Well I've tried to fix my DOS problems with a boot disk. But whenever I use one the only drive the computer recognises is the A:\ drive. Is this normal? And how do I fix it?What kind of boot disk? If you booted a DOS disk, yes this is probably normal. Can you switch DRIVES (type C: at the prompt)? If not the OS you booted does not recognize either large disks or the disk format.

Would you explain what you are trying to do. Is this the same machine with Win98 on it?

GET back to us. Yer its the 98 machine. Ive tried changing the drive nothin happens.We're going around in circles here. If the boot disk is DOS and the C: drive is FAT32 then the C: drive will not be RECOGNIZED. If the boot disk is DOS and the C: drive is FAT but more than 2GB then the C: drive will not be recognized. If the boot disk is Win98 then the C: drive should be recognized provided it's formatted.

It would be easier to help you if you explained what you are trying to do.

Get back to us. Sorry for not being specific. Well my I dunoo if my hard drive is FAT32 or FAT, but it is more than 2G so thats probably my problem. How do I make a Win98 boot disk?Oh and one more thing. Im trying to make a Boot Disk so I can run old DOS games.OK, now we're getting somewhere. Win98 should be able to play your DOS games but apparently you're having a problem with that.

You can get boot disks for just about any OS from:

http://www.bootdisk.com

If you would post any messages you get when you try to play the games in Win98, someone here may be able to help.

Good luck.Hey thanks for your help sidewinder, youve been great. And my problems were just memory problems something called DBLSPACE is loading even though its not in config.sys or autoexec.bat and ive disabled it in msdos.sys. So I thought a Boot Disk might fix it.The bootdisks from that site didnt work they set up a RAM drive which was called C:\ but I couldnt access my actual C:\ drive.Since your "real" C: drive is either

1) larger than 2GB
2) formatted as FAT32

or both, DOS will not recognize it. You could try to install the game on the RAM drive and run it from there. That would work provided the RAM drive is large enough. Since it's a DOS game you don't have to worry about the registry. Note, when you turn off or boot the machine, the RAM drive disappears and so does the game.

DBLSPACE is a disk compression program and has nothing to do with memory.

Editing the MSDOS.SYS file can be hazardous to the health of your machine. Last I heard it had to be exactly 1024 bytes although this may have changed since WINDOWS.

It would be most helpful if you would post any error messages you get when running the game in Win98.

Hope this helps. Thought of something else while helping another poster. From the command prompt in Win98 run mem and check the "Largest executable program size". If your game requires more memory than what's available you may be SOL.

Another possibility would be to restart Win98 in MS-DOS mode. MS-DOS within Win98 can read your file system and/or large disks. That may work....worth a try anyway. Win98 can manage memory pretty well on it's own, so playing around with the config.sys and autoexec.bat may not be the best way to go.

Good luck. Oh and one more thing. Im trying to make a Boot Disk so I can run old DOS games.........rip


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win98 wil run dos games......playing with the boot is futile



I know windows will play DOS games. My problem is hardly any memory left and even though I do not config.sys loading dblspace it does it anyway. But I have recently fixed it. I just use step by step confirmation.