W2K pro missing file on startup

My PC indicates that the file; winnt\system\vgaoem.fon is
missing or corrupt upon startup. It says I can repair it
by pressing 'r' in setup. How do I go into setup?

Do I reboot with W2k program disk in the cd-rom drive? I
tried that and can't get it to boot off disk. Nothing
seems to happen.

Any suggestions?

Ron

Look for the key stroke at POST to get it to boot the CD-Rom. Else boot the
setup disks to start the repair process.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

"Ron" wrote:
> My PC indicates that the file; winnt\system\vgaoem.fon is
> missing or corrupt upon startup. It says I can repair it
> by pressing 'r' in setup. How do I go into setup?
>
> Do I reboot with W2k program disk in the cd-rom drive? I
> tried that and can't get it to boot off disk. Nothing
> seems to happen.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Ron

Thanks Dave. I got the vgaoem.fon file replaced and
system comes up but runs extremely slow, like 1/50 of the
speed. It took 15 mins to load all the desktop files.
Updated NAV2003 definition files from 9/04/03 to 9/11/03
and started to run it. It has Adaware 6 and ZoneAlarm
running. Tried to run Adaware but the utility runs so slow
and bogs down the system even more. Task mgr. says CPU is
running at 3-5% and memory usage is low also. RAM is 512
mb. All file or folder manipulations are running
extremely slow. Is this an indication of a Trojan virus?
I tried to boot the NAV2003 disk from coldstart, it
doesn't boot. Any suggestions?
Ron
>-----Original Message-----
>Look for the key stroke at POST to get it to boot the CD-
Rom. Else boot the
>setup disks to start the repair process.
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup.
>Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
>
>"Ron" wrote:
>> My PC indicates that the file; winnt\system\vgaoem.fon
is
>> missing or corrupt upon startup. It says I can repair
it
>> by pressing 'r' in setup. How do I go into setup?
>>
>> Do I reboot with W2k program disk in the cd-rom drive?
I
>> tried that and can't get it to boot off disk. Nothing
>> seems to happen.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Ron
>
>
>.
>

I tried the in-place upgrade. It won't allow an in-place
upgrade of w2k because it goes to the partition page. Is
there a site to instruct me correctly how to re-install
w2k pro? Thanks for any advice.
Ron
>-----Original Message-----
>No idea really. No details of what or when this started.
You might try
>stopping zonealarm, nav, etc. to see if the problem goes
away.
>
>These may also help.
>
>How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
>http://support.microsoft.com/suppor...icles/Q292/1/75
..ASP
>
>What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It
Does Not Change
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;Q306952
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup.
>Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
>
>"Ron" wrote:
>> Thanks Dave. I got the vgaoem.fon file replaced and
>> system comes up but runs extremely slow, like 1/50 of
the
>> speed. It took 15 mins to load all the desktop files.
>> Updated NAV2003 definition files from 9/04/03 to 9/11/03
>> and started to run it. It has Adaware 6 and ZoneAlarm
>> running. Tried to run Adaware but the utility runs so
slow
>> and bogs down the system even more. Task mgr. says CPU
is
>> running at 3-5% and memory usage is low also. RAM is
512
>> mb. All file or folder manipulations are running
>> extremely slow. Is this an indication of a Trojan
virus?
>> I tried to boot the NAV2003 disk from coldstart, it
>> doesn't boot. Any suggestions?
>> Ron
>
>
>.
>