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The performance of my PC had been getting poorer and poorer. I'd
tried doing every kind of diagnostic and fine tuning I could think of.
I finally bought a new Dell PC. I'm trying to clean up my old PC to
give to a friend, but I've run into a major problem.
I was starting to delete all my files and reinstall Win 98 to the old
PC. I deleted a lot of different program files. I rebooted and came
up with an error message:
"Error loading explorer.exe - You must reinstall Windows"
This screen is followed by the message:
"A required Windows .DLL file, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMCTL32.DLL was not
found."
I can't figure how to reinstall Windows. The Microsoft website info
says I need to be in Windows to reinstall it. Failing that, I can do
it from DOS. I went into DOS, but in the command prompt mode, my
CD-ROM and CD-ROM burners are not operative.
I also tried my old 3.5" Windows Start-up floppy disk that I created
when first setting up my old PC, but while it did reveal the files on
that disk, it wouldn't boot from that disk saying there was a disk
failure (this is usually my circumstance with floppies--old or new).
I also tried seeing whether I could cause the PC to boot from a CD
(assuming that the Windows 98 CD had the ability to boot???), but in
my PC Setup, I'm not given the ability to have the CD drive as a
primary boot drive. It only allows it as a 3rd in line boot medium.
Does anyone have any suggestions how I can restore Windows 98 to my
PC?
Thanx so much for your help.
The performance of my PC had been getting poorer and poorer. I'd
tried doing every kind of diagnostic and fine tuning I could think of.
I finally bought a new Dell PC. I'm trying to clean up my old PC to
give to a friend, but I've run into a major problem.
I was starting to delete all my files and reinstall Win 98 to the old
PC. I deleted a lot of different program files. I rebooted and came
up with an error message:
"Error loading explorer.exe - You must reinstall Windows"
This screen is followed by the message:
"A required Windows .DLL file, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMCTL32.DLL was not
found."
I can't figure how to reinstall Windows. The Microsoft website info
says I need to be in Windows to reinstall it. Failing that, I can do
it from DOS. I went into DOS, but in the command prompt mode, my
CD-ROM and CD-ROM burners are not operative.
I also tried my old 3.5" Windows Start-up floppy disk that I created
when first setting up my old PC, but while it did reveal the files on
that disk, it wouldn't boot from that disk saying there was a disk
failure (this is usually my circumstance with floppies--old or new).
I also tried seeing whether I could cause the PC to boot from a CD
(assuming that the Windows 98 CD had the ability to boot???), but in
my PC Setup, I'm not given the ability to have the CD drive as a
primary boot drive. It only allows it as a 3rd in line boot medium.
Does anyone have any suggestions how I can restore Windows 98 to my
PC?
Thanx so much for your help.