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WIN 98 startup error
Name: Darren Holbrook (by dstacyh) Date: February 24, 2007 at 00:32:17 Pacific OS: Win 98 SE CPU/Ram: Pent 4 Product: Pent
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I have a Toshiba laptop that I am using as my desktop is under the weather. When it starts up I get the following: Can't find: VREDIR.VXD Press a key to continue. I press a key and then get the same thing for dfs.vxd. Press a key and it loads fine. What are these two files? Do I need them? Where can I find them?
Name: Darren Holbrook (by dstacyh) Date: February 24, 2007 at 11:08:04 Pacific
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All of those post are great advice. Thanks.
Unfortunaly I treid all of them and extracted the files to the drive that popped up with I extracted them using unzip program. Also used the SFC command. No luck. When I restart the laptop I still get the errors. Any other suggestions?
Thanks
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Response Number 3
Name: Darren Holbrook (by dstacyh) Date: February 24, 2007 at 11:38:37 Pacific
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Great! I got it to work, was putting it in the System 32 folder instead of the system folder. It seems to work fine now.
If I could only get the scan disk to work I would be in business.
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Response Number 4
Name: Derek Date: February 24, 2007 at 14:27:02 Pacific
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SFC is great if you are replacing original files. Don't use it where files get updated (such as IE & OE).
Maybe scandisk has lost some files too. What happens when you try it, nothing at all or an error message?
DerekW
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Response Number 5
Name: Darren Holbrook (by dstacyh) Date: February 24, 2007 at 15:43:16 Pacific
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Got scan disk to work finally. I used the Me version and ctlr alt delet and turned everything off except exploer.
Thanks
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Response Number 6
Name: Derek Date: February 24, 2007 at 17:15:19 Pacific
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You probably already know but just in case, the ME defrag is way faster than the 9x version.
DerekW
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Response Number 7
Name: Darren Holbrook (by dstacyh) Date: February 24, 2007 at 20:53:25 Pacific
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Startup problems
