Error when repairing win98se

[imported_Slip]

Hey
I am trying to repair my Win98se by deleteing the win.com file in C:\Windows and it normally works. It copies the files needed but when it goes to install the files it comes uo with this error

' An exemption OE has occured at 0028:C156DE2A in VxD ---. This was called from 0028:C14C511E in Vxd ---.'

Does anyone know how i can fix or get pass this because i can no longer get on my computer. I am using my parents to do this.

Thanks

 

[jackschmittusa]

VXDs are virtual device drivers. Can you start in safe mode which uses few drivers?

 

[imported_Slip]

will try now and get back to u

 

[imported_Slip]

i can get into safe mode but i cannot do anything else.

 

[imported_Slip]

still sayin the error, any one got any ideas

 

[montag451]

WHAT psu have you got? What RAM?

Take out EVERYTHING except the most completely essential stuff to boot from.
IE - you don't need cd/dvd/modem/lan/2 sticks of ram [one is fine for now]/all pci cards, all usb dev etc.
If you have usb kb/mouse, try an adaptor to plug into ps2.

Boot now.

What happens?

Swap the stick RAM for another. NOW, what happens?

 

[jackschmittusa]

While in safe mode, you can uninstall drivers. Try uninstaling the drivers for one piece of hardware at a time and rebooting till you find the culprit. I would start with the sound, then video, etc..

 

[VirtualLarry]

Why are you trying to re-install Win98se, by deleting WIN.COM and doing the re-install from DOS mode? That's not exactly the best way to do an overtop re-install, generally-speaking. I would recommend booting off of a Win98se DOS-mode boot-floppy first (you DID make a "recovery disk"/"EBD" when prompted the first time that you installed Win98se, didn't you?), and running both SCANDISK /ALL and possibly doing a surface-scan, and assuming that all checks out OK, then also do a SCANREG /REPAIR, which will repair your system-registry if it has gotten corrupted.

At that point, hopefully you can boot Win98se, at least in Safe Mode, and then can run SFC.EXE (System File Checker), and perhaps that will find any corrupted system-file binaries. If you cannot boot, then tell us what the error message is.

The problem with doing an overtop re-install from DOS mode is, there is a backup of the very first system registry hive, called "SYSTEM.1ST", located in the root of C: (usually), with HSR attributes so it is also normally invisible. However, doing the overtop install, will then replace that original backup with, IIRC, a modified version that is a combination of your existing registry (including any potentially-problematic device-driver references), and the overtop re-install process (which resets default user/desktop settings, etc. and re-runs the hardware-detection phase).

So if you have some sort of system (SYSTEM.DAT) registry entry that references a device-driver during load that is problematic, a DOS-mode overtop re-install will likely NOT get rid of it. A better idea, is to go into the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS and \VMM directories, and note any VXD files that have date/time stamps different from the release-date of the OS itself. (IOW, they are likely 3rd-party files.) If you, one-by-one, rename those to .VX~ or something like that, they will NOT load during bootup, although you may get an error (really a warning) mentioning that a device driver reference by the registry failed to load at boot. Hopefully, you can use that method to track down the problem, which is a pretty common one, of bad/conflicting VXDs during boot.

Good luck, report back if you can.