Damnyankee

This appears to be a fairly common problem and noone seems to have an answer.

This error occurred to me right after using House Trend Micro (report was
clean) and then I started using Microsoft Excel. I received a notice for a
Microsoft update. I clicked OK, the update was done, I saved my Excel work,
and rebooted. Upon reboot, I received this identical vgaoem.fon
missing/corrupt error. I tried Windows Recovery with no success. Using my
2nd PC, I went online to Google a solution. Some were saying faulty hard
drive.

So I took out my hard drive from PC #1 with the vgaoem.fon missing/corrupt
error and slaved it to PC #2. Hard drive from PC#1 is 100% functional, so
the hard drive was not the problem. With that said, I pulled off all my
saved files and my program files from PC#1's hard drive and transferred over
to PC#2.

I put PC#1 harddrive into PC#1 and still cannot reinstall the vgaoem.fon -
but I did manage to get it limping along and as it proceeded forward,
Windows kept deleting all of my .fon files. Every one of them.

So either there's a bug in Microsoft's Update software or an undetected
virus/trojan hit my PC in 2 minutes (HIGHLY unlikely).

From this day forward, there will be no more Microsoft XP updates for me.

I have yet to find a fix...so if you ever have this problem, your hard drive
will never function as primary again - but you can use it as a slave.

DY

"James Scheinbaum" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sorry about not replying sooner. I will do my best to give you some info.
> The OS is Windows XP Pro SR2 and it has been on this computer since. I was
> a custom build from an IT guy I knew a while ago. It is a Intel P4 3GHz
> system and a 60 GIG HD. I will have to get the box out of my daughters room
> and crack it open. I have a memory test on CD to check the system memory.
> If that turns out it maybe the HArd drive. I hope not.
>
> "Gerry" wrote:
>
> > James
> >
> > What is the history of the operating system on the computer since new?
> > When was the computer new? What is the computer make and model?
> >
> > I told you last week this is a problem many users have found difficult
> > to resolve, such that it is difficult to find a report where a solution
> > was found.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Gerry
> > ~~~~
> > FCA
> > Stourport, England
> > Enquire, plan and execute
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
> > James Scheinbaum wrote:
> > > I have a bootable CD to access my daughter documents which I was able
> > > to copy to floppies.
> > > I can't load the OEM Windows XP software or the SP2 Software.
> > > When running the Active Boot Disk I run out of Memory fast. I show
> > > only 220 KB of memory. Is thaT MY PROBLEM?
> > >
> > > Also the VGAOEM.FON file is misssing. I can't copy it to the folder
> > > for some reason.
> > >
> > > I need to diagnose my computer to find out what the hell is going on.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help?
> > >
> > >
> > > Previous Post>>
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> > > Question
> > >
> > > I have a box that is running Win XP Pro SP1 and has been fine until
> > > last night. It is my daughters machine and she is doing homework on
> > > it. Yesterday she comes to me and say's it won't work.
> > >
> > > I started it up and it say's it has a
> > > "missing or corrupt file windows\system32\vgaoem.fon" and would I
> > > like to repair it using the original install CD.
> > > Ok I tried that and it won't work. Yes, I went into the Bios and set
> > > CD to start at boot. It would boot up and then give me an error beep
> > > and return to the original error just described.
> > > I downloaded the 6 setup disks and used them to start up the system
> > > and got "missing or corrupt bios??.inf". Would you like to exit and
> > > restart?"
> > >
> > > (?? = I forgot the filename)
> > >
> > > All I want to do is access the A:drive in a DOS Environment, then
> > > Access the c: root, then get my daughters homework off.
> > >
> > > Please Help. I have now spent over 6 hrs working on this issue before
> > > bugging you guys so now I'm desparate and don't want to turn it over
> > > to the geek squad just yet.
> >
> >
> >