Win 98 startup error

PLEASE HELP!

Running win98- upon boot after windows screen comes up for a few seconds I get a blank screen then upon pressing space bar i get this error:

0028: c029abf8 in vxd ifsmgr (04)
+00012aec

The computer is then frozen.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

dear teamplus, either switch over to Millenium or XP, or maybe you can try re-installing 98.

 

dear ronjor, are you talking about my bone? you're scaring me then. if you meant 'humour' i'm stumped. tell me why.

 

dear ronjor, i wasn't forcing teamplus. it was just a suggestion. i also provided him with an alternative. a thousand things can cause this fault, third-party softwares like IOMEGA tools are known to cause this problem, even faulty USB hardware cause this. so its unwise to speculate. i gave him my best answer. i'm trying to help, not into this kidding business.

 

You may find some solution here http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;188867
I wouldnt run down the road and spend $130 on another win that will expire in 4 or 5 yrs . use your win98 if you are happy . microsoft are supporting it till june 2006. You may have the same issues whether its 98 / xp / or what ever .
There are some good info sites out there on maintaining win98 if you do a search .
If that doesnt help just use your start up disk/CD and reload windows.If you need help in doing that post back .

 

Thanks to all - including the humor - and other computers are on xp - however I need to get this thing booted to get some data.

Thanks

teamplus

 

Exception Errors with IFSMGR in Win98

 

dear teamplus, if nothing works you can use your HDD as slave and boot up using a friend's HDD and extract your data. keep us posted and tell us more about your system including the third-party softwares you're running.