Hi, I have an old pentium 200 MHz.

[siearo]

Hi,
I have an old pentium 200 MHz. I began to get error messages sometimes when starting windows (Millenium Edition) saying "You have performed an illegal operation, restart windows". Sometimes it'd start just fine and sometimes it'd directly shut down. Reinstalling windows did not help. Then I formatted the C drive and installed Windows 98. After several days now I get the following messages (each at separate times and as before sometimes it just starts fine),
1)This program has performes an illegal operation and will be shut down.
2)Explorer executed an invalid instruction in ......
3)Windows protection error, you need to restart.
4)Windows has encountered an error in the registry you need to restart.

Now I can not install windows ME. It gives the message that setup [.cab] file is corrupt.
I checked the HD with the latest update of McAfee. No virus was found.
My RAM failed recently and I replaced it with a second hand one. Can that be the source of the problem.
Any advice on this issue is greatly appreciated.

 

[SYAR2003]

Yes definitivly ,ram can be a problem .
Try to download memtest86 , this makes a bootable floppy disk . Then you can test your system cpu/ram for stability .

http://www.memtest86.com/

SYAR

 

[dkdude]

Hi siearo,

Sounds to me like there is a corrupted file on your install CDROM. If it's a "backup" then it IS very likely. CDRs often fail -> read a review of a Dutch test that concluded that 50% of CDRs fail in two years. Regardless the manufacturer.

Try with another install CDROM.

Also, I would go for Win98SE -WinME requires much more power (RAM, CPU speed) than Win98SE does. Or even Win95 OSR2, which seems to be much more stable although with limitations to hardware support.

Good luck §;O)


Jakob