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Missing MS-DOS Startup Files

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Name: Bo Baber
Date: November 21, 1998 at 19:27:52 Pacific
Subject: Missing MS-DOS Startup Files

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Hey Guys,
I have a NEC Ready 7020 Pentium 75 running Windows 3.11.
I loaded RealPlayer 5.0 on to my computer and got a general protection fault which kicked me out of Windows. When I tried to reboot the computer, I got the following message:
Non-System Disk Or Disk Error
Replace And Press Any Key When Ready
Problem was there was no disk in the a: drive.
I have done some research and I believe I have lost my io.sys and msdos.sys files. My question is:
Are the io.sys and msdos.sys files generic? Can I load any old io.sys or msdos.sys I can find on my system? Or do I have to get a specific io.sys or msdos.sys depending on my BIOS or system?
Foolishly, I didn't make a system disk for this computer.
My BIOS is PhoenixBIOS Version 4.04.7
Thanks for any help you can provide!
Bo Baber

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Response Number 1

Name: Paul Kastner
Date: November 21, 1998 at 21:39:05 Pacific

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Response Number 2

Name: Paul Kastner
Date: November 21, 1998 at 21:43:51 Pacific

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A copy of those files are also in the dos directory of your drive
email me for additional help

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Response Number 3

Name: Bo Baber
Date: November 22, 1998 at 05:33:56 Pacific

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I did a search of the c: in File Manager and it could not find the file. I did the same search on the system disk I am using (from NEC web page) and they popped even though they are hidden files.
Bo

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Response Number 4

Name: Igor M
Date: November 22, 1998 at 08:54:11 Pacific

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Hi,
If you have system disk now you might have SYS.COM file on it. If you have such file boot from your system disk and type in:
SYS C:
to transfer system files from boot disk to hard drive. After that you will be able to boot from hard drive. But system files (Io.sys, Msdos.sys and Command.com) aren't generic. They are pertaining to specific version of DOS. So if your system disk has different DOS version then one you have on hard drive, you would not be able to use your old DOS files (Himem.sys, Format.com etc.).
God luck, Igor M

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Response Number 5

Name: Elias Tirado
Date: November 23, 1998 at 10:13:16 Pacific

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For some reason I screwed up my files and I can't my PC to bootup.

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Response Number 6

Name: Bob
Date: November 28, 1998 at 09:31:25 Pacific

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I think I may have deleted the
AUTOEXEC.BAT, & CONFIG.SYS
files on my 486 pc.
now when I restart the PC I have to
reset date & time, press enter & it goes to a
dos promt C:\ . But I cann't get into anything no matter what I type!
How can I fix the problem?

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Response Number 7

Name: clara beitz
Date: January 15, 1999 at 10:36:14 Pacific

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when tried command c: it relied specified command search directory bad. i tried programming new version 6.22 over old version. now i keep getting this error please help me
clara

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Response Number 8

Name: Devendra Agrawal
Date: February 12, 1999 at 13:05:00 Pacific

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I have the same problem as Bo Barber when I boot up my lap top Iget the message "Your DOS startup miles are missing cannot startup Dos"
Can someone help me as I do not know the version of DOS in my laptop and Idont have any backup. By the way Iam running Windows 98.

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Response Number 9

Name: milton amerson
Date: November 1, 1999 at 17:16:04 Pacific

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hello .. i need a copy of ms dos win98 startup disk

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Response Number 10

Name: Tommy Boren
Date: November 27, 2000 at 23:25:43 Pacific

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I get the message your MS-DOS startup files could not be found

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