this is almost always a boot sector virus or rarely a hardware problem. obtain from someone a bootable CD with a recent antivirus program and definitions and boot from it to scan your computer.
Herb...
Trying to install some programs, gives me that error.
It also says could not enter the dos 16 sub system,and has something to do with the high memory?

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