🚀 go-pugleaf

If you have access to another hard disk, you could boot up off of
that, hook your old drive as the slave, and try to transfer the
important files off that way.  It sounds like the system is having
trouble reading from the hard disk for one reason or another.  The
only time I ever experienced symptoms like yours was when I switched
DMA on, and for some reason it made my drive unreadable and my system
unbootable.  I had a current backup though, so I never had to
investigate solutions other than plugging the backup drive in and
reformatting the drive I messed up.

Of course there may be a much simpler and better solution that I don't
know about that would work from DOS, but that's beyond me...

"The Phoenix" <the_phoenix@dial.pipex.com> writes:
> r using my Voodoo 2 in another computer for the past few weeks, I
> re-installed it into my original computer this evening. However, I had some
> problems installing the device drivers, and now I've run into an even bigger
> problem which is preventing me from using Windows at all.
> 
> As soon as Windows begins, the desktop appears (no icons yet) and an
> 'Explorer' error message appears. I tried starting Windows in safe mode but
> the very same thing happened.
> 
> I am now unable to get past this error message, as once I click OK the
> system just hangs there.
> 
> The best I can do is load into the DOS prompt.
> 
> I have a few VERY important files on the hard drive which HAVEN'T been
> backed up (I know, tut, tut, tut!), so re-formatting would be my very FINAL
> option. If anybody else can think of anything, PLEASE let me know!!
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> The Phoenix