
creative SB16 Emulation Driver requires Emm386
creative SB16 Emulation Driver NOT loadin

Is there someone who can give me step by step instructions on how to fix this
issue i would deeply appreciate it

Don Phillipson wrote:
I noticed when my pc was booting up the
following info appeared:

error: memory manager not detected
creative SB16 Emulation Driver requires Emm386
creative SB16 Emulation Driver NOT loading

These look like DOS error messages. But Win98 does
not require DOS utilities (it uses its own Windows
drivers). The error messages may go away if you
reboot without AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
(which Win98 does not need.)

"cab" u31421@uwe wrote in message news:6d35435e9b63e@uwe...
When I tried to get into windows an error showed as : a required .dll
file,
msvcrt.dll was not found

When I go to restart the pc the screen shows:

error: memory manager not detected
creative SB16 Emulation Driver requires Emm386
creative SB16 Emulation Driver NOT loadin

Is there someone who can give me step by step instructions on how to fix
this
issue i would deeply appreciate it

Don Phillipson wrote:
I noticed when my pc was booting up the
following info appeared:

error: memory manager not detected
creative SB16 Emulation Driver requires Emm386
creative SB16 Emulation Driver NOT loading

These look like DOS error messages. But Win98 does
not require DOS utilities (it uses its own Windows
drivers). The error messages may go away if you
reboot without AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
(which Win98 does not need.)

1. Boot MS-DOS (from floppy if needed.)
2. Get to C:
done by keying C and colon
3. REN AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.BAK
REN CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.BAK
3b. You can also check their contents by
PRINT AUTOEXEC.BAT /P
4. Reboot.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

The message you have received indicates that part of the boot process has
failed. Specifically, the memory manager has not loaded. This module isn't
really required for W98, but it indicates that something has gone wrong with
the system, which you need to sort out. Either the disk file from which
this program is loaded is corrupted or the program is not starting after it
gets loaded. This indicates either a corrupted hard disk (most likely) or
another hardware error, such as bad memory.

Given your subsequent problems, I would suspect a corrupted hard disk.

I would recommend that you stop trying to use Windows in order to avoid
further corruption. Get a good hard disk drive diagnostic from the www site
of your disk drive manufacturer (or, perhaps, from any manufacturer) and
give the disk a good examination. When you know that the disk is working OK
you can proceed to replace and repair the damaged files.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"cab" u31421@uwe wrote in message news:6d3452717e8d9@uwe...
When I restarted my PC and it got to the screen where you have a username
and
password an error appeared. It told me i needed to re-install windows. I
tried starting in safe mode and the same error appeared so I tried to go
into
ms dos mode and from here I am stuck. I noticed when my pc was booting up
the
following info appeared:

error: memory manager not detected
creative SB16 Emulation Driver requires Emm386
creative SB16 Emulation Driver NOT loading

When the 5 options show which do I choose? Should I have my bootup floppy
or
windows cd in the pc as it is restarting. If so which of the 3 options
should
I use?

Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create a Windows
98 boot disk. Use it to start the computer, select "Start with CD
support", then insert your Windows 98 CD and type the following two
command lines.

rename c:\autoexec.bat autoexec.bak
for %k in (%path%) do extract /a /L C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM %kwin98\base4.cab MSVCRT.DLL

Ben

"cab" u31421@uwe wrote in message news:6d35435e9b63e@uwe...
When I tried to get into windows an error showed as : a required .dll file,
msvcrt.dll was not found

When I go to restart the pc the screen shows:

error: memory manager not detected
creative SB16 Emulation Driver requires Emm386
creative SB16 Emulation Driver NOT loadin

Is there someone who can give me step by step instructions on how to fix this
issue i would deeply appreciate it

Don Phillipson wrote:
I noticed when my pc was booting up the
following info appeared:

error: memory manager not detected
creative SB16 Emulation Driver requires Emm386
creative SB16 Emulation Driver NOT loading

These look like DOS error messages. But Win98 does
not require DOS utilities (it uses its own Windows
drivers). The error messages may go away if you
reboot without AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
(which Win98 does not need.)