Start-up Disk

I realized how inane that was after I typed it.....but what the heck.
Stranger things have happened, grin.

Why not make one from the Bootdisk website?? I had one from there after
that happened. I also had one from a folder on my C drive, but I will
have to turn on ME and see which one.

My BASE2.CAB folder was on my D drive, btw.....made one from that as
well.

Good luck....the Blonde!!

"PAT (Paul)" wrote in message
...
Heather
Yes 3 timesm why? VBG
--
cogito ergo sum


"Heather" wrote:

Have you typed it in *manually*??

Heather

"PAT (Paul)" wrote in message
...
Hi Heather and Mart:

I found those files in the WIN\OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB
When trying to make a Startup disk I get:
An Error Details pops up:
"The following error occurred: 'The file was not found"
(error#2),

Setup could not finish opening a file on the source disk.

Source File: 'C:\WINDOWS\INF\aspi2dos.sys"
Distination file: :C\WINEBDO.400\EBD\aspi2dos.sys=base2.CAB'

AND BELOW: COPY FILE FROM: C:\WINDOWS\INF

Obviously I need to change the 'Source File' from INF to
OPTIONS\CAB,
but its not accepted, or I'm doing something wrong? Can you help
pls.
Tks. Paul
















--
cogito ergo sum


"Heather" wrote:

Hi Mart.....all of my WinX folders were on a small 2 gig D drive.
I
was
missing that same aspi2dos file too, along with many others. I
believe
I made a rescue disc from one of the folders on the C drive tho.
Perhaps the Options one. Must turn the old thing on and check.

What are you doing up at this hour????

Cheers...Heather

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Cheers Heather, I've no idea why/how your BASE2.CAB file was on
your
D: drive (although I'm sure that there must be a logical
explanation -
somewhere g) but once located, directing the error warning to
that
location (usually) fixes things.

Mart



"Heather" wrote in message
...
Oops....Mart is right. I found my BASE2.CAB folder was on the
D
drive and directed it to that....worked out fine. It was not
in
C:Windows\Options at all.

When I first got the computer, I had no problem with
aspi2dos.sys,
etc. Did a recovery disk and all was fine. But for some
strange
reason, a lot of us using WinME somehow lose this ability and
you
have to do a search for either the aspi2dos.sys or the
BASE2.CAB
folder in order to make one.

If not, then you can make one from the Bootdisk website, as I
said.

Cheers....Heather

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Or, the other alternative :-

"aspi2dos.sys was not found"

Normally, when installing Me from a MS retail CD, it copies
the
whole installation setup folder to windows\options\install.
But
with
(some?) OEM CD's, it copies them to windows\options\cab.

When creating a startup disk, WinMe normally directs itself to
the
installation folder containing BASE2.CAB from one or other of
the
above folders, depending on where the installation folder was
copied
to, and extracts (some of) the files - including aspi2dos.sys
etc. -
from BASE2.CAB.

Your problem suggests that WinMe may be looking in the wrong
folder
(the path may be wrong or missing) or possibly the
installation
files *may* have been deleted at some time (to save approx
120MB
of
disk space).

However, if they are still in either the \install or \CABS
folder,
then you only need to re-direct the warning to the appropriate
folder and it should then continue and create the disk.

HTH

Mart



"Heather" wrote in message
...
Compliments of Mike Maltby.....knew I had his instructions
somewhere!!

Heather
-----------------------------

If you don't have a Win Me boot floppy you can download the
image
of a
Win Me OEM boot disk from www.bootdisk.com. Download to your
desktop, double click to run and follow the prompts to
transfer
the
image to a floppy.

Do NOT copy the downloaded file to a floppy - that won't make
a
bootable floppy but instead a floppy disk containing the file
you
downloaded.

This can be done on any PC and then the floppy used with the
PC
having
problems.

Mike Maltby


"PAT (Paul)" wrote in
message
news
I wanted to make a Start-up disk from:
start|Settings|Control
panel|add-remove|Start-Up Disk. I get the following
message:
ASPI2dos.sys
was not found, "Windows needs the disk labled 'window
Millineum
Edition to
continue'. This is an OEM and no disk came with it exept
for
the
extra
programs to be downloaded, i.e. Lotus 123, etc.When "skip"
to
continue, the
same message for aspi4 and 8.
Tried an older floppy that goes back two years: same.
Something wrong in the Kingdom of Danemark...any help
appreciated.
Paul
--
cogito ergo sum

Paul, like Heather, you've caught me at a 'senior moment' too g

Odd that you referred to WIN\OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB rather than
WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB. Are you sure that it is WIN and not
INDOWS? -- Could therefore be a faulty 'path' issue.

Just wonder if you did actually re-direct the error notice to (browse for)
your WIN(or WINDOWS) \OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB folder/file.

If so, then I can only suspect that there is something wrong with the
BASE2.CAB which *should* contain the aspi2dos.sys (and other) file(s). You
should be able to open the .CAB (in Windows Explorer) to inspect that it
contains aspi2dos.sys.

BTW - the xxx\OPTIONS\CAB folder should also contain a whole stack of .CAB
files (e.g. WIN_8.CAB to WIN_22.CAB and a host of other files too) and have
a total size of some 153 MB.

FYI - BASE2.CAB *should* contain some 166 objects (files) according to
Windows Explorer.

But if you are still struggling, go for the Bootdisk site as Heather
suggested. Maybe your OEM/supplier has not installed (or included) the WinMe
setup files for some obscure reason - money!

Bed time! G'night!!

Mart




"PAT (Paul)" wrote in message
...
Hi Heather and Mart:

I found those files in the WIN\OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB
When trying to make a Startup disk I get:
An Error Details pops up:
"The following error occurred: 'The file was not found" (error#2),

Setup could not finish opening a file on the source disk.

Source File: 'C:\WINDOWS\INF\aspi2dos.sys"
Distination file: :C\WINEBDO.400\EBD\aspi2dos.sys=base2.CAB'

AND BELOW: COPY FILE FROM: C:\WINDOWS\INF

Obviously I need to change the 'Source File' from INF to OPTIONS\CAB,
but its not accepted, or I'm doing something wrong? Can you help pls.
Tks. Paul
















--
cogito ergo sum


"Heather" wrote:

Hi Mart.....all of my WinX folders were on a small 2 gig D drive. I was
missing that same aspi2dos file too, along with many others. I believe
I made a rescue disc from one of the folders on the C drive tho.
Perhaps the Options one. Must turn the old thing on and check.

What are you doing up at this hour????

Cheers...Heather

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Cheers Heather, I've no idea why/how your BASE2.CAB file was on your
D: drive (although I'm sure that there must be a logical explanation -
somewhere g) but once located, directing the error warning to that
location (usually) fixes things.

Mart



"Heather" wrote in message
...
Oops....Mart is right. I found my BASE2.CAB folder was on the D
drive and directed it to that....worked out fine. It was not in
C:Windows\Options at all.

When I first got the computer, I had no problem with aspi2dos.sys,
etc. Did a recovery disk and all was fine. But for some strange
reason, a lot of us using WinME somehow lose this ability and you
have to do a search for either the aspi2dos.sys or the BASE2.CAB
folder in order to make one.

If not, then you can make one from the Bootdisk website, as I said.

Cheers....Heather

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Or, the other alternative :-

"aspi2dos.sys was not found"

Normally, when installing Me from a MS retail CD, it copies the
whole installation setup folder to windows\options\install. But with
(some?) OEM CD's, it copies them to windows\options\cab.

When creating a startup disk, WinMe normally directs itself to the
installation folder containing BASE2.CAB from one or other of the
above folders, depending on where the installation folder was copied
to, and extracts (some of) the files - including aspi2dos.sys etc. -
from BASE2.CAB.

Your problem suggests that WinMe may be looking in the wrong folder
(the path may be wrong or missing) or possibly the installation
files *may* have been deleted at some time (to save approx 120MB of
disk space).

However, if they are still in either the \install or \CABS folder,
then you only need to re-direct the warning to the appropriate
folder and it should then continue and create the disk.

HTH

Mart



"Heather" wrote in message
...
Compliments of Mike Maltby.....knew I had his instructions
somewhere!!

Heather
-----------------------------

If you don't have a Win Me boot floppy you can download the image
of a
Win Me OEM boot disk from www.bootdisk.com. Download to your
desktop, double click to run and follow the prompts to transfer the
image to a floppy.

Do NOT copy the downloaded file to a floppy - that won't make a
bootable floppy but instead a floppy disk containing the file you
downloaded.

This can be done on any PC and then the floppy used with the PC
having
problems.

Mike Maltby


"PAT (Paul)" wrote in message
news
I wanted to make a Start-up disk from: start|Settings|Control
panel|add-remove|Start-Up Disk. I get the following message:
ASPI2dos.sys
was not found, "Windows needs the disk labled 'window Millineum
Edition to
continue'. This is an OEM and no disk came with it exept for the
extra
programs to be downloaded, i.e. Lotus 123, etc.When "skip" to
continue, the
same message for aspi4 and 8.
Tried an older floppy that goes back two years: same.
Something wrong in the Kingdom of Danemark...any help appreciated.
Paul
--
cogito ergo sum

Mart

Sent response an hour ago, dont see it; I'm sending it again.

Mart
"Odd that you referred to WIN\OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB rather than
WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB. Are you sure that it is WIN and not
INDOWS? -- Could therefore be a faulty 'path' issue"

Yes should have been WINDOWS, but didnt think (but then I think too much)
that the abbreviation would make a difference; explation with WIN pls??

"Just wonder if you did actually re-direct the error notice to (browse for)
your WIN(or WINDOWS) \OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB folder/file".

I found those files in the WIN\OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB
When trying to make a Startup disk I get:
An Error Details pops up:
"The following error occurred: 'The file was not found" (error#2),

Setup could not finish opening a file on the source disk.

Source File: 'C:\WINDOWS\INF\aspi2dos.sys"
Distination file: :C\WINEBDO.400\EBD\aspi2dos.sys=base2.CAB'

AND BELOW: COPY FILE FROM: C:\WINDOWS\INF

Obviously I need to change the 'Source File' from INF to OPTIONS
but its not accepted, or I'm doing something wrong? Can you help pls.

P.S. Retried with WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB and same error.

In the CABS there are 243 objects and 176 MB; includihg the BASE2.CAB as
well as the Win_8.CAB up to _22.
In the BASE2.CAB there are 166 objects and 2.13 MB.

I think that I've taken enough of your time, the startup disk *seems* to
work, which, if I'm using it correctly seems a mystery...thanks for your help
and Heather too.
Paul



--
cogito ergo sum


"Mart" wrote:

Paul, like Heather, you've caught me at a 'senior moment' too g

Odd that you referred to WIN\OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB rather than
WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB. Are you sure that it is WIN and not
INDOWS? -- Could therefore be a faulty 'path' issue.

Just wonder if you did actually re-direct the error notice to (browse for)
your WIN(or WINDOWS) \OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB folder/file.

If so, then I can only suspect that there is something wrong with the
BASE2.CAB which *should* contain the aspi2dos.sys (and other) file(s). You
should be able to open the .CAB (in Windows Explorer) to inspect that it
contains aspi2dos.sys.

BTW - the xxx\OPTIONS\CAB folder should also contain a whole stack of .CAB
files (e.g. WIN_8.CAB to WIN_22.CAB and a host of other files too) and have
a total size of some 153 MB.

FYI - BASE2.CAB *should* contain some 166 objects (files) according to
Windows Explorer.

But if you are still struggling, go for the Bootdisk site as Heather
suggested. Maybe your OEM/supplier has not installed (or included) the WinMe
setup files for some obscure reason - money!

Bed time! G'night!!

Mart




"PAT (Paul)" wrote in message
...
Hi Heather and Mart:

I found those files in the WIN\OPTIONS\CAB\BASE2.CAB
When trying to make a Startup disk I get:
An Error Details pops up:
"The following error occurred: 'The file was not found" (error#2),

Setup could not finish opening a file on the source disk.

Source File: 'C:\WINDOWS\INF\aspi2dos.sys"
Distination file: :C\WINEBDO.400\EBD\aspi2dos.sys=base2.CAB'

AND BELOW: COPY FILE FROM: C:\WINDOWS\INF

Obviously I need to change the 'Source File' from INF to OPTIONS\CAB,
but its not accepted, or I'm doing something wrong? Can you help pls.
Tks. Paul
















--
cogito ergo sum


"Heather" wrote:

Hi Mart.....all of my WinX folders were on a small 2 gig D drive. I was
missing that same aspi2dos file too, along with many others. I believe
I made a rescue disc from one of the folders on the C drive tho.
Perhaps the Options one. Must turn the old thing on and check.

What are you doing up at this hour????

Cheers...Heather

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Cheers Heather, I've no idea why/how your BASE2.CAB file was on your
D: drive (although I'm sure that there must be a logical explanation -
somewhere g) but once located, directing the error warning to that
location (usually) fixes things.

Mart



"Heather" wrote in message
...
Oops....Mart is right. I found my BASE2.CAB folder was on the D
drive and directed it to that....worked out fine. It was not in
C:Windows\Options at all.

When I first got the computer, I had no problem with aspi2dos.sys,
etc. Did a recovery disk and all was fine. But for some strange
reason, a lot of us using WinME somehow lose this ability and you
have to do a search for either the aspi2dos.sys or the BASE2.CAB
folder in order to make one.

If not, then you can make one from the Bootdisk website, as I said.

Cheers....Heather

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Or, the other alternative :-

"aspi2dos.sys was not found"

Normally, when installing Me from a MS retail CD, it copies the
whole installation setup folder to windows\options\install. But with
(some?) OEM CD's, it copies them to windows\options\cab.

When creating a startup disk, WinMe normally directs itself to the
installation folder containing BASE2.CAB from one or other of the
above folders, depending on where the installation folder was copied
to, and extracts (some of) the files - including aspi2dos.sys etc. -
from BASE2.CAB.

Your problem suggests that WinMe may be looking in the wrong folder
(the path may be wrong or missing) or possibly the installation
files *may* have been deleted at some time (to save approx 120MB of
disk space).

However, if they are still in either the \install or \CABS folder,
then you only need to re-direct the warning to the appropriate
folder and it should then continue and create the disk.

HTH

Mart



"Heather" wrote in message
...
Compliments of Mike Maltby.....knew I had his instructions
somewhere!!

Heather
-----------------------------

If you don't have a Win Me boot floppy you can download the image
of a
Win Me OEM boot disk from www.bootdisk.com. Download to your
desktop, double click to run and follow the prompts to transfer the
image to a floppy.

Do NOT copy the downloaded file to a floppy - that won't make a
bootable floppy but instead a floppy disk containing the file you
downloaded.

This can be done on any PC and then the floppy used with the PC
having
problems.

Mike Maltby


"PAT (Paul)" wrote in message
news
I wanted to make a Start-up disk from: start|Settings|Control
panel|add-remove|Start-Up Disk. I get the following message:
ASPI2dos.sys
was not found, "Windows needs the disk labled 'window Millineum
Edition to
continue'. This is an OEM and no disk came with it exept for the
extra
programs to be downloaded, i.e. Lotus 123, etc.When "skip" to
continue, the
same message for aspi4 and 8.
Tried an older floppy that goes back two years: same.
Something wrong in the Kingdom of Danemark...any help appreciated.
Paul
--
cogito ergo sum