Im having a problem booting my cpu. It is 5 yrs old, so dont be surrpried at its specs.
Intel celeron processor
256 mb ram
Win 98 os
7. gig hard drive
Voodoo2 graphics cadr

When i start my cpu, it goes through the start up process untill the windows loading screen apperes. Then it sits there untill i hit the space bar. then i get the message
THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSION OR CORRUPT C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
THERE IS AN ERROR IN YOUR CONFIG.SYS FILE ON LINE 1

I know a little about computers, but im not c+ certified or anything like that. I am just aimming at a c:\ promt, i am planning to reformat it soon. please help, i miss my computer... Have you changed any hardware or installed any new SOFTWARE lately? Also, do you have antivirus protection?

[glb]Flame[/glb]I havnet, but i think my cdrom drive is SHOT. i am THINKING that if i replace it, reformat and use the boot disk to give myself cdrom support, then i could reinstall windows. On a side note, i got to a c promt yesterday, it took FOREVER for it to use a boot disk, but i realized that if i format my HD and i have no CD rom, then i cant install windows back  :-/ any suggestions before i run out and spend money on a new CDR?