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Re: Win 98 won't boot up; SHLWAPI.DLL not found
« Reply #15 on: October 01, 2006, 07:41:52 PM »
It's been said here many times but here goes...

To recover the data you need hook that HDD up as a slave on a known working machine and copy/burn what you need to save...

Without a legit MS CD we can't unfortunately get you back to where you want to be.

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MISSING NTLDR NOW!
« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2006, 09:14:05 PM »
I finally got the missing file copied to C: but now it says  :-? I'm missing NTLDR!! :'(
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Re: Win 98 won't boot up; SHLWAPI.DLL not found
« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2006, 03:43:14 AM »
Is there a floppy disk in the drive?
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Re: Win 98 won't boot up; SHLWAPI.DLL not found
« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2006, 06:44:29 AM »
Yes, floppy in drive.
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    Re: Win 98 won't boot up; SHLWAPI.DLL not found
    « Reply #19 on: October 06, 2006, 07:47:23 AM »
    NTLDR should not be required for 9x. Have you attempted to mix files from different versions of windows?
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    Re: Win 98 won't boot up; SHLWAPI.DLL not found
    « Reply #20 on: October 06, 2006, 08:24:35 AM »
    No, just transferred files from a: to C: from floppy boot disk.
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      Re: Win 98 won't boot up; SHLWAPI.DLL not found
      « Reply #21 on: October 06, 2006, 10:04:03 AM »
      Is this a 9x boot disk? What files did you copy? Where did they come from? Shlwapi.dll would not be present on a 9x boot disk.
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      Re: Win 98 won't boot up; SHLWAPI.DLL not found
      « Reply #22 on: October 06, 2006, 10:22:15 AM »
      The floppy boot disk said "boot for HP" so I assumed it was the correct one but not sure where it originated from ....was just within my archives of floppys.  The SHLWAPI.DLL file was downloaded then unzipped and put onto a blank floppy and copied to c:  Apparently, the boot disk was not for this system.  
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        Re: Win 98 won't boot up; SHLWAPI.DLL not found
        « Reply #23 on: October 06, 2006, 11:29:36 AM »
        Go to bootdisk.com and download a 9x bootdisk with cdrom support. When you boot from it, it should give you access to the cdrom so that you can run your setup or recovery program. Looking back at page one, your computer appears to have been manufactured by Gateway.
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        Re: Win 98 won't boot up; SHLWAPI.DLL not found
        « Reply #24 on: October 06, 2006, 04:40:45 PM »
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        Yes, floppy in drive.

        Take the floppy out of the drive and reboot. What happens? This is the error message when a non-bootable floppy is in the drive when the machine starts.
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        Re: Win 98 won't boot up; SHLWAPI.DLL not found
        « Reply #25 on: October 06, 2006, 06:03:28 PM »
        I got rid of the NTLDR error and finally got Windows logo to appear when I rebooted, but now it says I have performed an illegal operation and will close (Explorer caused an invalid page fault in modul Explorer.exe at 0167:00401f31).
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        Re: Win 98 won't boot up; SHLWAPI.DLL not found
        « Reply #26 on: October 06, 2006, 07:36:56 PM »
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        It's been said here many times but here goes...

        To recover the data you need hook that HDD up as a slave on a known working machine and copy/burn what you need to save...

        Without a legit MS CD we can't unfortunately get you back to where you want to be.

        patio.  8-)


        What he said.
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