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Dos prompt booting first help!
Name: Andrea Date: July 30, 2003 at 18:25:44 Pacific OS: win98se CPU/Ram: 1.2/120
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I've got a computer always booting up to the dos prompt and can't figure out how to get windows booted
boot to c: insert a win98se system floppy. type in a:\fdisk/mbr that command will repair the master boot record. www.bootdisk.com if you need win98se system floppy
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Response Number 3
Name: Andrea Date: July 30, 2003 at 19:05:30 Pacific
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Thanks you guys you rock!
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Response Number 4
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: July 30, 2003 at 19:18:10 Pacific
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Did windows start up by typing 'win'? If so it's an easy fix to have it go to windows on boot up. But first we need to know if typing 'win' worked.
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