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I need a file
A users computer is giving a VFat error message on boot up. I found it needs
the file ifshlp.sys placed back in the system folder as it mysteriously vanished. I have no idea where my predecessor left all of the CD's although I did find 95B/w2k/wxp/w2k3/wnt just no 98. Is there any way I can use either of these cd's to reinstall this file? or could you point me in the direction of a site where I could download this file. Please and thanks, Me. -- Second place is the first loser........ |
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many installations of win98 placed the cab files on the drive, often in
\windows\options\cabs browse the folders on your boot drive and find if it exists and if exists is filled with about 80 almost consecutively named .cab files or Start Find Files or Folders Named "*.cab" for a folder containing about 80 almost consecutively named .cab files If Found Use Start Run "SFC" Extract 1 file from Installation Disk and follow the prompts, to point the browser to the folder containing the ..cab files DO NOT USE THE OTHER FUNCTION OF SFC it WILL kill your pc deader than dead requiring reinstall of everything OS and almost all applications if you allow it to replace updated .dll files with the old versions in its database DO NOT USE Scan for altered files one last time for emphasis Do not use scan for altered files -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters _ "Nutbar" wrote in message ... A users computer is giving a VFat error message on boot up. I found it needs the file ifshlp.sys placed back in the system folder as it mysteriously vanished. I have no idea where my predecessor left all of the CD's although I did find 95B/w2k/wxp/w2k3/wnt just no 98. Is there any way I can use either of these cd's to reinstall this file? or could you point me in the direction of a site where I could download this file. Please and thanks, Me. -- Second place is the first loser........ |
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Thanks for the response AlmostBob. But, one of the first things I did was
search for local cab files. Unfortunately came up with zip/nada/zilch/squat. Next......... -- Second place is the first loser........ "AlmostBob" wrote: many installations of win98 placed the cab files on the drive, often in \windows\options\cabs browse the folders on your boot drive and find if it exists and if exists is filled with about 80 almost consecutively named .cab files or Start Find Files or Folders Named "*.cab" for a folder containing about 80 almost consecutively named .cab files If Found Use Start Run "SFC" Extract 1 file from Installation Disk and follow the prompts, to point the browser to the folder containing the ..cab files DO NOT USE THE OTHER FUNCTION OF SFC it WILL kill your pc deader than dead requiring reinstall of everything OS and almost all applications if you allow it to replace updated .dll files with the old versions in its database DO NOT USE Scan for altered files one last time for emphasis Do not use scan for altered files -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters _ "Nutbar" wrote in message ... A users computer is giving a VFat error message on boot up. I found it needs the file ifshlp.sys placed back in the system folder as it mysteriously vanished. I have no idea where my predecessor left all of the CD's although I did find 95B/w2k/wxp/w2k3/wnt just no 98. Is there any way I can use either of these cd's to reinstall this file? or could you point me in the direction of a site where I could download this file. Please and thanks, Me. -- Second place is the first loser........ |
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Note, only access to system is through Safe mode - Dos prompt. Windows will
not start up. -- Second place is the first loser........ "Nutbar" wrote: Thanks for the response AlmostBob. But, one of the first things I did was search for local cab files. Unfortunately came up with zip/nada/zilch/squat. Next......... -- Second place is the first loser........ "AlmostBob" wrote: many installations of win98 placed the cab files on the drive, often in \windows\options\cabs browse the folders on your boot drive and find if it exists and if exists is filled with about 80 almost consecutively named .cab files or Start Find Files or Folders Named "*.cab" for a folder containing about 80 almost consecutively named .cab files If Found Use Start Run "SFC" Extract 1 file from Installation Disk and follow the prompts, to point the browser to the folder containing the ..cab files DO NOT USE THE OTHER FUNCTION OF SFC it WILL kill your pc deader than dead requiring reinstall of everything OS and almost all applications if you allow it to replace updated .dll files with the old versions in its database DO NOT USE Scan for altered files one last time for emphasis Do not use scan for altered files -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters _ "Nutbar" wrote in message ... A users computer is giving a VFat error message on boot up. I found it needs the file ifshlp.sys placed back in the system folder as it mysteriously vanished. I have no idea where my predecessor left all of the CD's although I did find 95B/w2k/wxp/w2k3/wnt just no 98. Is there any way I can use either of these cd's to reinstall this file? or could you point me in the direction of a site where I could download this file. Please and thanks, Me. -- Second place is the first loser........ |
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And you've verified that the file doesn't exist on the system anywhere? Have you
made sure that "Show All Files" is enabled in Folder Options? I don't know of any online source for this file. MS doesn't permit their files to be distributed in this manner. You'll need to find a CD. And make sure of the version of Win98 you're using (98 or 98SE). I don't know how much difference it makes (because MS destroyed that once-useful tool called the DLL Help Database) but it would be wise to match versions if you can. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "Nutbar" wrote in message ... Note, only access to system is through Safe mode - Dos prompt. Windows will not start up. -- Second place is the first loser........ "Nutbar" wrote: Thanks for the response AlmostBob. But, one of the first things I did was search for local cab files. Unfortunately came up with zip/nada/zilch/squat. Next......... -- Second place is the first loser........ "AlmostBob" wrote: many installations of win98 placed the cab files on the drive, often in \windows\options\cabs browse the folders on your boot drive and find if it exists and if exists is filled with about 80 almost consecutively named .cab files or Start Find Files or Folders Named "*.cab" for a folder containing about 80 almost consecutively named .cab files If Found Use Start Run "SFC" Extract 1 file from Installation Disk and follow the prompts, to point the browser to the folder containing the ..cab files DO NOT USE THE OTHER FUNCTION OF SFC it WILL kill your pc deader than dead requiring reinstall of everything OS and almost all applications if you allow it to replace updated .dll files with the old versions in its database DO NOT USE Scan for altered files one last time for emphasis Do not use scan for altered files -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters _ "Nutbar" wrote in message ... A users computer is giving a VFat error message on boot up. I found it needs the file ifshlp.sys placed back in the system folder as it mysteriously vanished. I have no idea where my predecessor left all of the CD's although I did find 95B/w2k/wxp/w2k3/wnt just no 98. Is there any way I can use either of these cd's to reinstall this file? or could you point me in the direction of a site where I could download this file. Please and thanks, Me. -- Second place is the first loser........ |
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This error message can be caused by a incomplete or corrupt =
"c:\msdos.sys" file. Start the computer in "Command Prompt", type=20 "c:\windows\command\edit c:\msdos.sys", press "Enter" and make sure the = file looks something like this: [Paths] WinDir=3DC:\WINDOWS WinBootDir=3DC:\WINDOWS HostWinBootDrv=3DC [Options] BootGUI=3D1 ;end Ben "Nutbar" wrote in message = ... A users computer is giving a VFat error message on boot up. I found it = needs=20 the file ifshlp.sys placed back in the system folder as it = mysteriously=20 vanished. I have no idea where my predecessor left all of the CD's = although I=20 did find 95B/w2k/wxp/w2k3/wnt just no 98. Is there any way I can use = either=20 of these cd's to reinstall this file? or could you point me in the = direction=20 of a site where I could download this file.=20 =20 Please and thanks, Me. --=20 Second place is the first loser........ |
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