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Error reloading Explorer.exe, you must re-install Windows, MSVCRT.dll file not found
Hi Bill, I did what you said, but when I went to COMMAND PROMPT ONLY, the very first thing that pops up is: There is an unrecognized command in yopur CONFIG.SYS file. There is an error in your CONFIG.SYS file on line 1 The following file is missing or corrupted: C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\OAKCDROM.SYS There is an error in your CONFIG.SYS file on line 2 Help! Thanks a million, London Bill Watt Wrote: On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:58:21 -0500, London wrote: When I try to boot up, the entire message reads: Error reloading Explorer.exe, you must re-install Windows. When I click OK, it reads: A required .dll file MSVCRT.dll was not found. Okay.....I have read all of Microsoft's postings about this. I DO NOT have the Windows 98' bootdisk to download the MSVCRT.dll file from, and when I try making one from MS-DOS prompts (choosing Safe Mode Command prompt only) I type: cd \windows\command then ENTER then I type bootdisk a: and nothing happens. It stays at (all caps) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND and it refuses to do anything else but repeat that over and over. When I restart again and try to change the directory by typing: c:\windows\command directory It says Specified COMMAND search directory bad I am writing this to you from another laptop with XP, and a CD-Rom Drive. I downloaded the Bootdisk for Windows 98, along with the MSVCRT.dll file and put it on a CD. But guess what? I cannot the files to a floppy, because my laptop doesn't HAVE one, and the infected computer has a CD-ROM, but how can I download the MSVCRT.dll file FROM the CD in MS-DOS mode? PHEW! I think it must have been some type of VIRUS to begin with, because it all started with me not being able to connect through my AOL to the internet. Then, I tried cleaning my computer and deleting spyware, then this started. SO...my MAIN problem, now, is to figure out HOW TO REBOOT TO WINDOWS 98 without having to RE-LOAD Windows and lose all of my information on my C Drive. But again, how do I reboot if I do NOT have the Startup Disc, and my system is not responding to the above MS-DOS prompts? I cannot seem to get past the above problems in MS-DOS!!!! HELP!!!!!! Desperate! London London, The Windows CD may boot, try that. If not, try this from Dos Command Prompt Only. Try the following from the C:\ prompt. Edit config.sys enter Insert this line: DEVICE=C:\windows\command\Oakcdrom.sys /D:MSCD001 Save it. Edit autoexec.bat Insert this line: C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 Save it. Boot to Dos Command Prompt Only. (not safe mode) Insert the Windows CD, change to the CDrom drive letter and see if you can access it. This works on most CDroms but not all. If you can, insert the CD you made and copy MSVCRT.dll to the Windows\System folder. Remove the CD and reboot. ctrl+alt+del will do it. If this works, whenever you boot to Dos Command Prompt Only the CDrom should be available. To boot into Windows Safe Mode after booting to Dos Command Prompt enter Win.com /d:m to have CDrom support in Windows Safe mode. Let us know. Hope I have not overlooked anything. BTW If a Win98 Startup diskette was not made when Windows was last installed then the Bootdisk utility was not created. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ -- London ------------------------------------------------------------------------ London's Profile: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/...ml?userid=1030 View this thread: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/...phtml?t=180313 |
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London, The line is: DEVICE=C:\windows\command\Oakcdrom.sys /D:MSCD001 There is only one space, before the /D. What's on the other line1 or 2 in the Config.sys file? You put the other line in the Autoexec.bat file? Check if Oakcdrom.sys is in the Windows\command folder, like this: Dir c:\windows\command\oakcdrom.sys enter It will display it if it's there. Let us know. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ ___________________________________ On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:16:26 -0500, London wrote: Hi Bill, I did what you said, but when I went to COMMAND PROMPT ONLY, the very first thing that pops up is: There is an unrecognized command in yopur CONFIG.SYS file. There is an error in your CONFIG.SYS file on line 1 The following file is missing or corrupted: C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\OAKCDROM.SYS There is an error in your CONFIG.SYS file on line 2 Help! Thanks a million, London Bill Watt Wrote: On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:58:21 -0500, London wrote: When I try to boot up, the entire message reads: Error reloading Explorer.exe, you must re-install Windows. When I click OK, it reads: A required .dll file MSVCRT.dll was not found. Okay.....I have read all of Microsoft's postings about this. I DO NOT have the Windows 98' bootdisk to download the MSVCRT.dll file from, and when I try making one from MS-DOS prompts (choosing Safe Mode Command prompt only) I type: cd \windows\command then ENTER then I type bootdisk a: and nothing happens. It stays at (all caps) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND and it refuses to do anything else but repeat that over and over. When I restart again and try to change the directory by typing: c:\windows\command directory It says Specified COMMAND search directory bad I am writing this to you from another laptop with XP, and a CD-Rom Drive. I downloaded the Bootdisk for Windows 98, along with the MSVCRT.dll file and put it on a CD. But guess what? I cannot the files to a floppy, because my laptop doesn't HAVE one, and the infected computer has a CD-ROM, but how can I download the MSVCRT.dll file FROM the CD in MS-DOS mode? PHEW! I think it must have been some type of VIRUS to begin with, because it all started with me not being able to connect through my AOL to the internet. Then, I tried cleaning my computer and deleting spyware, then this started. SO...my MAIN problem, now, is to figure out HOW TO REBOOT TO WINDOWS 98 without having to RE-LOAD Windows and lose all of my information on my C Drive. But again, how do I reboot if I do NOT have the Startup Disc, and my system is not responding to the above MS-DOS prompts? I cannot seem to get past the above problems in MS-DOS!!!! HELP!!!!!! Desperate! London London, The Windows CD may boot, try that. If not, try this from Dos Command Prompt Only. Try the following from the C:\ prompt. Edit config.sys enter Insert this line: DEVICE=C:\windows\command\Oakcdrom.sys /D:MSCD001 Save it. Edit autoexec.bat Insert this line: C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 Save it. Boot to Dos Command Prompt Only. (not safe mode) Insert the Windows CD, change to the CDrom drive letter and see if you can access it. This works on most CDroms but not all. If you can, insert the CD you made and copy MSVCRT.dll to the Windows\System folder. Remove the CD and reboot. ctrl+alt+del will do it. If this works, whenever you boot to Dos Command Prompt Only the CDrom should be available. To boot into Windows Safe Mode after booting to Dos Command Prompt enter Win.com /d:m to have CDrom support in Windows Safe mode. Let us know. Hope I have not overlooked anything. BTW If a Win98 Startup diskette was not made when Windows was last installed then the Bootdisk utility was not created. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ |
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