Summary: Io.sys is a binary file, what you can see is your text editors interpretation of that information. Deleting io.sys or any of it's contents will cause...
Summary: You have to distinguish between DOS and Windows. What Damian describes is correct for DOS. IO.SYS (Winboot.sys) in Windows is the basic operating syst...
Summary: I understand what Scike is saying.The io.sys file in the root directory makes the startup logo in WindowsME and also in 98 but 95 uses the logo.sys fi...
Summary: my computer was running win 98 crashed i was able to to get it back up and running by copying the io.sys file from a windows 95 start up disk the prob...
Summary: Greetings all, I deleted my io.sys on purpose to see what happens. I am studying for comptia A+, took the core test (passed) now i am working on the s...
Summary: What is the date and time of the command.com, or io.sys, or msdos.sys files. The time stamp will indicate the version. ie; 6:20PM is dos 6.2, 6:22PM i...
Summary: I have 5 copies of io.sys after uninstalling Win98 & reverting to Win95. 4 are dated 7/11/95 BUT the 5th is dated 5/11/98. The 5th is located in C:\WI...
Summary: Jason, The boot disk has your ios.sys and msdos.sys on it if it is a proper boot disk.You run fdisk from the A:\ prompt not the C:\ prompt. To see w...
Summary: We renamed IO.sys to IO.old becuse we wnted to put some stupid thing but we were suposed to change logo.sys not IO and now we dont know what to do...
Summary: You can't just copy different versions of io.sys on to your HDD and expect it to work. (You can't copy io.sys and expect it to work full stop)....
Summary: When your system boots it checks all the hard ware especially the hard drives. Then it checks the FAT, io.sys and msdos.sys files. It then runs autoex...
Summary: Doing what Eric suggested won't allow you to boot. You could edit the boot.ini file, removing the W2k reference, set the default to C:\Windows and set...
Summary: Don't reinstall Windows yet - Doh.... Sounds like you accidently deleted your IO.SYS, or MSDOS.SYS(hidden files in the root). If you have a bootable ...
Summary: which is most likely though , system.ini going missing or system.ini appearing to go missing ? Have you used an old dos disk at all ? It may be that s...
Summary: As well as command.com, don't delete io.sys and msdos.sys (and drivspace.bin(?) if you use it) from the root directory of C:. I would also suggest cre...
Summary: You could use a program like System Commander which will let you choose which OS to boot from. There is also a much messier way by swapping some of th...
Summary: First, don't mess with command.com [or io.sys or msdos.sys]. As you suspect, there is a workaround. Boot in DOS [f8] and work on your config & autoexe...
Summary: Hello, I tried to convert my FAT16 to FAT32 in Windows 98. The results: I can't boot up the PC. I tried to copy the IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS to C: but i...
Summary: Look at the cd with windows explorer to see if the boot files are on it (command.com, io.sys and msdos.sys). When you write to a cd the second time y...
Summary: I would go into the BIOS and change the boot sequence. Boot from cd-rom first. While you are still in the BIOS program insert the Windows CD and then ...
Summary: Can someone tell me how to 'move displaced files to the front of the disk' (IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS) in the active C partition. Partition Magic suggests ...
Summary: Now, I only can boot from Windows 98 because no DOS 6.2 command.com. How to add DOS 6.2 command.sys , io.sys and msdos.sys ?..so that i can dual boot ...
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