VMM32.VXD error when loading W98SE

[ff1048]

I am doing a fresh install of W98SE on a Compaq Presario4620
with a PII processor and 128M ram. All goes well until it goes to discover plug and play devices and then I get this:

Windows Protection Error. You need to restart your computer.
C;\Windows\system\vmm32.vxd: Missing/unable to load

the PC then freezes and needs to be hard booted but goes back to the same error again.

I have done a quick search on the net and noticed that other have encountered this when reloading PII computers, but no solution. Any ideas? Thanks

 

[BradSQLGuy]

Search

http://www.microsoft/technet

for these articles.
Q191874
Q296579
Q311188 -Brad
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[ff1048]

Brad:

Thanks for your info, I had actually looked at those articles and they did not do the trick. I will keep looking
any help is appreciated

 

[deh]

Can you boot in safe mode?

 

[mudskipper]

By chance, do you have a Umax SCSI Scanner?

I have had a few Umax Scanners do this. If so, try unplugging the scanner and pulling the SCSI card out of your system. Then see if you can get into windows.

I don't remember the fix, but I remember that I found it on Umax's Website......


Good luck ----------------------------------------
Groucho Marx said it best...
"A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five."

 

[mudskipper]

In fact, just in case you have a Umax SCSI...I found the link

http://www.umax.com/support/knowled...arrowarea01=SI&compare01=C&SRCHkeywords=vmm32

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Groucho Marx said it best...
"A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five."

 

[ff1048]

Thanks for all the responces, I reloaded W98 a couple times more and finally got a good install, I believe that the CDROM drive was having a hard time reading the disk.