Had to replace hard drive - when reinstalling operating system it halts looking for VNETBIOS. Do not have on any of the install disks. When trying to load alternate OP SYS (W2K) install halts at startup - same issue. Am looking for the driver in hopes of salvaging the laptop

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Support Information:
Device Type: BIOS / Motherboard
Manufacturer: Compaq
Model: presario 1255 laptop
Interface: Other
Operating System: Windows 98
Age of Device: Not specified
FCCID:

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vnetbios is nothing... vnetbios.vxd is a valid Windows 98 file and is located on the Windows 98 installation disk compressed within VNET9.CAB file. If you want to extract it manually, open Windows Explorer, find the file VNET9.CAB, right click it, left click VIEW. Right click file vnetbios.vxd, left click extract, choose folder C:\Windows\System and click ok.

This file should have been extracted automatically during installation of the os. The fact that is wasn't indicates you may have a bad installation disk.