Windows ME repair

tctuner83 · 02-11-2008, 03:51 PM

I don't usually get to fix computer that are still running windows me that often and when I do I usually just say go buy a new computer. This person doesn't want to do that so I must fix it. The problem is that it won't boot to windows at all. At first it came up that was missing the hal.dll file from the system 32 folder. I replaced that, restart and now it's missing ntoskrnl.exe and I don't know how to replace that. I can't do a registry restore because it won't let me. I figured that if one file was missing I knew others where going to follow. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

veedubfreak · 02-11-2008, 04:58 PM

Holy mother of god. People are still running mistake edition? I would just refuse to work on it. That program never worked properly even when microsoft supported it.

Is there no automatic repair option on the boot disk?

tctuner83 · 02-11-2008, 06:07 PM

I've looked as much as I'll let myself look. I already backed up everything on the drive that looked important. I can't get a hold of the person im fixing it for till tomorrow so I can't do anything like a clean install or just throw it out the window

mBernhardt · 02-12-2008, 02:12 PM

Maybe I'm mistaken, but why would ME be looking for ntoskrnl.exe?

Either way, clean install will save you the most headache. (Just make sure they have backups!)

Mak213 · 02-12-2008, 04:08 PM

mBernhardt is right. ME shouldnt be looking for ntoskrnl. The reason. ME did not use NT for anything. XP was the first to implement both 9x platform and NT platform. ME was the last one to be stricly 9x. So a format would be your best answer.

Plus i think veedub is right. There is no repair function with ME.

veedubfreak · 02-12-2008, 04:10 PM

What hacks me off so much about mistake edition is that i actually paid for a legit version of it when i bought my machine back in 2000. I ended up installing a bootleg copy of xp after dealing with it for a month and giving up.

M733mhz · 02-13-2008, 07:53 PM

I run ME and it works just fine on my backup PC.

sPlAtOiD · 02-13-2008, 09:37 PM

One thing i noticed about ME was at first it would run fine but would degrade real fast over time. Like 3 months.

mikee · 02-14-2008, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sPlAtOiD

One thing i noticed about ME was at first it would run fine but would degrade real fast over time. Like 3 months.

vista is that way for me.

helix2301 · 02-14-2008, 11:52 AM

ME had a lot of security issues. Spyware and viruses used to be the biggest threat. FAT32 always had security issues because of no local permissions. Plus the OS was terribly designed because so much of the original plans for the OS were scrapped due to time constraints. Look at vista what happened to the windows file system was thrown out due to time constraints.

02-11-2008, 03:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
tctuner83 Newb Techie Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 14	Windows ME repair I don't usually get to fix computer that are still running windows me that often and when I do I usually just say go buy a new computer. This person doesn't want to do that so I must fix it. The problem is that it won't boot to windows at all. At first it came up that was missing the hal.dll file from the system 32 folder. I replaced that, restart and now it's missing ntoskrnl.exe and I don't know how to replace that. I can't do a registry restore because it won't let me. I figured that if one file was missing I knew others where going to follow. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

02-11-2008, 04:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
veedubfreak Official DFI Bricker Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,924	Re: Windows ME repair Holy mother of god. People are still running mistake edition? I would just refuse to work on it. That program never worked properly even when microsoft supported it. Is there no automatic repair option on the boot disk? __________________ Asus Rampage Formula Q6600@3.6gz 1.4v (1.2VID) 4870 Crossfire 2x2gb OCZ Reaper DDR2-800 @4-4-4-12 Corsair 750TX MountainMods Ufo Horizontal 2x Swiftech 320 2x Swiftech 655 2x MM 3bay res 2x DD Maze5 Swiftech GTZ Have you heard? http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f6/hav...-heard-187280/

02-11-2008, 06:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
tctuner83 Newb Techie Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 14	Re: Windows ME repair I've looked as much as I'll let myself look. I already backed up everything on the drive that looked important. I can't get a hold of the person im fixing it for till tomorrow so I can't do anything like a clean install or just throw it out the window

02-12-2008, 02:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
mBernhardt Super Techie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 280	Re: Windows ME repair Maybe I'm mistaken, but why would ME be looking for ntoskrnl.exe? Either way, clean install will save you the most headache. (Just make sure they have backups!) __________________ "i would never use a firewall, even without a router protecting me. Firewalls are just wastes of memory." name omitted to protect the innocent the cake is a lie

02-12-2008, 04:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mak213 Commander Super Mod Joker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space Posts: 15,589	Re: Windows ME repair mBernhardt is right. ME shouldnt be looking for ntoskrnl. The reason. ME did not use NT for anything. XP was the first to implement both 9x platform and NT platform. ME was the last one to be stricly 9x. So a format would be your best answer. Plus i think veedub is right. There is no repair function with ME. __________________

02-12-2008, 04:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
veedubfreak Official DFI Bricker Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,924	Re: Windows ME repair What hacks me off so much about mistake edition is that i actually paid for a legit version of it when i bought my machine back in 2000. I ended up installing a bootleg copy of xp after dealing with it for a month and giving up. __________________ Asus Rampage Formula Q6600@3.6gz 1.4v (1.2VID) 4870 Crossfire 2x2gb OCZ Reaper DDR2-800 @4-4-4-12 Corsair 750TX MountainMods Ufo Horizontal 2x Swiftech 320 2x Swiftech 655 2x MM 3bay res 2x DD Maze5 Swiftech GTZ Have you heard? http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f6/hav...-heard-187280/

02-13-2008, 07:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
M733mhz Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 632	Re: Windows ME repair I run ME and it works just fine on my backup PC. __________________

02-13-2008, 09:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
sPlAtOiD Monster Techie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,612	Re: Windows ME repair One thing i noticed about ME was at first it would run fine but would degrade real fast over time. Like 3 months. __________________ MSI K8NEO4 Ultra PCI Express x16: BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768 Mb AMD DualCore AMD Opteron 185, 2600 MHz (13 x 200) Memory Corsair2046 MB (DDR SDRAM) Dual Channel 320 Western Digital IDE Drive Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Windows XP Por SP2

02-14-2008, 11:52 AM	#10 (permalink)
helix2301 True Techie Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA Posts: 164	Re: Windows ME repair ME had a lot of security issues. Spyware and viruses used to be the biggest threat. FAT32 always had security issues because of no local permissions. Plus the OS was terribly designed because so much of the original plans for the OS were scrapped due to time constraints. Look at vista what happened to the windows file system was thrown out due to time constraints. __________________ helix2301 HP Accredited Platform Specialist CompTIA A+ IT Technician CompTIA Network+ Technician allamericancomp@yahoo.com http://www.allamericancomputerrepair.com http://www.helixzone.net

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