Re: bypassing windows - to c: prompt

[Bill Watt]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:20:58 -0700, "Valerie"
> wrote:

>After deleting some files, I was prompted to re-start the
>computer. After re-starting it says "bypassing windows"
>and a C:\ prompt comes up. Help! What do I do now.
>


Valerie,

What files did you delete? Can you remember any ? Some would help.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

[Brothers]

My brother's pc is doing the same thing. The only files
I can find in the root C: directory is the command.com
i.e. no config.sys or io.sys. I've run sys c: from the
backup disk, it says file transferred but still can't
find the files. If I type win from the prompt, it says
himem.sys is missing (also says this on scanreg), but the
himem file is there in c:\windows and I've also extracted
it from the cab files on the cd.

Any ideas?


>-----Original Message-----
>On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:20:58 -0700, "Valerie"
> wrote:
>
>>After deleting some files, I was prompted to re-start
the
>>computer. After re-starting it says "bypassing
windows"
>>and a C:\ prompt comes up. Help! What do I do now.
>>

>
>Valerie,
>
>What files did you delete? Can you remember any ? Some
would help.
>
>Regards,
>
>Bill Watt
>Computer Help and Information
http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
>
>.
>

[Bill Watt]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 03:08:35 -0700, "Brothers"
> wrote:

>My brother's pc is doing the same thing. The only files
>I can find in the root C: directory is the command.com
>i.e. no config.sys or io.sys. I've run sys c: from the
>backup disk, it says file transferred but still can't
>find the files. If I type win from the prompt, it says
>himem.sys is missing (also says this on scanreg), but the
>himem file is there in c:\windows and I've also extracted
>it from the cab files on the cd.
>
>Any ideas?

Io.sys and msdos.sys are hidden files. Enter this:
dir /a /o /p
They should be there after a SYS C:
There may be no config.sys, it's not needed for Windows.

From the Dos prompt enter Path.
does it include C:\windows\command. ?

Do you get into windows if you enter this:
C:\windows\win.com

Enter MEM /C
Does it show all your memory?

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/