EMM386.EXE error msg- Caldera DR-DOS

[Parangles]

" The system memory manager (EMM386.EXE) has detected an error caused by a fault in one of the device drivers or programs loaded in the system"

This started with frequent auto shutdowns and rebootings, then blue screen.
Its a 1 year old Lenovo tower with XP.

I wiped the disk with Dariks and reinstalled using Lenovos restore CD.
Unbelievably this error message still comes up - last time was when I tried
to boot with a HDD stress test on CD. (It has since passed all stress tests)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831515 says this is a corrupt file and instructs to
use a boot floppy and then edit config.sys .... But

1st I have no floppy drive and secondly I would need to know where the Caldera DR-DOS
folder is located ( search comes back with zero)

What can I do ?

Thanks!

[edfair]

Your best bet is to see what is in config.sys and if nothing more than the emm file (and possibly himem.sys) then delete config.sys or clear it out to a zero length.

The capabilities made available by emm are built into XP.

[EzyStvy]

XP doesn't use the Config.sys file.
You can tweak the Config.NT file for older DOS apps...

What are you doing/what apps etc are you using when you get this error?

If it was -> last time was when I tried to boot with a HDD stress test on CD.
Then don't use thay app....If you want to test the hard drive - get the software from the drive makers web site.

[Parangles]

The hard drive test that gave the error was from Hitachi for the
Hitachi on the machine. Thats the only time I've seen the error msg
since I wiped the drive and reinstalled XP.

Can you give me a path to look in config.sys to see whats in there,
and how to delete it ? ( Why did I throw away my DOS book ?)

I don't want this to come back on them in the future, even though it has only
showed up the one time since the reinstall.

Thanks

EDIT: Did a search for EMM386.EXE.... nothing found.

[glc]

When you are booting with the Hitachi DFT, it's using DR-DOS on the CD with its own config files. This error has nothing to do with your Windows installation, it's either a compatibility issue between DR-DOS and your hardware, or you have defective hardware. It could also be a corrupt CD.

[Parangles]

Well I dont know where I am. I ran Sisoft Sandra and most of the hardware
exceeded their benchmark standards, the rest did not fall much below.
So I don't know about defective hardware. I was hoping the test would show some
defect but they didn't. I guess youre all saying- leave it a while and if it
doesnt reappear - forget it. This thing was downgraded from Vista to XP
with Lenovos official downgrade pack so maybe thats where the corruption
came from.

Cheers

[EzyStvy]

Were you having some sort of issue that motivated you to run the testing software?