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by sdombro

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I was installing 128-bit encryption on a computer running Windows 95 and Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2. Everything went smoothly until the computer tried to reboot. It gave me a General Protection Error right away.

If I disable the Hard Disk Controlers in the device manager it boots fine but else I get this error. I can't leave it this way because the CD-ROM is not working without the controler.

I am out of ideas now, please help

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by steve cody

Boot up and enable the bootlog.txt file. To do this, press F5 at the "Starting Windows 95" message at the begging of bootup. Choose option #2. After you get the GPF, reboot in Safemode Command prompt only, and unhide and open the c:\bootlog.txt file. Look at the last line and see what is the last thing loading with the error comes up. See if that helps you determine the problem.

Another thing, boot up in Safe Mode and remove the disk controllers. Reboot and let Windows redetect them.This might help if the problem is related to their driver.
- Steve

by sdombro

The bootlog is really short and ends with a loadsuccess. I can't see any loadfail.

I already tried to reinstall the controllers without success.

Thanks for your help

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