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Boot to windows form dos
Name: D Date: December 4, 2003 at 22:14:45 Pacific OS: 98 CPU/Ram: N/A
Comment:
My computer boots in to dos instead of windows how do I get to boot from dos to windows without losing all of my files on the hard drive.
Name: CyberRax Date: December 5, 2003 at 00:45:02 Pacific
Reply:
Type WIN and press then the ENTER key.
PS! Check the file MSDOS.SYS in the root of drive C. It should cointain a line BootGUI=1. If it doesn't (or the line is BootGUI=0) then include it. Winblows should now automatically start every time you boot up your system.
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