windows won't start up!!!!

[smi1208]

Hello

I'm not able to get windows started booted up. When I turn on my laptop I get this message:

Starting Windows 95

The following file is missing or corrupted: c:\Windows\himem.sys

The following file is missing or corrupted c:\windows\ifshlp.sys
himem.sys is missing.
Make sure that the file is in your windows directory.

Windows has stopped. Press ctrl+alt+del to restart your computer.

Any help will be really appreciated. Thank You

[FireByyrd]

Quote Ben Myers:

Try starting the computer in Safe mode by tapping the F8 key during
bootup. If that works, rename the "c:\autoexec.bat" file to=20
"c:\autoexec.bak". Then restart normally. =20

[glc]

It's more likely bad ram. Test it. You need a working floppy drive or a bootable CD-Rom drive.

www.memtest.org

[Brad the best]

i have a stupid little p3 windows 95 doing the same thing . i tried to put in some more ram and all of a sudden the keyboard doesnt work and the mouse doenst work , at one point i got into windows in safe mode (dont ask how) and now all it wants to do is scan for viruses and wont let me in 95 . ive tried 3 keyboards all of them i know work and 3 different types of mouses , usb/ps2/ and that crazy old school style one . nothing works . oh i pulled out the ram i tried to put in after it didnt work . this is my first time dealign with 95 so its all very unfamiliar to me . xp goes into it some time next week . im thinking of giving up and leting the tecs do it

[Brad the best]

well i fixed my problem . turns out my step brother put the keyboard in the mouse port and the mouse in the keybaord . *roles eye . i dont even know hoe he forced them in there . im just glad it wasnt my computer and it wasnt me who was responsible for sucha mistake , and now i know why mine is all usb

[glc]

Any PS/2 plug will fit in a PS/2 port - and that's what those are. That's a very easy mistake to make if the ports and plugs aren't color coded to standard. The current standard is purple for keyboard and green for mouse.

[PJ5]

You may be missing some of the necessary startup files for Windows, in which case you would have to re-install.

[glc]

pj5, those errors in a 95 startup are 90% of the time caused by bad ram. Test it and replace as necessary and it will then start fine.