I can't get my moms computer to start. The message says
The following file is missing or corrupted:C\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS

ALSO -
The following file is missing or corrupted: C\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD

Type the name of the windows loader

This computer was working fine yesterday...what the heck could she have done to it?You can try a system restore

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsME/using/computerhealth/articles/systemrestore.asp

As to what she did, who KNOWS?okay....now it says ME...I'll try to figure it out. Thanks so much for help. Okay....that would probably help except it won't load that far. It goes through all the system info okay, the when Windows ME starts to load...that's when the screen goes black except for the error messages I posted before.I would Try a Repair Install,

just Slap in the ME disk, Boot off it ,

I'm not that sure of the Procedure on ME , but on XP you just Go Trough the Install Screens, then on one Screen it says

Looking for previous Version's of Windows.

Then it should find yours , and ask you if you want to Attempt a Repair, Press R for yes , or Enter to ContinueI do not have any disks for this computer. So slapping in a disk would be the easiest thing to do. I would love to just re-format the thing, but there are no disks. All of my new computers don't have floppy drives so I can't even make one for it. Also all the new ones have XP on them, not ME. I am going to try some things I found on here just searching around and see if they work. If they do, I'll tell you what I did. Thanks everyone.Everyone needs a real Windows disk sooner or later. In your case it appear to be sooner.

Have a read just in case:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/WinME_sfp.mspxThanks for trying to help me out.....I'm about to give up on it. I got a bootdisk from bootdisk.com....when i try to run any of them it just says non system disk please cklick any key to continue.
No matter what I do, I get the original error messages and nothing else. I'm guessing this computer is trash.Have you tried loading up Windows in safe mode? When the computer loads, keep hitting F8 and you should get some options, just as Windows stars to load. Try system restore from there?

No Windows disk. Tut tut   I know, I know....I should have a windows ME startup disk, but when my mom got the puter from a friend, they said they had LOST all the disks that came with it. It's not my personal computer and I DO have all the stuff that goes with all 3 of mine. Anyway....I'll try the safe mode thing. I am really at loose ends here. Like I said in my first post I have absolutely NO idea what the heck she did to it. It was working fine and then she was calling me telling me it was BROKE. I'll let ya know what happens.If you know that computers serial key number, I think you can use any Windows ME disk.If you need a real CD, eBay has hundreds. Without that you are stuck.

You need the correct number for the CD you are trying to use.What I am saying is, as far as I know, each Windows Disk is identical. When you enter a serial key it simply runs some KIND of mathematical function on it to determine wether it is one of the "possibilties". It's not until you try to activate Windows that your serial key is checked in anyway, to make sure nobody else is using it. I don't know the story with ME, but it's worth a try to try with your own ME disk, but her serial key, if you know it.Although I have not had a chance to try it yet, I am going to try to do a system restore from safe mode. The disks I have are floppies and I got them from bootdisk.com One is a custom and one is OEM. I'm hoping I can get this thing going. It's driving me crazy. Thanks again for all your help.