Hello Good day
I depress start button to boot my laptop it starts booting but when the windows ME logo appears it stops and the error message reads " The following file is missing or corrupted:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD Type the name of the windows loader (e.g., C:\
WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD) C> " and a command prompt is waiting for a response.
I have tried to; 1. reboot machine
2. boot from CD with recovery disk (application and system)
3.entering DOS commands
What next SOS ??

Have you tried typing the given command?

Sony VAIO picturebook PCG-C1VN
OS: Windows Mellenium
CPU: 600MHz
RAM:128MB
HD: 12GB
The computer was purchased from a friend and in working condition rarely used. This problem probably had something to do with an attempt to install driver for a newly purchased EDUP wireless
LAN CARD PCMCIA 54/11Mbps 802.11b/g. The file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD was listed in the driver list as not installed so the card didn't work. I found that the VMM32.VXD was empty and I'm sure it should consist of several .vxd files. Right now when I boot up The error msg file missing or corrupt: C:\windows\system\vmm32.vxd and a C> prompt appears even in safe mode option.

Have you tried booting into:

Safe Mode / System Restore?

Safe Mode
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Can you get into Safe Mode?

Are you sure that the card is compatible with ME? Does the driver say specifically that it is for ME? I would remove the driver, disconnect the device, and check for ME drivers. If you don't find any then you might not be able to use it on your computer. You must also keep in mind that ME is an OS plagued with problems that MS unfortunately didn't even try to fix. Microsoft has long since discontinued support for it. Since the use of wireless was rare when ME was written it is very hard to get wireless devices to work with it and if the device doesn't say that it will work with ME then you'll be hard pressed to get it working or to get it working reliably.

Until recently we had a 98 machine and we had a wireless adapter that said that it was complaint with 98 but we could barely get it to connect and it eventually disconnect if we where able to get it to connect. I doubt that ME is any better with wireless than 98.

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