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–INSTALLED TWO PERIPHERALS 1)CD-WRITER & 2)
IOMEGA ZIP DRIVES.ORDER OF PHYSICAL INSTALL
HDD-PR. MASTER ZIP-PR. SLAVE. CD-WRITER 2ndARY MASTER CD-ROM 2ndARY SLAVE.INSTALLED
2 SOFTWARE ,CD CREATOR &IOMEGA SETUP SIMULTANEOUSLY.WENT TO MSCONFIG REMOVED SOME STARTUP ITEMS.WHEN REBOOTED GET MESSAGE REGARDING VFAT & SYSTEM HALTED.WHEN MOVED TO STARTUP-STEP BY STEP CONFIGURATION,TOLD ME
ABOUT MISSING DEVICE DRIVERS IN SYS.INI.ONE FILE REFFERED TO IS WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMM32 ALSO SOMETHING LIKE ENABLE VXD.ANY HELP TO RESOLVE THIS WILL BE MOST HELPFUL.ALSO TRIED
STARTUP IN DIAGNOSTIC MODE,WITHOUT SUCCESS.
SCANREG/FIX OR SCANREG/RESTORE DID NOT ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING

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To make things easier, startup via bootup diskette and reinstall windows, no need to format, just reinstall over existing installation to rebuild necessary files. Should do the trick.

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MY ERROR WAS I TRIED TO REINSTALL AFTER PC BOOTED IN DIAGNOSTIC MODE & I OPENED MY D:&
WENT TO SETUP FROM THERE-SO IN ESSENCE IT DID NOT RECTIFY THE HALT & STARTED THE COPYING PROCESS AFTER BOOT,YOUR ANSWER INDICATES I SHOULD DO A COMPLETE BUT UNFORMATTED INSTALL,CORRECT?

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you r absolutely right & deserved points,i reinstalled with one minor problem.i will resubmit a related question

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Boot from your floppy and re-instal NT. Select repair installed version. This should do the trick, all the missing files will be replaced.

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IT HAS WIN98 INSTALLED-NOT WINNT

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Insert the ERD created at the time of install,Insert in A:drive,then boot system up,files will be copied to hard drive,if there is no boot disk.Go to Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools,when the window opens,click on the Tools button,and choose file checker,insert the OS CDROM and follow the on screen instructions.

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WILL-TRY THIS ROUTE ,THE ONLY DILEMMA IS IT HAS WIN98 INSTALLED.START DISK INSTEAD OF NT
E.R.D.IT SHOULD WORK SHOULD IT NOT?

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Rename the Explorer.exe file from c:\windows directory to something else. Make sure that you have the Product ID handy. Re-install Windows. Do not format the drive. All settings and configuration will be retained plus detects the new devices. This is simply to rebuild the Windows system files that have been corrupted.

Good luck!

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thank you 4 kind help.finally i got to give you your earned points,but most important help-

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