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I/O Subsystem Driver failed to load. Either a file in the .\IOSYS subdirectory is corrupt or your system is low on memory

Sometimes after loading MSIE4/5 onto Win 95/98 (depending on what version of IE you have on Win98), you can get a problem with the PC rebooting after the restart, where you are presented with an IOSUBSYS failure message, where you CANNOT load Windows except for safe mode. Here is how you solve it IF YOU GET THE IOSUBSYS failure message,

  1. Start the PC in Safe Mode.
  2. Click on Start and choose Run. Type in Sysedit and click on Ok.
  3. Open c:\windows\system.ini window.
  4. Click on Search, choose Find, type in VCACHE and click on Next.
  5. Add the following line to the [VCACHE] section : MAXFILECACHE=6144.
  6. Save the file and Restart the pc.

Ian Bergin