the pc is working good but from time to time on power on the boot stops at the beginning and i get a message that "himem" is missing. then i power off and on again or reboot to safe mode then restart and every thing is ok.
appreciate your help
W98 himem is missing on power on
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YARDofSTUF
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You took your PC's himen! Sicko! 
Heh, nah on the serious side its telling you its missing the himem.sys file or access to the high memory?
Is the system overclocked?
I would run scandisk from safe mode to see if it finds anythign odd with your hard drive, also check the memory too if you have any extra sticks to swap out.
Heh, nah on the serious side its telling you its missing the himem.sys file or access to the high memory?
Is the system overclocked?
I would run scandisk from safe mode to see if it finds anythign odd with your hard drive, also check the memory too if you have any extra sticks to swap out.
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YeOldeStonecat
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Do a search for himem.sys, it should be located in C:\Windows
If it's not for some reason, and you find it elsewhere for some reason, simply copy it back to C:\Windows
If it's not on the hard drive at all, you can copy it from a Win98 boot disk.
Also edit the config.sys and make sure it's pointing to the correct path, config.sys should look similar to the following...
Device=C:\Windows\himem.sys
Device=C:\Windows\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
Can also have the following lines if you run some legacy database like software
Files=99
Buffers=40
Also recommend running a scandisk in safe mode, to help see what's up with the hard drive. You have a good updated antivirus software?
If it's not for some reason, and you find it elsewhere for some reason, simply copy it back to C:\Windows
If it's not on the hard drive at all, you can copy it from a Win98 boot disk.
Also edit the config.sys and make sure it's pointing to the correct path, config.sys should look similar to the following...
Device=C:\Windows\himem.sys
Device=C:\Windows\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
Can also have the following lines if you run some legacy database like software
Files=99
Buffers=40
Also recommend running a scandisk in safe mode, to help see what's up with the hard drive. You have a good updated antivirus software?
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this pc doesnt connect to the internet and doesnt get any cds nor floppyYeOldeStonecat wrote:Do a search for himem.sys, it should be located in C:\Windows
If it's not for some reason, and you find it elsewhere for some reason, simply copy it back to C:\Windows
If it's not on the hard drive at all, you can copy it from a Win98 boot disk.
Also edit the config.sys and make sure it's pointing to the correct path, config.sys should look similar to the following...
Device=C:\Windows\himem.sys
Device=C:\Windows\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
Can also have the following lines if you run some legacy database like software
Files=99
Buffers=40
Also recommend running a scandisk in safe mode, to help see what's up with the hard drive. You have a good updated antivirus software?
will check your recomendations. thank you