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Windows Forum / Windows 95 / April 2004Powered down in MSDOS; can't get W95 back
I was in MS Dos and had to hurriedly power down. Now when I boot, I go back into DOS and cannot fire up Windows 95. Typing exit prodces a prompt that asks me if I want to return to Windows. Answering Yes gets the main logo screen but then right back to a DOS prompt. Rebooting gets the same result. Help! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Try "win /wx". Ben > I was in MS Dos and had to hurriedly power down. Now when > I boot, I go back into DOS and cannot fire up Windows 95. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > gets the same result. Help! Thanks for sharing your > thoughts. Ben: Thanks for the reply. I tried this and get the same result: Logo screen for a second followed by a return to DOS prompt. The command "win /wx" is the last line of my autoexec.bat. Any further thoughts you have would be appreiciated. Thanks again. >-----Original Message----- >Try "win /wx". [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> thoughts. >. Open "c:\config.sys" and look for "dos=single". If you find it, remove it, save the change and restart. I also suggest you remove "win /wx" from the "autoexec.bat" file. Ben > Ben: Thanks for the reply. I tried this and get the same > result: Logo screen for a second followed by a return to [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >> thoughts. > >. Ben: I had the Dos=single line, and I removed it. Ditto with win /wx. Rebooted and got the same result. continued thanks for your interest and efforts. Do you have any other suggestions? Let me know your thoughts. >-----Original Message----- >Open "c:\config.sys" and look for "dos=single". If you find [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> > >. Make sure the computer has a valid "c:\msdos.sys" file, something like this: [Paths] WinDir=C:\WINDOWS WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS HostWinBootDrv=C [Options] BootGUI=1 ;end Ben > Ben: I had the Dos=single line, and I removed it. Ditto > with win /wx. Rebooted and got the same result. [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > >> > > >. Ben: It has the file. It is Read Only, and has the exact lines you suggested with one addition. Under OPTIONS, it has an additional line that reads BootMulti=0, followed by BootGUI=1. Should I alter this file in any way? I await your next direction. Thanks for your patience and suggestions. Matt >-----Original Message----- >Make sure the computer has a valid "c:\msdos.sys" file, [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] >> > >. Open "autoexec.bat" and look for "call command.com". If you find it remove it. Also, make sure there is no "c:\winboot.ini" file. Ben > Ben: It has the file. It is Read Only, and has the exact > lines you suggested with one addition. Under OPTIONS, it [quoted text clipped - 82 lines] > >> > > >. OUTSTANDING!!!!!! TOTAL SUCCESS!!!! I removed the command.com file reference. There was no winboot.ini file. I can't thank you enough. I never ever could have gotten here on my own. Let me know if there is anything I can do to repay the debt. Thanks again Ben. >-----Original Message----- >Open "autoexec.bat" and look for "call command.com". If [quoted text clipped - 91 lines] >> > >. |
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