Trouble booting up!

[cg 0]

I am running Windows 98 SE

 

When I boot up my computer it stops at a page (looks like dos) that says C:\, it waits for me to add "win" once I have done that it boots up properly and everything works.

 

What has happened here? At one time the computer would boot up fully with no problem, I did not have to type in "win"

 

I checked to see if my msdos.sys file was wrong but it said "BootGUI=1" as it should

 

I also added "win" to the autoexec.bat file but it still will not boot up as it should.

 

I suppose the best way would be to reinstall Windows 98 but when I try that it will not accept the serial number, which I know is correct.

[Thomas 0]

Have you run system file checker yet? (sfc.exe) Are the paths set correctly in your MSDos.sys file? What line did you add to the autoexec.bat.

[cg 0]

Have you run system file checker yet? (sfc.exe)

 

Yes. Nothing seemed wrong

 

Are the paths set correctly in your MSDos.sys file?.

 

so! how would I check that? Should SFC found that?

 

What line did you add to the autoexec.bat.

 

At the end, on a new line.

[Thomas 0]

No, SFC wouldn't have found it. I ment if I could see the actul line you typed in. If you could post the full line of your autoexex.bat and msdos.sys it would help.

[cg 0]

No, SFC wouldn't have found it. I ment if I could see the actul line you typed in. If you could post the full line of your autoexex.bat and msdos.sys it would help.

 

Strange thing! When I opened it again the "win" that I typed in before was gone!

Here is how it looks now after I added the 'win" again.

 

SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 T6

SET SBPCI=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\AUDIO\DOSDRV

win

 

I just restarted with the "win" in place. I then checked the autoexex file and the "win" was gone again!

[Thomas 0]

Add:

 

PATH C:\;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

c:\windows\win

 

Make sure both of those lines are in there. If path exsists then make sure the parts of the line I gave are presant.

[cg 0]

Add:

 

PATH C:\;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

c:\windows\win

 

Make sure both of those lines are in there. If path exsists then make sure the parts of the line I gave are presant.

 

I did what you said. I even copied and pasted but it made no difference.

I checked the file again and PATH C:\;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

c:\windows\win is not there! I know I saved it. Why would it disappear?

[Thomas 0]

Because it's a locked system file. Boot into DOS then use the attrib command. It's syntax is ATTRIB [+R | -R] [+A | -A] [+S | -S] [+H |-H][[drive:][path]filename]

 

You want to use all of the - ones the first time, and when you finsh editing it in the edit program use attrib again and reset it's status.

[cg 0]

Because it's a locked system file. Boot into DOS then use the attrib command. It's syntax is ATTRIB [+R | -R] [+A | -A] [+S | -S] [+H |-H][[drive:][path]filename]

 

You want to use all of the - ones the first time, and when you finsh editing it in the edit program use attrib again and reset it's status.

 

You are WAY beyond me here!

Anyhow, I tried to restart in DOS and all I got was a black screen with the curser flashing in the upper left. It would respond to no keys, I could type in nothing!

[Thomas 0]

K, right click on the file, select properites and uncheck all of the boxes.