Mike,

Try to not load too many device drivers, in fact none at all. Rename
(backup) config.sys and autoexec.bat and create a new config.sys with the
following lines:

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB

You may need to alter the path to himem.sys and emm386.exe if windows is
installed in a different directory. Press F8 when you see "Starting Windows
95..." and select "Command Prompt Only".

Also be sure that fdisk.exe, format.com, and sys.com are on the boot disk
and that these are what you're using.

Hope this helps,


Glen L. Bowes
Regional Manager, Niagara
Cancable Inc. 1-877-CANCABL
http://www.cancable.com
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mike Bridges
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 6:24 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] format help


A friend has brought his PC to me so I can format the hard drive .
I made this post 6 months ago but his wife got impatient and wanted
the PC back after a couple days so some might recognise this post from
before.
 It is a Pentium Pro 150 on a Intel board with 48 megs of SIMMS.A 1.6
gig WD HDD,2 6x cdr's on IDE2,a generic sound blaster and a Paradise
Pipeline video card which I have changed.I suspect it as part of the
problem.The machine has been loaded up with all sorts of games and
junk by a couple kids and the parents.The owner wants the hard drive
formatted and I agree.The OS is Window95 version a.
 The problem is when I try to format the drive with the format c:/s
command I get a message saying "Insufficient memory to load system
files.Format terminated." Some members of the list seemed to think
this was a virus.I have run updated McAfee and Norton ant virus
programs on this machine and found nothing.I have manually uninstalled
what I could
to free up as many resources as possible.
 I'm out of ideas and really need some help.
Thank you,
Mike Bridges

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