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Hey there everyone,
my system is set up to dual boot with XP Pro & 98 SE, but this problem started one day when i tried to boot up into Win98, the WIN.COM file was missing or corrupted.
After copying the file back into the windows folder it still wouldn't boot so i was recommended to re-install 98 over the previous set up.
This all went fine until, as it normally would during setup it re-booted, but then came to this message " You are currently running in MS-DOS mode. Do you want to return to normal mode, to run Windows applications again [Enter=Y,Esc=N]?"
If i chose Y it reboots back to this screen and if i choose N i get a command prompt C:\>, does anyone know how i can get this to boot up again???
Any help is much appreciated....
Post the contents of your msdos.sys & confog.sys from the root [c:\]
M2
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
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I don't seem to have an msdos.sys file but here's my config.sys file. I checked to see if "DOS=SINGLE" but it's "DOS=high,umb". I then booted with a 98 boot disk and typed sys c: which hasn't worked either but i can boot into safe mode now. The only thing is now i don't get my dual boot screen so can't boot into XP which was working fine. Any idea how to solve this either?
My Config.sys-[menu]
menuitem=CD, Start computer with CD-ROM support.
menuitem=NOCD, Start computer without CD-ROM support.
menuitem=HELP, View the Help file.
menudefault=CD,30
menucolor=7,0[CD]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off
device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=btdosm.sys
device=flashpt.sys
device=btcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=aspi2dos.sys
device=aspi8dos.sys
device=aspi4dos.sys
device=aspi8u2.sys
device=aspicd.sys /D:mscd001[NOCD]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off[HELP]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off[COMMON]
files=10
buffers=10
dos=high,umb
stacks=9,256
devicehigh=ramdrive.sys /E 2048
lastdrive=z
device=display.sys con=(ega,,1)
country=353,850,country.sys
install=mode.com con cp prepare=((850) ega.cpi)
install=mode.com con cp select=850
install=keyb.com uk,,keyboard.sys
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On W98, Start button/Settings/Folder Options/View, make sure there is a blob in "Show hidden files" and untick "Hide file extensions for known file types".
See if msdos.sys shows up now.
DerekW
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Cheers, i think sometimes my brain just forgets to function.
msdos.sys file-
[Paths]
WinDir=C:\WINDOWS
WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS
HostWinBootDrv=C
UninstallDir=C:\[Options]
BootMulti=1
BootGUI=1
DoubleBuffer=1
AutoScan=1
WinVer=4.10.2222
;
;The following lines are required for compatibility with other programs.
;Do not remove them (MSDOS.SYS needs to be >1024 bytes).
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxb
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxc
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxd
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxe
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;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxg
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxh
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxi
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxj
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxk
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxl
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxm
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxn
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxo
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxp
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Ran msconfig and discovered in the config.sys file that DOS=SINGLE so changed it to DOS=high,umb and now 98 boots up as normal, sucess....
Now i just need to get my dual boot running again.
How do i get the WinXP/Win98 option screen at boot up to appear again??
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Yes, well, the reason it didn't appear in the config.sys you posted was because that one was from the boot floppy, not the C:\ drive.
The menu in question is from WinXP - a bit beyond the focus of this forum. At a guess, reinstall/repair XP since you've likely overwritten its boot files while restoring 98.
Might get a more definitive answer in the WinXP forum
Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. -John Wayne
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Boot to XP recovery console and run FIXBOOT, that will replace 98's volume boot code (put there when you ran sys C:) with XP's.
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... there ya go.
(continues in the XP forum)
Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. -John Wayne
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I wrote the new bootsector to the C: partition and all is well again.
Cheers for the help....
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Glad to hear it. Things can be a tad more complex in a dual boot situation.
Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. -John Wayne
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