Hello Richard: How about booting from startup disk with CDROM support. Reinstall Win 95 from D: or E: whatever. Windows 95 can be installed over what is there. Then consider saving data files and clean install 95 or Win 98 SE which would be more stable and cheap. Win 2000 would be even better if you have the funds. Good Luck Richard F. Bolha > [Original Message] > From: Richard <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 4/7/2006 10:51:42 AM > Subject: [PCBUILD] Windows will not boot > > I have a Gateway 2000 with win95 on it that was given to me , the problem is that the person who gave it to me inadvertently deleted the wrong files or an entire folder and now windows won't boot. I have tried several different boot disks, including a dos disk which gets me to A:\ but I can get no further when I boot normaly I get the message on DOS screen that states "ifshlp.sys is missing or corrupt,"himem.sys is missing or corrupt" "type the name of the command interpreter. > Any help would be greatly appreciated > > The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech > support at our newest website: > http://freepctech.com The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com