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by cmartinco

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Windows ME will not start. I get the message "Error loading gdi.exe. You must reinstall Windows". I took a look at bootlog.txt and found two LoadFail lines: the first for gdi32.dell with a failure code 0001F, and then one for gdi.exe with a failure code of 0000. What do these codes mean? Is there a way to fix the problem without reinstalling Windows ME? The computer is loaded with applications and peripherals, so that would take too much time and effort. Any ideas?

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by cmartinco

Thanks for your advice, but I had already searched the MS KB and taken a look at that article. However, my problem is not with the fonts, since the LoadFail is not reported by them but by the gdi32.dll and the gdi.exe. Anyway, desperate as I am I had tried the procedure and it didn't work. Thanks anyway :-)

by dmiles

Boot the computer with Windows ME startup disk and choose option to boot with cd-rom support
If the fonts folder exist in C:\Windows
You need to extract the commands
md c:\wuindows\fonts
attrib +s c:\windows\fonts
cd\windows\options\install
extract /a win_17.cab *.fon /l c:\windows\fonts
extract /a win_19.cab *.ttf /l c:\windows\fonts

by timthetoolman

Hi,

Can you please post an extract from the bootlog.txt file to give us an idea of where the problem is - if not with the fonts?

Cheers,
Tim.

by cmartinco

This is a good suggestion and I guess I should have done that right at the beginning of my quest for answers. However, I ran out of time to look for an answer, so I just reinstalled the system and was lucky enough not to have lost a single thread ofdata or even the user's configuration. Thanx anyway.

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