Help!!! Strange Error!!
Ed McNally
Hi.
Thanks for your help. My computer (homebuilt P233) seems to have a major
problem. When trying to boot I read the following errors:
************* BEGIN ***************
Starting Windows 95...
The following file is missing or corrupted: c:\windows\himem.sys
There is an error in your config.sys file on line 2.
The following file is missing or corrupted : c:\sample.sys
There is an error in you config.sys file on line 4.
The following file is missing or corrupted: c:\windows\himem.sys.
Warning: The High Memory Area (HMA) is not available. Additional low memory
(below 640K) will be used instead.
Not reading drive C
(Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?)
************* END ***************
When I choose Fail I can view the C-Drive in DOS, but everything is super
slow. Could this be a hardware problem?
THANKS FOR ANY HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
---Chris
Joe Scholz
1. Has this problem existed since installing W-95 or was W-95 working
correctly and then the problem appeared?
Richard Kawamura
Hello Ed,
Try checking your CMOS setting for the hard drive.
Can you run scandisk now? If so run it in "thorough" mode and let
it scan
the disk media. 5 gig? It will take a while.
Have you any idea what the last thing you did before this problem?
Richard Kawamura
RK...@usa.net
Ed McNally wrote in message
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On 27 Dec 1997 16:16:55 GMT, "Ed McNally" <sfi...@erols.com> wrote:
>Hi.
>
>Thanks for your help. My computer (homebuilt P233) seems to have a major
>problem. When trying to boot I read the following errors:
>
>************* BEGIN ***************
>Starting Windows 95...
>
>The following file is missing or corrupted: c:\windows\himem.sys
>There is an error in your config.sys file on line 2.
>
>The following file is missing or corrupted : c:\sample.sys
>There is an error in you config.sys file on line 4.
>
>The following file is missing or corrupted: c:\windows\himem.sys.
>
>Warning: The High Memory Area (HMA) is not available. Additional low memory
>(below 640K) will be used instead.
>
>Not reading drive C
>(Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?)
>************* END ***************
>
>When I choose Fail I can view the C-Drive in DOS, but everything is super
>slow. Could this be a hardware problem?
***NO!, you have a software problem!
Edit config.sys and make sure the address of Hymen.sys is correct.
It should point to your windows\command dir.Once in awhile you get it
pointing to the hymen.sys,16 bit from old windows.
try that.
then email me.
Jim S.
ppd...@ix.netcom.com
Norton Anti Virus 4.0 has been known to cause that problem.
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OK....sample.sys is supposed to be replace by the name of your CD-ROM driver.
It sounds like you were sold the OEM version of WIN95, and the boot disk that
comes with it is supposed to be modified by the OEM prior to shipping. (of
course in your case, that is you.) I don't know how it ended up on your hard
drive, or are you booting from floppy?
Check your BIOS settings for the hard drive....if your BIOS will autodetect,
let it, rather than setting it manually. Also, you should have used the fdisk
that came with Win95, the old one has problems with very large drives.
Ed McNally wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Thanks for your help. My computer (homebuilt P233) seems to have a major
> problem. When trying to boot I read the following errors:
>
> ************* BEGIN ***************
> Starting Windows 95...
>
> The following file is missing or corrupted: c:\windows\himem.sys
> There is an error in your config.sys file on line 2.
>
> The following file is missing or corrupted : c:\sample.sys
> There is an error in you config.sys file on line 4.
>
> The following file is missing or corrupted: c:\windows\himem.sys.
>
> Warning: The High Memory Area (HMA) is not available. Additional low memory
> (below 640K) will be used instead.
>
> Not reading drive C
> (Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?)
> ************* END ***************
>
> When I choose Fail I can view the C-Drive in DOS, but everything is super
> slow. Could this be a hardware problem?
>
George DeSantis
I think that your config.sys file has some problems. It can't either find
the files or they are corrupt. Probably more of a software problem than a
hardware one. Post your config.sys & autoexec.bat files so we can look at
them....
> The following file is missing or corrupted: c:\windows\himem.sys
> The following file is missing or corrupted : c:\sample.sys
Da Gimp
Do you know what "Sample.sys" does? Himem.sys loads automatically
(Windows95 can't load without it) so I would try renaming your config.sys to
config.aaa and reboot and see what happens.
Gimp
Ed McNally wrote in message
<01bd13c6$060cdac0$5aef...@erols.com.erols.com>...
>Hi.
>
>Thanks for your help. My computer (homebuilt P233) seems to have a major
>problem. When trying to boot I read the following errors:
>
>************* BEGIN ***************
>Starting Windows 95...
>
>The following file is missing or corrupted: c:\windows\himem.sys
>There is an error in your config.sys file on line 2.
>
>The following file is missing or corrupted : c:\sample.sys
>There is an error in you config.sys file on line 4.
[snip]
Texas
Hi Ed,
I had more or less exactly the same problem as this when I used the HIGHSCAN
option in EMM386.EXE. I had been using it with this setting for quite a
while which gave me access to more upper memory, and then it started playing
up and took AGES to boot up. I can't remember what started it off but
removing the HIGHSCAN setting sorted it out.
Regards, Tez
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Ed McNally wrote in message
<01bd13c6$060cdac0$5aef...@erols.com.erols.com>...
>Hi.
>
>Thanks for your help. My computer (homebuilt P233) seems to have a major
>problem. When trying to boot I read the following errors:
>
>************* BEGIN ***************
>Starting Windows 95...
>
>The following file is missing or corrupted: c:\windows\himem.sys
>There is an error in your config.sys file on line 2.
>
>The following file is missing or corrupted : c:\sample.sys
>There is an error in you config.sys file on line 4.
>
Remo
Another tack you may want to take is to copy himem.sys onto a diskette you
keep handy, and simply copy it back into your windows
directory....... I experienced the same problem and tried this so far the
problem has not reappeared.
Just a thought
>Ed McNally wrote in message
><01bd13c6$060cdac0$5aef...@erols.com.erols.com>...
>>Hi.
>>
>>Thanks for your help. My computer (homebuilt P233) seems to have a major
>>problem. When trying to boot I read the following errors:
>>
>>************* BEGIN ***************
>>Starting Windows 95...
>>
>>The following file is missing or corrupted: c:\windows\himem.sys
>>There is an error in your config.sys file on line 2.
>>
>>The following file is missing or corrupted : c:\sample.sys
>>There is an error in you config.sys file on line 4.
>[snip]
>
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