Extract VXD Files from Aptiva "Product Recovery' CD-ROM

[rocks444]

Aptiva 2158 244 K6 350MHz (512KB) 64MB 6GB HDD IDE PCI/ISA Microtwr(3X4) ATI 32X CD 56K Win98

As I have had some problems with vxd errors I found the following info that, I will post below, I wished to try but am having problems doing so.

The MS Windows '98 installation does not install some vxd files in your system directory ( what did you expect ? ). To resolve 20 to 50% of the system errors in any Win98 build ( including the final release ), extract these vxd files manually from cab 47 and 48 into c:\windows\system and c:\windows\system\vmm32 The following files should be extracted:
vcomm.vxd, vdmad.vxd, configmg.vxd, vdd.vxd, vmouse.vxd, ntkern.vxd, vflatd.vxd.
Extract these files to both directories and reboot. Your system will love you for it .

I have checked, these files are not installed. I also noted that in 'System Properties" - "Device Manager" that these are found in (brackets) which I understand that to mean they are missing. In regard to extracting files from a CD-ROM I found the following in TEK-TIPS:

There are about 70 cab files give or take a few. The first cab file is base4.cab. With the set of commands I gave, it should look through all the cab files, starting with base4.cab.

here's a rough break down of the extract command:=
EXTRACT /A /E BASE4.CAB *.VXD /L C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32

EXTRACT /A /E = searches through all cab files starting
with base4.cab, and then extract the specified files

BASE4.CAB *.VXD = Starts with base4.cab and extract all VXD files

/L C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32 = copies the files to this directory.

Upon doing the above I received:
ERROR: Cannot open file BASE4.CAB

Is it due to the fact that IBM Aptiva use a "Product Recovery & Diagnostics" CD-ROM.

Also, why does not the Windows 98 utility "SFC" work to extract a file? I continually get the error message "Wrong Path"

The last question being, do you agree with the opening paragraph above on vxd files?

I would certainly appreciate an answer on how to extract files from the Aptiva CD-ROM.

Thank you for your time and consideration...... Rocky

 

[Alt255]

This might seem like a dumb question.... Are you giving EXTRACT a path to the CAB file? e.g.:
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EXTRACT /A /E D:\BASE4.CAB *.VXD /L C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32
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...where "D:\" represents the location of BASE4.CAB....

Alt255@Vorpalcom.Intranets.com​

 

[rocks444]

Thank you and no I was not giving it a path. I still do not get through though. I think with Aptiva "Product Recovery" CD-ROM I have to use it at start up to be able to access files from it. I have tried and it appears it does not carry these VXD's.

I found a VXD Zip file from a web site "

http://tweakhomepc.virtualave.net/update/vmm32vxd.html"

that contains all 7 of the VXD's but I am still unsure of whether to go ahead or not. What are your thoughts on installing these VXD's? I searched the net and sure find a lot of opinions on the subject.

Once again, Thank you....... Rocky