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Old March 22nd 06, 11:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Default Invalid Setting in MSDOS.SYS file

Noel:
Please do forgive me? I do not mean to anger anyone. I became confused as to
which medium you were instructing me to use for reply. I sent you an email.
At any rate, this is what it said, "Two (2) files were found. one (1) in
C:\WINDOWS and one (1) in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories.

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----Original Message Follows---- From: Reply-To: To: "Dell Williams"
Subject: BOOTED PC W/ CAMERA PLUGGED INTO USB PORT-Invalid System Disk
Err in Window Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:19:20 -0000 It's most unlikely to be
your problem - but.... 1) first you need to find out where on your drive the
Windows folder and IFSHLP.SYS are - Boot to DOS with your floppy - at the
A:\ prompt, type "DIR C:\ifshlp.sys /s /p" (without the quotes - make sure
that you include the spaces) If your system is 'normal, you'll only get one
result - with IFSHLP.SYS being found in the C:\Windows directory - if you get
more (or less!) than one reslut, post back for further instructions, with
detials of where the files were found. "

Step 3:
Also when I opened the MSDOS.SYS file for edit it stated that it was a
"READ ONLY Cannot be modified"

In addition, when I tried to COPY C:\MSDOS.SYS C:\MSDOS.OLD it stated, "File
Not Found." This was done from the A:\ prompt as you instructed. I stopped
here!
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~Dell


"Dell" wrote:

After following the directions for:
Article ID 258741:

1.) Modify the WinBootDir entry in the Msdos.sys file to point to the
correct location of the Windows folder.

The reboot came back with the following:
Invalid setting in MSDOS.SYS file
WINBOOTDIR=C:\WINDOWSWINBOOTDIR=C:\WINDOWS
Type the name of the Command Interpreter (e.g., C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM)

What have I done wrong and/or misinterpreted? Thanks again in advance!
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~Dell