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W98 wont load due to Startup Screen
Name: Brian Basquille Date: May 19, 2003 at 01:23:17 Pacific OS: Windows 98 CPU/Ram: PIII 450Mhz / 64 Megs
Comment:
Was cleaning out some stuff on my computer. Tried to restore my old Win 98 startup screen. Restarted and am now getting an "insert System disk" - inserted my Startup disk i made. Tried to rename lo.sys (or logo.sys file - i assume that's my startup logo?) or restore it but it's obviously in use. Can anyone help me with this? Can i run System File Checker or something in DOS? Would i be better off to install a fresh OS of Windows 98? Cheers!
Name: mesich Date: May 19, 2003 at 01:32:52 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Brian,
Start the computer with the bootdisk.
At the A:\>type sys c: [Enter]
You should see a message that the system files were transfered.
Take out the bootdisk and restart the computer.
HTH
Mesich
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Response Number 2
Name: larry Date: May 19, 2003 at 09:46:14 Pacific
Reply:
FYI, you don't mess with IO.SYS. That's the main DOS system file. The logo file is internal to it but cannot be altered. Adding a logo.sys to the c:\ folder will override the internal logo.
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Response Number 3
Name: Brian Basquille Date: May 19, 2003 at 10:40:30 Pacific
Reply:
Yeah, i figured out to use the SYS utility on my backup disk.
Cheers!!
PS - Thanks for the information regarding logo.sys, Larry! I've learned my lesson! :) Cheers again!
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