Start with Hard Drives and CD ROM working, but no Windows 95

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Jack Marks - 22 Jul 2003 14:09 GMT

Is there a way to configure autoexec.bat or config.sys so that I have my C
drive, my D drive, (which is already there somewhere, as part of my hard
drive) and my CD drive all running, but I am at the command prompt instead
of Windows 95? In other words, since Windows 95 won't run, because files
are missing, I want to look around and change things, and perhaps re-install
Windows 95, without it calling for a re-boot every time, because it is
still trying to start Windows 95. In other words, is there a final line to
add to the autoexec.bat file which will do this?

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Hugh Candlin - 22 Jul 2003 16:58 GMT

> Is there a way to configure autoexec.bat or config.sys so that I have my C
> drive, my D drive, (which is already there somewhere, as part of my hard
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> still trying to start Windows 95. In other words, is there a final line to
> add to the autoexec.bat file which will do this?

Information about the autoexec.bat and the config.sys.
http://www.computerhope.com/ac.htm

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Tim Slattery - 22 Jul 2003 17:28 GMT

>Is there a way to configure autoexec.bat or config.sys so that I have my C
>drive, my D drive, (which is already there somewhere, as part of my hard
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>still trying to start Windows 95. In other words, is there a final line to
>add to the autoexec.bat file which will do this?

You can go to www.bootdisk.com and get a bootdisk that includes CD-ROM
drivers. Access to your hard drive partitions should not be a
problem, DOS should see those and assign letters automatically.

And try holding F8 while your computer is booting, That should bring
up a menu from which you can choose a boot-to-dos. Whether you'll be
able to use your CD drive from there depends on whether you've got
real-mode drivers in your autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Again,
get a bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com, and see what they use.

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