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Dos C prompt
Name: Bobby Date: December 12, 1998 at 12:06:25 Pacific
Comment:
I always boot to dos when starting up (6.22) this is OK. Then I go to win(3.1) its OK. To return to dos I exit windows, but I just lost the C: prompt, all I get is a flashing cursor, & can only exit by shuting off my computer.Where is my C: prompt??? please help I use my dos more than win.
Name: none Date: December 13, 1998 at 20:09:16 Pacific
Reply:
It sounds like Windows may be crashing when you exit. You may need to reinstall Windows. I haven't done this for a while, but you should be able to run the setup disks from dos to reinstall and not delete anything.
Summary: After formatting my HD and clearing the BIOS I restarted my computer. I setup the BIOS ok. I couldn't get a prompt for C: or D: so I used a windows 98 boot disk to install a CDROM driver. This work...