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System has been locking up occassionaly and I have been having to restart,
everything seemed okay. This last time when went to restart system rebooted
to the point of loading Windows 98 then gave the following:
"While initializing device IOS:
Error: An I/O subsystem driver failed to load .\iosubsys subdirectory is
corrupt."
Is there anything I can try or do I need to have someone look at my system.

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http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/
Henri Leboeuf's IOS articles.

Here is what I get at
http://search.support.microsoft.co [...] N&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "While Initializing Device IOS"; Windows 98; Exact Phrase; Full
Text.

http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] roduct=w98
Error Message: Initializing Device IOS Windows Protection Error
(263466) - When you start your computer, you may receive the following
error message: Initializing Device IOS: Windows Protection Error When
you try to restart your computer in Safe mode, you may receive the same
error message.

http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] roduct=w98
Error Message: While Initializing Device IOS an I/O Subsystem Driver
Failed to Load...
(311108) - When you attempt to start Windows, you may receive the
following error message: While initializing device IOS, an I/O subsystem
driver failed to load. Either a file in the IOSubsys subdirectory is
corrupt or the system is low on memory.

http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] roduct=w98
Error Message When You Start with More Than 2 Floppy Disk Drives
(268084) - When you try to start your computer, Windows may stop
responding (hang), and you may receive the following error message:
While initializing device IOS: Windows protection error. You need to
restart your computer.

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There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
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"Brigetr@yahoo.com" <Brigetr@yahoo.com@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:7DA6912D-C920-40AE-A28D-D0F14926C718@microsoft.com...
| System has been locking up occassionaly and I have been having to
restart,
| everything seemed okay. This last time when went to restart system
rebooted
| to the point of loading Windows 98 then gave the following:
| "While initializing device IOS:
| Error: An I/O subsystem driver failed to load .\iosubsys subdirectory
is
| corrupt."
| Is there anything I can try or do I need to have someone look at my
system.
|

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (More info?)

See here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311108

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"Brigetr@yahoo.com" <Brigetr@yahoo.com@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:7DA6912D-C920-40AE-A28D-D0F14926C718@microsoft.com...
> System has been locking up occassionaly and I have been having to
restart,
> everything seemed okay. This last time when went to restart system
rebooted
> to the point of loading Windows 98 then gave the following:
> "While initializing device IOS:
> Error: An I/O subsystem driver failed to load .\iosubsys subdirectory
is
> corrupt."
> Is there anything I can try or do I need to have someone look at my
system.
>

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