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Well, like I said, I'll believe it when I see it. I still think that it's
perhaps optional in ME. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" wrote in message ... On Sun, 27 May 2007 17:43:37 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote: We'll just have to wait until I hook the machine back up. At least, *I* won't be convinced until then, bg. Heh... I don't have WinME running anywhere (tho I have clients who do) but I may have some "contents of HD" lying around. Trouble is, they will be on a pile of loose 320G S-ATAs that I can't hot-swap too easily (I don't think one can bang 'em into the internal S-ATA?) Hm... a look through the first few .CAB in the pre-installation file set doesn't show any MSDOS.SYS either. Mind you, that's true for the Win98SE pre-installation file set too. A search( Win ME MSDOS.SYS ) finds... http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/microsoft/msdos.htm http://support.microsoft.com/?id=118579 ...and the latter pretty much settles the issue, I guess. ---------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - On the 'net, *everyone* can hear you scream ---------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - |
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Gary, where do see that the OP is using ME? Maybe I'm missing something? Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ __________________________________________________ _____- On Wed, 16 May 2007 11:57:43 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote: Forgot we were talking about Windows ME. Windows ME doesn't *have* an MSDOS.SYS file. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Bryan" wrote in message ... Hi, Try modifying the BootMenu= option in the msdos.sys file to a value of "1" instead of "0". Here is some more info about msdos.sys: http://www.computerhope.com/msdossys.htm Do not change it to a text file as you mentioned below. Be sure to make a backup copy of the file first too. And also, it is a good idea to verify your system can boot successfully to a ERD repair floppy before messing with any of the files that boot the OS on your hard drive. " wrote: When this particular machine boots, hitting f8 gets you the menu that lets you go into pure DOS. Isn't there some binary .sys file you replace with a text version in order to get this startup menu automatically? |
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LOL! I dunno. Confused it with some other post? My brain must have been mush
from sorting through the pile of hardware I've been accumulating for years. Hmmm... Now I have to wonder where I even got the notion. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Bill Watt" wrote in message ... Gary, where do see that the OP is using ME? Maybe I'm missing something? Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ __________________________________________________ _____- On Wed, 16 May 2007 11:57:43 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote: Forgot we were talking about Windows ME. Windows ME doesn't *have* an MSDOS.SYS file. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Bryan" wrote in message ... Hi, Try modifying the BootMenu= option in the msdos.sys file to a value of "1" instead of "0". Here is some more info about msdos.sys: http://www.computerhope.com/msdossys.htm Do not change it to a text file as you mentioned below. Be sure to make a backup copy of the file first too. And also, it is a good idea to verify your system can boot successfully to a ERD repair floppy before messing with any of the files that boot the OS on your hard drive. " wrote: When this particular machine boots, hitting f8 gets you the menu that lets you go into pure DOS. Isn't there some binary .sys file you replace with a text version in order to get this startup menu automatically? |
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Forget it, as they say in PA Dutch Country "it makes no nevermind." On the positive side you got cquirke involved and I believe he pays by the minute to post in Newsgroups. :-) Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ __________________________________________________ _ On Thu, 31 May 2007 00:45:43 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote: LOL! I dunno. Confused it with some other post? My brain must have been mush from sorting through the pile of hardware I've been accumulating for years. Hmmm... Now I have to wonder where I even got the notion. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Bill Watt" wrote in message .. . Gary, where do see that the OP is using ME? Maybe I'm missing something? Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ |
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-- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2007 W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Start menu, Run, type: msconfig and click OK. On the resulting screen, click the Advanced button, mark the Enable Startup Menu box and click OK. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo wrote in message ... When this particular machine boots, hitting f8 gets you the menu that lets you go into pure DOS. Isn't there some binary .sys file you replace with a text version in order to get this startup menu automatically? - = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/vjp2/vasos.htm ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}--- [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards] [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Remorse begets zeal] [Windows is for Bimbos] |
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:57:34 -0400, Bill Watt wrote:
On the positive side you got cquirke involved and I believe he pays by the minute to post in Newsgroups. :-) I used to pay per second for dial-up online time (the telco, not the ISP) but now I'm on ADSL - viva le difference :-D -------------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - Tip Of The Day: To disable the 'Tip of the Day' feature... -------------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - - |
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