New install WIn 95 error

[kspeel]

When seeing the screen starting windows for first time it bombs and gives me this error:
"while initialinsing device ISO:
WIndows protection error. You need to restart computer

[SpywareDr]

http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?t=15578

http://www.computing.net/answers/win...ror/14361.html

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[kspeel]

These need me to go to safe mode and wont let me do that

[SpywareDr]

Err Msg: "IOS Failed to Initialize" on Boot
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q157924/

RESOLUTION

It may also be possible to start Windows 95 normally after using the following procedure:

1. Boot Windows 95 in Safe mode or to a command prompt.
   
   
2. Perform one of the following two steps:
   
   
   
   • Edit the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files and disable any references to Smartdrv.exe. To disable a line, type rem at the beginning of the line.
     
     
   • Rename Smartdrv.exe to another name.
   
   
   
3. Restart your computer normally.

For additional information about IOS error messages, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

225497 Windows 95 May Fail to Boot Due to I/O Subsystem Failure

164666 You receive the "While initializing device IOS a Windows protection error occurred" error message when you start Windows 95

192841 Difficulties Using AMD K6-2 or Athlon Central Processing Unit

168866 FIX: IOS Failed to Initialize Error During Installation

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and OEM Service Releases. This issue is resolved by the following updated file for Windows 95 and OSR2:

RMM.PDR version 4.00.1112 (dated 03/10/97) and later

[kspeel]

appears to be nothing in autoexec or config.sys to edit

[kspeel]

when in dos in the windows folder I type in the exec for windows "win" and says the himem.sys is missing

[SpywareDr]

Do the files exist?

Try the command:

dir c:\config.sys

If you get a 'file not found' type error, then it does not exist.

Now try the command:

dir c:\autoexec.bat

If you get a 'file not found' type error, then it also does not exist.


If either do exist, you could edit them with the commands:

edit c:\config.sys

or

edit c:\autoexec.bat

If you just want to see what's in them, you could do a:

type c:\config.sys

or

type c:\autoexec.bat

Let us know what you see ...

[kspeel]

looks like they dont exist

[SpywareDr]

Try the command:

dir c:\windows\himem.sys

If you get a 'file not found' type error, then it does not exist.

[kspeel]

Found the himem file. I copyed it over into windows ,dos and c: usint rescue disk

[SpywareDr]

Cool. Did that solve the "Windows protection error" problem?

[kspeel]

sorry but nope

[SpywareDr]

http://forums.techguy.org/earlier-ve...t-install.html

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[kspeel]

None of that helped