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Microsoft => Microsoft DOS => Topic started by: Jon Arendt on August 12, 2004, 07:03:09 PM

Title: a:/>
Post by: Jon Arendt on August 12, 2004, 07:03:09 PM

HELP !!!!

My computer won't boot up and when I start in SAFE MODE, I get A:/> -- which will not accept any DOS commands

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: johnwill on August 13, 2004, 07:33:32 AM

Remove the disk from the floppy drive.

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Post by: danair on August 13, 2004, 01:40:33 PM

Quote

HELP !!!!

My computer won't boot up and when I start in SAFE MODE, I get A:/> -- which will not accept any DOS commands

have removed floppy disk still no help when i go to a:\ or c:\ or d:\ end up with msg bad command or file name.  

please help.

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: merlin_2 on August 13, 2004, 01:43:39 PM

what commands are you trying to use?and what operating system?

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: danair on August 16, 2004, 03:46:56 AM

HI am running win98se
have formatted my c drive and d drive this is were i think i have gone wrong.

after i boot up computer and it loads the floppy disk i end up with the following msg

the diagnostic tools loaded todrive d

the it shows drive e: =drive mscd001 unit 0

then it shows

a:\>

what i would like to know what command code i need to start the win98 cd.

many thanks for help.

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: 2k dummy on August 16, 2004, 05:53:04 AM

e:\setup

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: danair on August 16, 2004, 06:50:12 AM

tryed E:\setup get beck

bad command or file name

does this mean its not reading the cd drive

thanks.

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: 2k dummy on August 16, 2004, 07:07:09 AM

What is "get beck"?

Put your windows disk (or setup disk) in the cdrom and try again.

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Post by: danair on August 16, 2004, 07:15:24 AM

tryed that and it still comes back bad command or file name.

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: 2k dummy on August 16, 2004, 07:23:27 AM

Exactly how are you typing the command?

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: danair on August 16, 2004, 07:29:41 AM

am trying

e:\setup

E:\setup

E:\win98

E:\run

all comes back bad command or file.

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: 2k dummy on August 16, 2004, 07:35:06 AM

Can you change to the E: drive at all. Type e: by itself and see if the prompt changes.

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Post by: robertmillar on August 16, 2004, 09:16:20 AM

type "cd e:\"

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: 2k dummy on August 16, 2004, 09:30:07 AM

cd is change directory. e: is a drive so cd is not needed.

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: danair on August 16, 2004, 10:52:36 AM

as what i said in msg no 10

i get  

a:\>

then i have typed

e:\      

get E:\

then type

E:\setup

in return get bad command or file  followed by

E:\  on a new line.

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: 2k dummy on August 16, 2004, 12:42:28 PM

The systems does recognize the drive. Is your CD a regular windows installation disk, a manufacturer's recovery disk, or a windows upgrade disk?

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: danair on August 17, 2004, 03:46:40 AM

the c.d is regular windows installation c.d.

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Post by: robertmillar on August 17, 2004, 08:27:54 AM

I had a version of win98 once where the setup files were in a subfolder within the CD ROM.  I can't remember the name of the folder, possibly e:\win98\setup.  If you type dir in the E directory there maybe another option.

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: 2k dummy on August 17, 2004, 09:08:21 AM

The W98 CD has setup.exe in the root directory. In the win98 folder is another option named oemsetup.exe. One of them should work.

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: Aaron Klosvitz on August 17, 2004, 09:50:43 AM

So we've establishedyou get to e:\

Simply type setup.exe and all should be well. Oh - and dont ask Raptor for help with missing .dll's  ;)

Good luck.

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Post by: robertmillar on August 17, 2004, 10:32:18 AM

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So we've establishedyou get to e:\
 
Simply type setup.exe and all should be well

He's already tried that

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: danair on August 21, 2004, 07:30:16 AM

many thanks to all that tried to help but the prob was my cd, tried it on another computer and would not work. have got hold of a new 98se and all is now well.

many thanks to all.

Title: Re: a:/>
Post by: MalikTous on August 21, 2004, 06:07:29 PM

Can you get a directory display from the CD when you try:

dir e:

If not, you may have a dirty CDROM drive, try a cleaning disk.

Check the other drives as well. The D: is a RAM drive (2 meg) set up by Win98SE boot floppy for utilities and will show several DOS utilities. C: is your hard drive partition, I don't know whether you have put any files on it yet or not. A: is your floppy and B: is a placeholder for a second floppy or cartridge drive.

If you get normal directory displays from these but errors from the CDROM, you may have a defective or dirty CDROM drive or CD. Cleaning it will fix that.

Try putting a different CD in the drive and see if the directory shows up at

dir e:

in DOS.