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Name: fahonn liau
Date: October 1, 2004 at 07:38:04 Pacific
OS: windows95
CPU/Ram: 166/48
Comment:

can someone please send me acopy of win.com? can not load windows95 due to missing file. and how should i load it?
many thanks!



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Response Number 1
Name: Dan Penny
Date: October 1, 2004 at 08:08:01 Pacific
Reply:

To restore win.com, extract the win.cnf file to C:\WINDOWS from the original floppy or cd used to set up windows.

NOTE: The Win.cnf file is in the following locations:

Disk 3 of the original Windows 95 disks

Win95_03.cab of the original Windows 95 CD-ROM

Win98_28.cab of the original Windows 98 CD-ROM

Win98_25.cab of the original Windows 98 Second Edition CD-ROM


Rename the Win.cnf file in the Windows folder to Win.com. To do so, type the following line, and then press ENTER:

ren c:\windows\win.cnf c:\windows\win.com


Restart your computer.


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Response Number 2
Name: torrie
Date: October 1, 2004 at 11:59:07 Pacific
Reply:

hai it is a very long process i have a shorter one " just go to any one's Pc copy win.com n paste is into the windows directory but through dos prompt "
i hope u got my point ok by


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Response Number 3
Name: fahonn liau
Date: October 1, 2004 at 12:57:43 Pacific
Reply:

many thanks but D drive not responding and how do you paste through DOS?


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Response Number 4
Name: Dan Penny
Date: October 1, 2004 at 17:46:00 Pacific
Reply:

Well, if you're posting here you must be on a running machine. Follow the instructions and copy the "new" win.com to a floppy. Boot the problem system with a boot disk. Once it's booted put in the floppy with win.com on it and copy the file from the A; drive to c:\windows.

copy/v a:\win.com c:\windows


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Response Number 5
Name: Dan Penny
Date: October 1, 2004 at 17:58:49 Pacific
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"..just go to any one's Pc copy win.com n paste is into the windows directory...."

The win.com copied should be from the proper version of Windows. *NOT* just anyones.


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Response Number 6
Name: fahonn liau
Date: October 2, 2004 at 00:17:25 Pacific
Reply:

am viewing through different computer. thought of reloading win95 but cannot access cd-rom. only a and c drives avialable thru dos.
many thanks.


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Response Number 7
Name: Dan Penny
Date: October 2, 2004 at 04:00:57 Pacific
Reply:

www.Bootdisk.com has Win 95 boot disks with cdrom support available for download. Just download the file, put a floppy in the A: drive, click on the downloaded file, and it will create a boot disk for you on your floppy.


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Response Number 8
Name: jubalsams
Date: October 4, 2004 at 04:08:49 Pacific
Reply:

Dan Penny in reply #1 gave great information to recover a copy of win.com. Assuming you have the cd-rom version of win95 and you boot with a floppy with cd-rom drivers and you note the cd-rom drive letter (insert the cdrom):
To extract win.com from the cd to the windows folder: Key this in at the A:\> prompt (replace R: with your cdrom drive letter):

R:\win95\extract /L C:\windows R:\win95\win95_03.cab win.cnf

#########################################

Rename the file as in reply #1.

Best


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