WIN 98 install - mouse.drv

seaniboy

hey guys

after formatting HD I cannot run in safe or normal mode its asking for mouse.drv I assume this means the microsoft mouse drivers, windows boots up to the 98 logo then up pops " errorloading mouse.drv please reinstall " on a black screen before quickly to the " its now safe to turn your computer off " screen

ive rebooted 98 again twice from disk to no avail still has the same problem

any suggestions ?


thanks

intel

Dont use a USB mouse use a PS2 or Serial comm.

seaniboy

Thanks Intel im using a ps2 but to no avail, serial is another thing aint seen one of them in years lol

albertross_2

Try booting into safe mode (F8 at boot), and do a scandisk.

If that doesn't work, then boot into safe mode with command prompt, search for your mouse.drv file. If it exists, it may be corrupt.

c:
cd \
dir mouse.drv /s

(It should be in c:\windows\system)

If it is corrupt, you can use expand to decompress it from your windows98 CD (if you have one) or from you cabinet files which may be on the hard disk

dir win*.cab /s

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q129605

or you could download it from here:

http://www.storagedrivers.com/drivers/5/5114.htm

Failing that, you could have a corrupt registry, or system/win.ini file. Sometimes this can be fixed by doing a scanreg /restore from the command prompt.