Err Msg: Windows Could Not Combine VxDs Into a Monolithic File...

• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When Windows 95 or Windows 98 restarts after you run Setup, you may receive the following error message:

Please wait while Setup updates your Configuration files. This may take a few seconds...

Windows could not combine VxDs into a monolithic file before starting. Windows may not start or run properly.

If Windows fails to start, run SETUP again.

Press any key to continue...

CAUSE

This error message can be caused by either of the following:

• Your hard disk does not have at least 3 megabytes (MB) of free space after installing Windows 95.



• Your hard disk contains bad sectors.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, use any of the following methods:

• Increase the hard disk space available. To do so in Windows 95, restart your computer, press the F8 key when you see the "Starting Windows 95" message, and then choose Command prompt only from the Windows 95 Startup menu. In Windows 98, restart your computer, holding down the CTRL key until you see the Windows 98 Startup menu, and then choose Command Prompt Only from the Windows 98 Startup menu. Use the MS-DOS DEL command to delete unnecessary files and make additional hard disk space available.



• Use a hard disk utility, such as ScanDisk, to correct the bad sectors or mark them as being bad.



• Run Setup from MS-DOS rather than from a previous version of Windows.

Additional query words: err msg

Keywords          : kberrmsg kbsetup win95 win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:95
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: February 3, 1999