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Boot Problems, Win protect eroor
Name: Lonewolf Date: September 23, 2001 at 22:50:21 Pacific
Comment:
Hey all I'm having a big promlem here... I restarted my computer after reinstalling My Digicam driver and I am gettin the following error... I have tried clearing CMOS and everything else hardware related I can think of...
While Initializing Device IOS: Windows Protection Error. You need to restart your computer.
Any help is very apreciated, All my data is on this comp and most of it is irreplaceable... PS. I can boot in safe mode...
Name: Krystyna Date: September 23, 2001 at 23:29:32 Pacific
Reply:
Did you uninstall the camera from Device Manager while in safe mode ? Also go to C:\Windows\INF\Other and see if there are any camera drivers there to delete. Krystyna
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Response Number 2
Name: DISLEX Date: September 24, 2001 at 13:17:49 Pacific
Reply:
Do a search for "smartdrv.exe" If you have it... DEL it. This has worked for me before more than once. Of course other times it didnt. Ya never know! :o)
Good Luck.
((P.S. Smartdrv is an OLD win31 file that is no longer needed for 95 and up)
DISLEX Comp Tech
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Response Number 3
Name: Lonrwolf Date: September 24, 2001 at 16:28:22 Pacific
Reply:
I removed the drive and SMartdrv.exe but still no luck... :| I cant loose this data
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Response Number 4
Name: Lonewolf Date: September 24, 2001 at 17:13:15 Pacific
Reply:
OK, i've found out that "IOS" in the error MSg. Stands for "Input Output Supervisor" If that helps at all... :|
this page is a good resorce for all windows error codes...
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