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missing command interpreter after fdisk
Name: Craig Date: August 18, 2001 at 20:45:35 Pacific
Comment:
I have 2 identical old computers - both witn Intel Pentium S 100 mhz CPU, 64mb ram, EZ-Bios, WD 8 gig hd that I have been trying to install Windows 95 or 98 on. They formally belonged to a school. They have both been fdisked ( 1 8 gig dos partition)and reformated. Windows 95 and 98 install fine. but when they do the 1st setup reboot both give the missing command interpreter error. typing in the command line c:\windows\command.com or c:\command.com repeats the request for the location of the command interpreter. You can type in a:\command.com with Win 98 floppy in place and it will accept that. Dir of C: indicates that all the necessary Windows files are there, including command.com. typing in win gets a missing necessary files area then a blue screen the FAT has failed. computer has to be repowered. Have reinstalled 3 times same all times. Machines previously had Windows 3.11 on them and 2 non dos partitions. One was having trouble finding command interpreter before before fdisking. Memory was upgraded fro 8 to 64. Tried going back to 8 for Win 95 - same errors.
HELP - anything I can do short of putting new MB and CPU in these things??
Name: Fred the Head Date: August 18, 2001 at 20:58:53 Pacific
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When the drives were partitioned did you make your primary partition active??? If not use fdisk to do so...............
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Response Number 2
Name: tinkerbong Date: August 18, 2001 at 21:12:33 Pacific
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Have you tried using the bootdisk made during the setup to reboot from , then at the A:\> do a C: sys to transfer the same command.com and other system files as the install is using ?
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Response Number 3
Name: gr8nowudidit Date: August 19, 2001 at 00:17:46 Pacific
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c:\fdisk /mbr reboot
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Response Number 4
Name: gr8nowudidit Date: August 19, 2001 at 00:19:06 Pacific
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c:\fdisk /mbr (then reboot)
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Response Number 5
Name: GWiligers Date: August 19, 2001 at 00:21:32 Pacific
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You may have formatted them with the /s switch using a boot disk made from a different version of windows than the one installed.
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Response Number 6
Name: rk Date: August 19, 2001 at 00:24:45 Pacific
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Or the boot disk was infected
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Response Number 7
Name: apuschumann Date: February 16, 2002 at 13:03:16 Pacific
Summary: http://www.compguysinc.com/techweb/hardware/hd_q_and_a.shtml Bad or Missing Command Interpreter http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000012.htm http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=120822 ...
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Summary: Ok - your machine satisfies the minimum specs for Win98 - performance won't be great, but it should run. No, MS-DOS 622 likely would only complicate things. When you are booting from a floppy disk, th...
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