cdrom.sys error

[Jezza]

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hi,

when ever i try to upgrade from windows 98 or 98SE i get this error saying
cdrom.sys is corrupt, setup will now exit. i start the installation , all
that goes well but after i reboot t has that error. i also get that error
when i do a clean install, what is going on and how can i fix this?

any help would be grateful

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

If you go to location C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386, there is another
copy of the cdrom.sys file. Copy & Paste that one into folder
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers, overwriting the corrupted file.

Also, did you try booting into the DOS prompt and use the C:\Windows>format
c command to reformat drive?

Drew


"Jezza" <Jezza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FF3395AA-9A75-498A-A181-30107319B24F@microsoft.com...
> hi,
>
> when ever i try to upgrade from windows 98 or 98SE i get this error saying
> cdrom.sys is corrupt, setup will now exit. i start the installation , all
> that goes well but after i reboot t has that error. i also get that error
> when i do a clean install, what is going on and how can i fix this?
>
> any help would be grateful