Hey,
System specs:
Gigabyte 7DXR MB
512 MB PC2100 DDR Ram
MSI GF4 64MB ti4200
Buslink DVD
Memorex CDRW
MS Explorer Mouse (optical)
etc..
The GF4 is new to my system, and I have had some lock-up problems lately. At random times, the monitor will go blank (not screen saver blank, loss of power/suspend blank!!) and my keyboard would lock up. I would have to reboot each time to get out of this.
So, I'm thinking video card problems for sure, but a day or two ago I got my system to come out of this strange state by picking up the mouse (the red light went off on mouse, and my system came back on).
Anyway, this happened about an hour or so ago, and I figured I'd try an old mouse to see if that was in fact the problem. I shut down my system, installed the old mouse, and booted back up. Now, I can't get back into Windows. I have a message that states:
The following file is missing or corrupted: 0\IFSHLP.SYS
The following file is missing or corrupted: 0:\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD
Type the name of the window loader (eg, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD)
Questions:
1) What the heck is this about?
2) How do I find these files/get windows back up?
3) Do you think my lock-ups are in fact mouse relate.
Thanks
Kevin
System specs:
Gigabyte 7DXR MB
512 MB PC2100 DDR Ram
MSI GF4 64MB ti4200
Buslink DVD
Memorex CDRW
MS Explorer Mouse (optical)
etc..
The GF4 is new to my system, and I have had some lock-up problems lately. At random times, the monitor will go blank (not screen saver blank, loss of power/suspend blank!!) and my keyboard would lock up. I would have to reboot each time to get out of this.
So, I'm thinking video card problems for sure, but a day or two ago I got my system to come out of this strange state by picking up the mouse (the red light went off on mouse, and my system came back on).
Anyway, this happened about an hour or so ago, and I figured I'd try an old mouse to see if that was in fact the problem. I shut down my system, installed the old mouse, and booted back up. Now, I can't get back into Windows. I have a message that states:
The following file is missing or corrupted: 0\IFSHLP.SYS
The following file is missing or corrupted: 0:\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD
Type the name of the window loader (eg, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD)
Questions:
1) What the heck is this about?
2) How do I find these files/get windows back up?
3) Do you think my lock-ups are in fact mouse relate.
Thanks
Kevin