Need to fix it

[almostsmart]

After not using my old IBM laptop for a couple of months I booted it up and received this message:

"The Microsoft Windows 32-bit disk driver (WDCTRL) cannot be loaded. There is unrecognizable disk
software installed on this computer.
The address that MS-DOS uses to communicate with the hard disk has been changed. Some software, such
as disk-caching software, changes this address.
If you aren't running such software, you should run a virus-detection program to make sure there is no
virus on your computer.
To continue starting Windows without using the 32-bit disk driver, press any key."

This is a IBM ThinkPad 755cd with 486 (I know its old but its a pet ) Win95
No Win 95 disks. The HDD shows file system FAT not sure if it was set up with FAT32 or not. Device manager is showing Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller with the ever so popular yellow ! present. This device is not present, not working properly, or does not have all the drivers installed (Code 10)

Anyone have a fix?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Couriant]

Try installing the driver for the HD Controller.

Windows 95 from what I remember does not support FAT32 however Windows 95 OSR2 does. Do you have Win 95 OSR2?

Also do you remember the last thing you did before you left it alone?

 

[Rockn]

32-bit dsk access is from the old DOS, Win3.x days and is probably only there because the laptop was upgraded from Win3 to Win95. It was normally loaded from one of the configuration files win.ini or system.ini Win95 shouldn't need this to run so disabling or bypassing it shouldn't keep Windows from loading.

 

[almostsmart]

Thanks Tidus & Rockn

Have 95 I believe not 95 OSR2

Don't see any reference or call in the win.ini or system.ini files unless I don't recognize it.

 

[Couriant]

Try looking in the autoexec.bat file too.

 

[almostsmart]

Thanks
Looked in autoexec.bat also.

Another problem and this has been ongoing for quite a while. Start/Run when you type the first letter or two of what to run there is a error in SHDOCVW.DLL. Does anyone know if a downloaded one can be installed without any problems or will it lack entries particular to this computer?

Will be away until tomorrow pm then will check back.

Thanks All!

 

[almostsmart]

I'm back. No responses?

 

[Couriant]

SHDOCVW.DLL is a system file. Prehaps search for the file in the Windows CAB files on your OS CD.

 

[~Candy~]

Almostsmart, I see you reported this and indicated it had become unactive

I see a reply posted yesterday with no response from you.

 

[~Candy~]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=SHDOCVW.DLL&btnG=Google+Search

You might look at some of those links.