Error loading user.exe

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I have an old Hitachi Series E notebook. This is being given away and as it
had some old business records on it, I wanted to wipe the hard drive and do
a reinstall. After finishing the reinstall, the computer boots, the Windows
95 logo screen comes up, then I get an this message:

Error loading user.exe. You must reinstall Windows.

The computer then shuts off. I reinstalled Windows again, but have the same
problem.
Any suggestions???

Thanks Doug
ps-I knew I crossposted, but I'm kind of desperate.

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Doug Flemming stated:
> I have an old Hitachi Series E notebook. This is being given away and as it
> had some old business records on it, I wanted to wipe the hard drive and do
> a reinstall. After finishing the reinstall, the computer boots, the Windows
> 95 logo screen comes up, then I get an this message:
>
> Error loading user.exe. You must reinstall Windows.
>
> The computer then shuts off. I reinstalled Windows again, but have the same
> problem.
> Any suggestions???

Extract the original USER.EXE from the .CAB files of Windows 95.

I had similar problem here but this was with Windows 98... I found that
there was a zero-sized USER.EXE somewhere in the hard drive, deleted
this and extracted the valid USER.EXE and Windows worked!

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