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Jon Arendt

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a:/>
« 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
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johnwill

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2004, 07:33:32 AM »
Remove the disk from the floppy drive.
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danair

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2004, 01:40:33 PM »
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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.
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merlin_2

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2004, 01:43:39 PM »
what commands are you trying to use?and what operating system?
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danair

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #4 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.
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2k dummy

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2004, 05:53:04 AM »
e:\setup
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danair

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #6 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.
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2k dummy

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #7 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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danair

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2004, 07:15:24 AM »
tryed that and it still comes back bad command or file name.

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2k dummy

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2004, 07:23:27 AM »
Exactly how are you typing the command?
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danair

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #10 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.
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2k dummy

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #11 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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robertmillar

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2004, 09:16:20 AM »
type "cd e:\"
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2k dummy

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2004, 09:30:07 AM »
cd is change directory. e: is a drive so cd is not needed.
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danair

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #14 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.

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2k dummy

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #15 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?
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danair

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2004, 03:46:40 AM »
the c.d is regular windows installation c.d.
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robertmillar

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #17 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.
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2k dummy

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #18 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.
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Aaron Klosvitz

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #19 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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robertmillar

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #20 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
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danair

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #21 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.
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MalikTous

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Re: a:/>
« Reply #22 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.
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