Hello! I'm having REAL BIG problem here. One day my computer decided to crash with some VxD error causing me not able to start windows. SO i formatted my HD and start all over again. But when it tries to detect non plug n play device during the install my computer hangs or gives me the blue screen of DEATH!!! i've noted down the VxD problem it gave me and they are : VxD FLOP VxD - - - VxD SHELL VxD VPICD Vxd voltrack VxD VMOUSE (03) VxD VDD (0F) VxD VMM alot of times!!!! VxD VTDAPT (01) and VxD IFSMGRT IO exception error appears as well causing my comp to crash.... With these errors comming out i cannot even install my windows.... With some fluke i was able to install windows once but when i restart the WINDOWS PROTECTION ERROR comes out.... and then after that the VxD problem appears.... ANYONE HAVE ANY CLUE what i can do ?!?!?!?!? I've tried alot of changes in BIOS but gives me the same problem....... please help me........... thanks!

I've picked this up somewhere along the line. I've done it, but I had a stable system to start with, so I haven't noticed any difference. Didn't hurt though. Pasted in below; ============================================= Windows '9x / ME does not install some vxd files in your system directory by default, adding them manually has proven to help for a healthy setup with less crashes. To resolve 20 to 50% of the system errors in any Win9x build, extract these vxd files manually from cab 47 and 48 into c:\windows\system\vmm32 and c:\windows\system\ The following files should be extracted: vcomm.vxd, vdmad.vxd, configmg.vxd, vdd.vxd, vmouse.vxd, ntkern.vxd, vflatd.vxd. Extract these files and reboot. Your system will love you for it. Note: In Windows 98SE, the files are located in CABs 53 and 54. This bug in the installation of Windows '98 is not reported or confirmed by Microsoft, and there seems to be some controversy on whether extracting the vxds really improves anything. Judging by the hundreds of positive replies we're getting, it fixes numerous problems in the operation of Windows. VMM32.VXD is a generic, slower MS driver, build at Windows installation. Some of the drivers needed on your system, including these vxd's are supposed to be part of VMM32. As it turns out, however, it generates quite a few problems with many systems. Extracting the vxd's to the \vmm32 directory provides for loading the drivers separately. It has been proven to fix lockups, error messages at start-up, VMM errors, erratic/slow mouse movement and many others.. To check if you need the vxd's yourself, look in the Driver File Details tabs in your Device Manager ( Control Panel > System > Device Manager ). If you find entries containing 'vmm32', there's a good chance you need to extract these manually. For example, in my Modem Driver details, I had " C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VCOMM.VXD (VMM32) " before, and just " C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VCOMM.VXD " after I extracted the vxd's. Note: if you're upgrading, rather than doing a clean install of Windows '98, you might have the old, Windows '95 vxd's in your system. You can check the file versions ( they should be 4.10.1998 ) if you want to find out whether you need the vxd's

try a new stick of ram, maybe the ram went bad .....