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[Resolved] Win Me Machine Woes

Started by ffdave , Nov 17 2005 07:24 PM

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ffdave

Posted 17 November 2005 - 07:24 PM

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I was working on a Windows ME machine and installed a driver for a printer. The machine went to reboot then said "Error writing to drive c:" (in the blue screen of death) then I restarted the computer and windows says "Windows Protection Error Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart your computer" I tried restarting in Safe Mode but that won't work because it reboots on its own just before the desktop displays its icons. I have a feeling it is the hard drive but I can't be certain. Upon restart it said an error about vxd drivers (once) I need to get to the MSDOS prompt but I have no startup disks for this machine. I can't get the option for the command prompt on the Windows ME Startup menu. What should I do? Any web sites have downloadable startup disks for ME? Any suggestions? Thanks for any guidance...I miss MS DOS - why did microsoft dodge it? lol

Edited by ffdave, 23 November 2005 - 08:03 PM.

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wannabe1

Posted 17 November 2005 - 07:30 PM

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Hi ffdave...Welcome to G2G!

This is your Windows ME Bootdisk. Download the file to your desktop, double-click the downloaded file, and insert a floppy in the drive when prompted to do so. This will create the bootdisk for the ME machine.

wannabe1