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Himem.sys error
Name: gogear1983 Date: November 19, 2007 at 13:14:10 Pacific OS: DOS CPU/Ram: 386 Product: 386 pc
Comment:
When I bootup my computer I get the following error:
Bad or Missing C:\DOS\Hymem.sys. Error Config.sys line 2 HMA not available: Loading DOS Low.
After it goes past that screen Dos seems to load and work OK.
What does this error mean and what can I do to fix it.
Name: T-R-A Date: November 19, 2007 at 20:28:42 Pacific
Reply:
Sure you've even got enough memory to use it? Sounds like the machine might have been "robbed" of anything above the base 640K while sitting around for a while (or possibly bad RAM). Otherwise, it may be as it states "bad or missing C:\DOS\Himem.sys". First see if it's in the DOS directory, then if it is, it's probably corrupted. Reinstall the file from whichever version of DOS (5.0-6.22) it came from...
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Response Number 2
Name: mavis007 Date: November 20, 2007 at 09:54:20 Pacific
Reply:
... is this a recent error?
You could try and edit the "config.sys" file
were it says:
DEVICE=Hymem.sys
change it to :
REM DEVICE=Hymem.sys
See if that will help? REM= remark
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Response Number 3
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: November 24, 2007 at 07:06:26 Pacific
Reply:
LOL You won't make it work by REMming it out.
Firstb see if it's missing. If it's there it may be corrupt or it may be the wrong version.
Usually theb version is indicated by the time stamp.
For DOS 5 it's:
11-11-1991 05:00 11,616 HIMEM.SYS
and so on
===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
M2
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Response Number 4
Name: mavis007 Date: November 24, 2007 at 16:32:45 Pacific
Reply:
"...seems to load and work OK...."
... maybe NOT needed !
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Response Number 5
Name: Lupin3rd Date: November 25, 2007 at 07:09:31 Pacific
Reply:
If it doesn't load HIMEM.sys he doesn't have access to any memory areas above the bog standard 640K, DOS can't be loaded into upper memory to save some precious lower memory. An Expanded memory manager can't be loaded either such as EMM386.exe allowing access to any more ram their system has (if any more ram above 1 meg that is).
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Response Number 6
Name: DarthOdor Date: November 25, 2007 at 20:45:41 Pacific
Reply:
Gentlemen, don't omit mentioning to run the 'load dos high' command which accompanies himem.sys. Himem is only the driver, it needs the command load dos high to actually kick (it) in gear.
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Response Number 7
Name: WebsWonder Date: November 26, 2007 at 00:42:28 Pacific
Reply:
DarthOdor I would expect as per usual that after a week the OP has long gone................
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Response Number 8
Name: os2fan2 Date: December 4, 2007 at 02:15:31 Pacific
Reply:
himem.sys is not version dependent. It is best to use the Win98 versions.
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