Hi,

I've a customer with the Windows ME and everytime on bootup he gets the following error " System halt: windows failed to initalize IOS restart your computer".

This error occurs both in normal and safe mode and will not allow entry to windows. We've already tried reseting the BIOS and disabling system halts on errors and we've attempted to format and reinstall windows. (Which went through ok).

I've searched the Microsoft site for references to this problem in ME but there's no listings (only for 95/98).
My question is is there any hardware conflict known to cause this error message?

thanks in advance

steven