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Name: RockinRonnyO Date: July 20, 2006 at 21:42:45 Pacific OS: Win98SE CPU/Ram: Pentium Product: IBM
Comment:
All I want to do is go to the C:\ prompt when I turn on my computer. I don't want to start Windows in regular or safe mode or any mode. How do I get my computer to start the c:\ prompt?
Name: Ronnie Ratt Date: July 21, 2006 at 06:10:30 Pacific
Reply:
G'Day RRO, if I remember my Dos right you can just add the word 'command' in the last line of your Autoexec.bat. If you don't have one just create one in notepad with just that single word.
And to continue to Windows when desired just type 'win' at the prompt.
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Response Number 5
Name: RockinRonnyO Date: July 21, 2006 at 06:27:14 Pacific
Reply:
Thank you all for the suggestions however, I guess what I'm asking is, when I turn on the computer, it automatically tries to load Windows.
At what point do I press the magic buttons (what ever they are) to stop the OS load process and have the c:\ prompt come up?
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Response Number 6
Name: Dan Penny Date: July 21, 2006 at 06:34:28 Pacific
Reply:
F8 or CTRL will bring up the Windows 98 Startup Menu where you can choose Command Prompt Only.
Or, in windows, Start Run type in msconfig. Click on Advanced (near the bottom right) and place a check mark in the box for Enable Startup Menu.
It's a good day when you learn something
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Response Number 7
Name: ham30 Date: July 21, 2006 at 08:59:16 Pacific
Reply:
To add just a little bit. Holding down the ctrl key will get the startup menu on some systems, or you can continually tap the F8 key during the boot.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!
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Response Number 8
Name: Dan Penny Date: July 21, 2006 at 17:48:49 Pacific
Reply:
If the F8 or Ctrl keys don't work, it's probably because there is a
BootKeys=0
entry in msdos.sys.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/118579/en-us
It's a good day when you learn something
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Response Number 9
Name: JimPIM Date: July 30, 2006 at 09:29:12 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, If I remember correctly Ronnie has the best solution. Research CHOICE for Autoexec.Bat. You should be able to add an option to go to Windoze or DOS. That is if Ronnie's suggestion works.
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