it seems as though my windows folder is MISSING... yes i said it missing... i've looked everywhere on this computer... in my computer, program files... search for files, everything, can't get to it... i don't have a recovery cd bc i bought this computer used. i don't want to have to buy windows all over again. besides that, everytime i'm on the net, it boots me off on certain sites and says error in blah blah files... try restarting your computer.... what the heck do i do? it's driving me nuts!!!

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The Windows folder will be in the root directory of the C drive.  It's there somewhere 
but may not be named Windows at all.  If you didn't have one, Windows wouldn't even 
boot up.  You need an installation disk to repair the system or to reinstall.  Not 
having a reinstall disk is like driving a car without a spare tire and having a flat. 
 Basically you need one as eventually you will need it on a Win 9X system.  Those 
of us who have worked with Windows 9X and earlier versions will tell you that you 
need to reinstall the system periodically as it can't keep itself cleaned out and 
error resistant/free for long.  I used to reinstall twice a year.  I used disk imaging 
software to speed up the process, that way,  I didn't have to reinstall everything 
from scratch.  I just dumped a clean install right back on the drive, and in less 
than a half hour, I would be back up and running from a crash or anything else that 
might happen.

That being said, you need to get a recovery or install disc because you will need 
it sooner rather then later IME (In My Experience, and that goes back before Windows 
1.0).

As for your error, hard to tell from a forum.  It could be malware infection, damage 
to the system or the fact that support on websites is being dropped for IE 5, and 
has been almost/or totally dropped for IE4 and earlier.  You never want to drop more 
than two versions behind on the web browser.  IE 7 has been out for several years 
with IE 8 on the horizon.  IME, Win 9X will run IE 6 on some more powerful and faster 
Win 9X machines but many won't run it reliably.  Most pros I know say that IE 5.5 
is best for Win 9X.  IE 6 was really designed for and leverages the XP system.  It 
takes a lot more horsepower to run IE 6 but be aware that updates to keep your system 
safe if running IE 6 won't work with the Win 9X operating system.  They (updates) 
only work with W2K and XP (NT systems basically) or higher even though they say they 
are installed.  It's a false sense of security that MS isn't telling people up front!!!

You might be better off trying an older version of Firefox even from a security standpoint. 
 New versions of Firefox won't support Win 9X either.  Basically, support for Win 
9X is disappearing from software as time goes on, so expect more issues and failures. 
 :-(







On Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 6:51 pm, Diana wrote:

>it seems as though my windows folder is MISSING... yes i said it missing... i've 

>looked everywhere on this computer... in my computer, program files... search for 

>files, everything, can't get to it... i don't have a recovery cd bc i bought this 

>computer used. i don't want to have to buy windows all over again. besides that, 

>everytime i'm on the net, it boots me off on certain sites and says error in blah 

>blah files... try restarting your computer.... what the heck do i do? it's driving 

>me nuts!!! 

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Type %windir% in the address bar, and press enter. This should take you to the windows 
folder. If that doesn't work, go to Start->Run, type
%windir%
and press Enter.

Someone might have set the folder to be hidden.

You can see hidden files and folders by going to Folder Options in the Control Panel. 
In Folder Options, click on the "View" tab, and look for "Show hidden files and folders."

And for the "error in blah blah blah," if you google the actual error message or 
error code, though it's tedious, you might be able to find a solution. Sometimes, 
it has worked for me. Otherwise, I have no idea. Try FireFox or K-Meleon browser.

Can you do a System Restore to back before you started having these problems?

Also, it's just a thought: Restoring the registry with scanreg.exe while booted to 
DOS sometimes fixes my errors, but you might not have registry backups from before 
the problem began. You'd need to create an emergency boot floppy to try that. When 
you are booted, type "c:\windows\command\scanreg" or wherever it is in your hard 
drive, and then restore a backup, if you want to try that.







On Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 6:51 pm, Diana wrote:

>it seems as though my windows folder is MISSING... yes i said it missing... i've 

>looked everywhere on this computer... in my computer, program files... search for 

>files, everything, can't get to it... i don't have a recovery cd bc i bought this 

>computer used. i don't want to have to buy windows all over again. besides that, 

>everytime i'm on the net, it boots me off on certain sites and says error in blah 

>blah files... try restarting your computer.... what the heck do i do? it's driving 

>me nuts!!! 

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