reinstalling win-me

[graham666]

can someone please help
i need to reinstall win-me but after 5 min an error message says "SUWIN HAS CAUSED AN ERROR IN VERX.DLL"
and stops installing.
i have done a defrag and scandisk and the same happens
PLEASE HELP....

[PornMaster]

well you know what they say: windows me = windows many errors, but that was a little off topic..well now about your problem, try a clean format, and then reinstall windows me. hope this helps!

[phalkon30]

I think Pornmaster said it right, the whole point of reinstalling windows, is to get a clean start, reformat your hard drive in dos, then install it

WinME is not all that good of an OS, but whatever works for you

If you need a more detailed answer, ask Krell, or I'll dirrect him here, I'm sure he could give a more in depth explenation

[Krell]

You can try this, as per microsoft, or, do a clean install with your CD, OR, just upgrade to XP. Print this out


1. Start WindowsME to the Emergency Boot Disk or Startup Disk, then click "with cd-rom support".
2. you DO have that disc, right???
3. Type "C:" to change the drive and press enter.
4.Type "MD oldroot" then press enter.
5.Type"Attrib -r -h -s C:\*.*" then press enter.
6. Type "Attrib -h _restore" then press enter.
7. Type "Move C:\*.* C:\Oldroot" then press enter.
8. Type "Ren _Restore Oldrest" then press enter.
9. Type "Ren progra~1 oldprog" then press enter.
10. Type "Ren windows oldwin" then press enter.
11. Type "C:\oldwin\options\install>setup /ie /is /iv" then press enter.
12. When you are prompted to enter a folder to install windows in, click "Other Directory".
13. Type "C:\windows" for the folder that you want to install windows in.
14. Remove the Emergency Boot Disk from the floppy drive. The files should copy fine now and you haven't lost any of your data, they are in the oldprog or oldwin folders that now exists in your new current C:\ drive

If this doesnt work, then your best bet is to reinstall from scratch. Let me know if I can help you further.
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[graham666]

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL
I SORTED IT
IN THE END I REFORMATED

[Krell]

Did you put ME back on there?

[graham666]

yes i cant handle xp everyone i know has lots of problems with it

[nasrules]

i had a lot of problems with me and so far no probs with xp. it might be worth trying sumtime.

[Krell]

A great many operating systems questions are answered in the link I provided to tweaktown.

Same with hardare, it's centered around optimizations.
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