ID Number: Q22575
2.00 2.30 2.10 3.00
WINDOWS
Summary:
A FatalExit error 0x04ff "INT 3F handler unable to load segment" can
occur if the system is unable to load a code segment. 99 percent of
the time, this error occurs in real mode. The problem is that there is
a stack frame somewhere that has a fixed DS in it. This problem can
occur if an application switches to a fixed data segment and makes a
far call to the code segment, and the code segment cannot be
subsequently discarded.
This error can also occur if an .EXE file cannot be read (for example,
there is a bad disk sector on the disk).