The missing step is that you used the Ctrl key to get the startup menu and
then selected an option from the startup menu. This indicates that the first
part of the boot process is working OK. The alternative would be to try and
start Windows from the C:\ prompt, which would not have revealed anything
about the state of MSDOS.SYS.

In fact, that you could get the startup menu using the Ctrl key suggests
that MSDOS.SYS is not the problem, but it's worth checking nonetheless.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Robert" wrote in message
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To clarify:
After I received the "System Transferred" message I shut the computer off,
removed the boot disk, and attempted to boot the computer on it's own. The
1st time I attempted to boot to regular (I know that's the wrong term)
Windows and received the "C:\" prompt. The 2nd time I tried to boot into
"Safemode" (holding the ctrl key down) I received "Windows is bypassing
your startup files". I'm not sure what "missing step" you are referring
to?

In the mean time I'll be looking at the links you provided.

Thanks for your time,
Robert