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Failure of 3.1 to start from dos

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I have 3.1 and when I try to start it goes to A: dos prompt. I type C:WINDOWS, but I get bad command message. I type C: and get that to work, but cannot access anything, even autoexec.bat. Any suggestions? Any help would be wonderful.

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When I try to start the computer I get a message on the screen that say's "insert boot disc"

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Name: Tom
Date: June 3, 2002 at 23:29:24 Pacific

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It sounds like you may have corrupted the command.com file. Try using a boot disk in a:\> drive and type: sys c:

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Chris Pulliam and Ray Hawk I have left messages on your E-Mail addresses,regarding your disk problems ,read the info carefully Dave the snake

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When I try to start the computer I get a message on the screen that say's "insert boot disc"

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