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William Capozzoli Jr wrote in message <370E3773.7403C8DF@erols.com>...
>Gavin
>   I've had the same problem, but it only occurred in a random fashion - once
>every week and sometimes two or three bootups in a row..  I would then have to
>come up in safe mode, then close down from safe mode.  Then when I would come
>backup successfully  some of my preferences that I used in MY Computer windows
>were gone  and my shortcuts were on top of each other.
>  My theory was that the read head on the hard drive was having difficulty
>reading the vmm32.vxd file.  After a successful bootup I copied the vmm32.vxd
>file to a temporary folder.  Then I went back to the vmm32.vxd in the
>c:\windows\system folder and renamed it vmm32.old.  Then I copied the vmm32.vxd
>file back to the c:\windows\system from the temporay folder. This caused the
>vmm.vxd file to be located a different spot on the hard drive.
>   It appears to have solved the problem for me or perhaps it just went away by
>coincidence. If you use this technique be careful.
>Cap
>
>Danny ONeill wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've tried to install Win 95, and Win 98 onto a computer after formating the
>> hard drive and it comes up with the following error:
>>
>>  windows protection error.  vmm32.vxd missing / unable to load.
>>
>> Now I can get into windows in safe mode and that file is definitely in
>> \windows\system.
>>
>> As it's a virtual device driver I presume it is having trouble with some of
>> the hardware on the computer.
>>
>> Does anyone know how to help.  Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Gavin
>
Have a look at Windows 98 troubleshooting at  http://home.tampabay.rr.com
look for a page titled WAindows Drivers bug
Eric Booth