I have windows 98 This is the problem I used to have: When I tried to turn on my computer, a screen came on that said-invalid system disk, but there weren't any disks or floppys in the drive. So I went online to search for a solution. I don't have my recovery cd anymore, so I went to this site where it told me I could download it(on a floppy, not cd), the site: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/r1018377689 (its in the first reply), i think the site to the download is http://www.mirros it is saved as boot98se.exe from http://www.mirrors.org/archived_software/www.bootdisk.com/winfiles/boot98se.exe and followed the instructions( the sys c: think) , now I don't have that problem anymore, but a new problem came up. My computer starts up the the blue cloud screen and then this screen comes on: This driver is provided by Oak Technology, Inc. 0TI-91X ATAPI CD-ROM device driver, Rev D91XV352 (C)Copyright Oak Technology Inc. 1987-1997 Device Name:IDECD000 Transfer Mode: Programmed 1/0 Number of drives: 1 Microsoft(R) Windows 98 (C) Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999 C:\> What am I suppose to write to start up windows?, when i try to type exit, another C:\> line just comes up

You're not on Windows yet, your on DOS. In order to get into it, simple type "WIN" and hit enter. If that doesn't work, change to the windows directory first: CD \WINDOWS (or whatever is your windows directory) and then type WIN. However, in order to get to windows directly every time you boot, you'll have to change the file MSDOS.SYS, located on the root (C:\). Change the following line: BootGUI=0 into this: BootGUI=1 You'll have to reset the file's attributes before that, or you won't be able to save it. In order to do such thing on DOS, do: ATTRIB -s -h -r \msdos.sys Anyway, you can do it from Windows if you like. It's good to restore the file's attributes after you change it. -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br

i only got through CD \WINDOWS i could not change the file MSDOS.SYS sorry but the steps were kind of confusing, what do i do after CD \WINDOWS? thanks when i entered ATTRIB -s -h -r \msdos.sys another C:\> just came up

Hi. Type DIR /P /W look for MS-DOS.sys manually. Or what you can do go to you Bios settings and Disable the boot-up floppy check. Suppose I should elabore. Press F12 or Delete key during start up. When it gets to the Blue Bios screen disable all boot routines except for the root (C:) And when you computer boots up, it wont bother checking for any disk or even recognize the 3.5 and should, in theory pass you on to windows (this is theory I might add) doh! I should read the entire thing before responding! "What am I suppose to write to start up windows?, when i try to type exit, another C:\> line just comes up" Ya try navigating using the DIR command. See if you have any sort of file structure in place. You may need to totally re-install windows from the prompt or format the drive. I wish I knew more about the problem tho.

Have you looked at the bios settings for drive C: You do this by entering setup, before the pc boots. It could be that the cmos battery is failing, which can cause these settings to revert to default, and it might not be seeing the hdd. It appears to me you are looking first at the difficult solutions, rather than the simple. Good luck - keep us posted.

Excuse me guys, but I don't think beta is booting from the boot disk anymore. From what I understood, she booted once with it, transferred the boot files from the floppy to the local system (sys a: c:) and now she's booting without the boot disk. beta wrote: > ... and followed the instructions > (the sys c: think) , now I don't > have that problem anymore, but a > new problem came up. Am I right, beta? And, anyway, if I am not, in order to make the system bypass the bootdisk, all she would have to do is get it out of the drive, am I not right? Beta, to get into windows, do the following: CD \WINDOWS WIN That should do it. Now, to make the system go to windows directly on every normal boot, you'll have to do something else. Before that, tell us if you were able to get into windows with that way I described above. If you aren't, discribe what happens. -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br

when i type CD \WINDOWS it changed into c:\windows> then when i type win it says HIMEM.SYS is missing Make sure that the file is in your Windows directory