hello. i was wondering if anyone could help me. i have a dell/gateway COMPUTER with windows ME and MS-DOS 6.0. my MOM said it crashed on her when she was playing a game, and i wasn't there when it happened. but when i turn on the computer, all i get is a file C that is totally USELESS...i tried getting bask to windows ME, but had no luck. all we have is a black screen with C:\>....or something like that. sorry. i don't REMEMBER what it says.
how do i get back tp windows?You can try this...
At the C: prompt type CD\Windows and hit Enter
At the next prompt it should read C:\Windows...type win and hit Enter.You should try typing this in after the C prompt: first type "chkdsk" let it do a check disk to check your harddrive and file format info. Reboot and SEE if that fixed it. After that try this "fixboot" if it asks are you sure type either "y" or "yes" most likely "y" and hit enter. reboot and see if that works. So... type "C:\chkdsk" hit enter. And "C:\fixboot" and hit enter. (of course with no quotation marks around any of this) there is also the possibility none of these will work if that's the case try using your windows disc's command repair option and type these in.