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Solve : My computer will only start in DOS...?? |
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Answer» Quote it DOESNT work :-? Please be more specific. What error message appears at the DOS prompt when you type the command?Did you do this from the a: prompt?Hey, sorry havent been able to check in lately. ironic really Yea i tried C: /S /U at the A: prompt. it says '' bad command or file name'' (after i turn on my computer with the floppy disc inside, and choose option ''2: start computer with CD-ROM support'' this is my first opportunity to type anything) RE: Note (2k dummy) at first i thought you meant your quote ''if you dont stand for something...'' was wondering how that was relevant Im thinking now that my cd-com drive is the E: drive because there are a couple lines above the A: prompt area which reads... Drive D: Driver OEMCD001 unit 0 Drive E: Driver OEMCD001 unit 1 my reasoning suggests thats that E: is my cdrom drive. so from now on i'll just substute D/E with everything i try. ----------------- Also i tried choosing a different option from the start up menu (to have a look) ''1: start windows 98 setup from cdrom'' and after going through the motions again PCI scan etc. i entered a blue screen entitled ''welcome to windows 98 setup'' and it said this; -To setup windows now press ENTER -To learn more about setup before continuing press F1 -To quit setup WITHOUT installing windows press F3 ... so i had a snoop around and pressed F1 and it read as follows CDR100: UNKNOWN error CDR101: not ready CDR102: EMS memory no longer valid CDR103: crdom not sierra or ISO-9960 format CDR104: Door open im not sure what this means but its MAKES me more sure i need to reinstall something.. I then thought i might aswell try pressing (ENTER) - the other option - to have a look round there and it took me to E:\WIN98> (prompt), so i typed in format c: so see what happens and it seems to be happy to do that if i confirm YES (warning me ''all data on non-removable disk drive c: will be lost!) i think this is this is what i have been looking for..? (or do i have choose the original option of ''startup with cdrom support.''?) :-? not that i want to go all kamakaze again, but is it a bad idea to want to reformat it this way? Quote Hey, sorry havent been able to check in lately. ironic really The correct command to type is this: FORMAT C: /S /U Quote but is it a bad idea to want to reformat it this way?As long as it works, its fine. |
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