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I do not understand how to perform #1 step of Article 258471
Noel:
I did manage to make the boot disk for ME on my laptop to boot to DOS. I am trying my best to follow your instructions. I've confirmed all of the resolution steps to thiis point except item 1.) of Article ID 258741: 1.) Modify the WinBootDir entry in the Msdos.sys file to point to the correct location of the Windows folder. I do not understand how to perform the above from DOS. Can you help? -- ~Dell |
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I do not understand how to perform #1 step of Article 258471
At the command prompt while in DOS type the following lines and press
Enter after each line: attrib -s -h -r c:\msdos.sys edit c:\msdos.sys ***Note the spaces between -s -h -r c: If you get "Bad command or filename" you typed it wrong, try again. Assuming that your Windows is installed on C: and that it was installed in the default directory the WinBootDir entry should read: WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS *** Note - No space in the WinBootDir line. To exit and save the file press the Alt key and use the keyboard arrows or letter shortcuts to perform menu actions. John Dell wrote: Noel: I did manage to make the boot disk for ME on my laptop to boot to DOS. I am trying my best to follow your instructions. I've confirmed all of the resolution steps to thiis point except item 1.) of Article ID 258741: 1.) Modify the WinBootDir entry in the Msdos.sys file to point to the correct location of the Windows folder. I do not understand how to perform the above from DOS. Can you help? |
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I do not understand how to perform #1 step of Article 258471
Oh, I forgot, after you're done return the default attributes to the
file. At the command prompt type this line and press enter: attrib +s +h +r c:\msdos.sys John John John wrote: At the command prompt while in DOS type the following lines and press Enter after each line: attrib -s -h -r c:\msdos.sys edit c:\msdos.sys ***Note the spaces between -s -h -r c: If you get "Bad command or filename" you typed it wrong, try again. Assuming that your Windows is installed on C: and that it was installed in the default directory the WinBootDir entry should read: WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS *** Note - No space in the WinBootDir line. To exit and save the file press the Alt key and use the keyboard arrows or letter shortcuts to perform menu actions. John Dell wrote: Noel: I did manage to make the boot disk for ME on my laptop to boot to DOS. I am trying my best to follow your instructions. I've confirmed all of the resolution steps to thiis point except item 1.) of Article ID 258741: 1.) Modify the WinBootDir entry in the Msdos.sys file to point to the correct location of the Windows folder. I do not understand how to perform the above from DOS. Can you help? |
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I do not understand how to perform #1 step of Article 258471
Dell
PLEASE - either stick to email, or stick to one thread!!! DO NOT email and then post back to the forums in a new thread - or we are all likely to start ignoring you! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Dell" wrote in message ... Noel: I did manage to make the boot disk for ME on my laptop to boot to DOS. I am trying my best to follow your instructions. I've confirmed all of the resolution steps to thiis point except item 1.) of Article ID 258741: 1.) Modify the WinBootDir entry in the Msdos.sys file to point to the correct location of the Windows folder. I do not understand how to perform the above from DOS. Can you help? -- ~Dell |
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