Dvdshrink will not load on my win98se computer

[MILES E. STONE]

HI.
Ever since I got DVDSHRINK and decrypter, they always worked well on my win xp computer ,including shrinkto5.exe, but all never could work on the win98 computer. The 2 computers are almost the same other than their os. Both have 2 80gb hds each, 512mb ram, and both are pentium 4: the 98se is a 1.4ghz cpu while the xp is 2.4. My main and only question is how to run the dvdshrink on the 98se. The following error comes on the screen after its icon is checked:" DVDSHRINK encountered an error and canot continue. It failed to initiate ASPI device. The network request is not supported" I have tried at least 3 different Adaptec AsPI Drivers with the force installations. They all get installed 4.1, 4.6 and 4.7 but still no help getting dvdshrink to go. Viral scans, adware, spybots, trojans, and all other malware are scanned and definitions are updated daily.My version of dvdshrink is 3.2. I have even uninstalled it opimized, defraged, and reinstalled to no avail. Otherwise the computer runs perfectly. I also have other css decrypters and burning software such as iclickdvdcopy, xcopyxpress anydvd, however, both computers have these same programs. Of course they are off when trying to get dvdshrink to work on the win98se. Also, screensavers,AV, and all other programs are removed from memory when dvdshrink is tried on the 98se. I sure would appreciate any help or further advice you may have to help me remedy this nuissance.

Thank you,

Miles
MESMD
Junior Member
15. October 2005 @ 05:58
PS. THE ERROR i AM GETTING WITH DVD Shrink ON THE WIN98SE COMPUTER IS:
FAILED TO INITIALIZT THE ASPI DEVICE. The aspichk shows that aspi is currently installed version 4.6 and the components installed are:
winaspi32.dll and apix.vxd

What do I do?
Thanks...Help

Miles

[steveryan]

Have you tried this? https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=ForceASPI_Drivers

[Jeremiah58]

DVDShrink v. 3.1.7.6 works fine on my 98SE.

[MILES E. STONE]

DVDShrink v. 3.1.7.6 works fine on my 98SE.

YES I HAVE WITH THE SAME ERROR AFTER STARTIND DVDSHRINK. IT STARTS, THEN WHEN I OPEN THE DISK, IT REPORTS THE ERROR IN INABILITY TO INITIALIZE ASPI DEVICE. ON THE XP IT WORKS PERFECTLY!!
THANKS,
MILES

[NiteLite]

MILES E. STONE,
Thats a lot of software...however Shrink3.2 works fine for Win98SE.
The "hardware info tool" that I got with CD/DVD Speed shows 4...(you list 2)...files listed under ASPI on mine. I have version 4.60 installed. (September 10 1999 ) I installed the package of 4 below and have not had a problem.

WNASPI32.DLL
APIX.VDX
WINASPI.DLL
ASPIENUM.VDX

I'm sure more help will follow.GoodLuck.
NL

[dinobike]

hi, i´m also have win98se and dvd shrinks 3.2 runs with no problem and i have the 4.71.2 aspi version.....maybe something else is missing, directx 9.0 ?

good luck!

[GKar]

It's possible that your registry is corrupted. You can restore a previous registry file by rebooting, hit f8 to get the bootup menu, command prompt, type scanreg or C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SCANREG /RESTORE. If you cannot restore to an old enough reg file you may have to reload windows. (a bit extreme I know)

Note:You may have to reload some software if you restore your registry.

[MILES E. STONE]

Have you tried this? https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=ForceASPI_Drivers

Thank you for your help,
I followed the protocal for the forceaspi-1.7 ie. killing, dumping, installing ver. 4.60, then rebooting. I then, ran the Aspichk annd got the following results:


ASPICHK-WIN98-CHK.TXT (file attached):

LOG0143: ************************************************** ***************
LOG0144: Starting ASPICHK-WIN98-CHK installer on Sun Oct 16 17:59:05 2005
ASPICHK0438: OS = Windows 95 (4.10.2222)
UPGRADE1004: c:\windows\system\wnaspi32.dll dated 09/10/1999 19:06:00, 45056 bytes.
UPGRADE1062: c:\windows\system\wnaspi32.dll version 4.6.0.1021
UPGRADE1004: c:\windows\system\winaspi.dll dated 09/10/1999 19:06:00, 5600 bytes.
UPGRADE1062: c:\windows\system\winaspi.dll version 4.6.0.1021
UPGRADE1004: c:\windows\system\iosubsys\apix.vxd dated 09/10/1999 19:06:00, 22603 bytes.
UPGRADE1062: c:\windows\system\iosubsys\apix.vxd version 4.6.0.1021
UPGRADE1004: c:\windows\system\aspienum.vxd dated 09/10/1999 19:06:00, 7743 bytes.
UPGRADE1062: c:\windows\system\aspienum.vxd version 4.6.0.1021
ASPICHK0582: ASPI is properly installed and is fully operational. A total of 2 host adapters have been detected.
LOG0218: Closing installer log on Sun Oct 16 17:59:05 2005
LOG0219: ************************************************** ***************

DVdSHRINK still gives me the same error!!!
What do you recommend now?
Thank you again,

Miles