Reformat problems?

[andyjz]

I am trying to reformat a laptop and install win98. There was a compac restore CD that came with it but the computer had problems reading the CD rom drive. So I used a 98 startup disk and used format C: to reformat, and then setup. When It got to the point where windows was just from the HD for the first time I get an error saying:

"Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer. C:Windows\system\vmm32.vxd missing/unable to locate."

I looked on the c drive files using dir in dos mode and there are a vmm32.vxd file and a vmm32 directory listed.

If I reboot it starts into the rest of the widows installation process but then says that it can't find certain dll files so I direct it to the CD rom to find them where and it says it still can't find them. How can I fix this problem?????

Please help because I have no idea what to try next.
Thank you,

 

[minendo]

I've had this problem a few times. Just reinstall win98 and see if that helps. It also fixed the problem for me.

 

[Willoughbyva]

Copy the win98 dir to the hd and then run setup.