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/


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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/
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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/