> I am trying to help a friend get her computer back up. It's a Compaq > Deskpro 4000, running Windows95 and that's about all I can find out > about it at this point. > On bootup it gives the message "While initializing device IOS > error: An i/o subsystem driver failed to load > either a file in the .|iossubsys subdirectory is corrupt or memory is > low. This same message appears when trying to boot in Safe Mode. I have > tried various fixes that I found on an internet search including > iosfix.exe, changing system.cb to system ini, reming out drivers in > ios.ini, and downloading a few basic boot disks. > In addition to this, the cd rom drive is not being recognized after any > of this. I have found different references as to which cd driver was > being used before the crash and edited the config.sys and autoexec.bat > and tried all of them. Still nothing. The closest I have come is an > error that reads "the cd rom drive is not set or turned on". I've > checked the cables and they seem to be ok. > Any idea where I might go from here would be greatly appreciated. TIA > -- > Sandy Amdur > "May I always be the person my dog thinks I am"
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