What command should i type when prompted to have Windows 98 start booting?

Question

My lap top will not boot into windows 98. It boots to dos allowing me to choose from norm., safe. prompt ect.... commands. how can i get win to start ? Please keep in mind that i can only use dos to enter a command in doing so. Ty and hope i get an answer that get my ol lap top running again.

Answer 1

From Annoyances.org:
Are you actually in MS-DOS and not a Windows 98 DOS prompt - type "ver" to check.
If you are, create a boot disk first, just in case, then copy the following lines
into a batch file and run it.
NOTE: This will leave c:\!tmp9822 on your hard drive.

ECHO OFF
REM
REM Create Temp directories
REM
c:
cd c:\
md c:\!tmp9821
md c:\!tmp9822
REM
REM Clear attributes
REM
ATTRIB -R -S -H c:\Msdos.sys
ATTRIB -R -S -H c:\Msdos.W40
ATTRIB -S c:\COMMAND.COM
ATTRIB -S c:\COMMAND.W40
ATTRIB -S C:\IO.SYS
ATTRIB -S C:\JO.SYS
REM
REM Copy Files
REM
copy c:\*.* c:\!tmp9821\*.*
copy c:\*.* c:\!tmp9822\*.*
REM
REM Rename Files
REM
REN c:\!tmp9822\AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.DOS
REN c:\!tmp9822\COMMAND.COM COMMAND.DOS
REN c:\!tmp9822\CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.DOS
REN c:\!tmp9822\MSDOS.SYS MSDOS.DOS
REN c:\!tmp9822\IO.SYS IO.DOS
REM
REN c:\!tmp9822\AUTOEXEC.W40 AUTOEXEC.BAT
REN c:\!tmp9822\COMMAND.W40 COMMAND.COM
REN c:\!tmp9822\CONFIG.W40 CONFIG.SYS
REN c:\!tmp9822\MSDOS.W40 MSDOS.SYS
REN c:\!tmp9822\JO.SYS IO.SYS
REM
REM Repair Boot
REM
COPY c:\!tmp9822\AUTOEXEC.BAT c:\*.*
COPY c:\!tmp9822\COMMAND.COM c:\*.*
COPY c:\!tmp9822\CONFIG.SYS c:\*.*
COPY c:\!tmp9822\MSDOS.SYS c:\*.*
COPY c:\!tmp9822\IO.SYS c:\*.*
REM
COPY c:\!tmp9822\AUTOEXEC.DOS c:\*.*
COPY c:\!tmp9822\COMMAND.DOS c:\*.*
COPY c:\!tmp9822\CONFIG.DOS c:\*.*
COPY c:\!tmp9822\MSDOS.DOS c:\*.*
COPY c:\!tmp9822\IO.DOS c:\*.*
REM
DEL c:\AUTOEXEC.W40
DEL c:\COMMAND.W40
DEL c:\CONFIG.W40
DEL c:\MSDOS.W40
DEL C:\JO.SYS
REM
REM Reset attributes
REM
ATTRIB +R +S +H c:\Msdos.sys
ATTRIB +S c:\COMMAND.COM
ATTRIB +S C:\IO.SYS
ATTRIB +R +S +H c:\Msdos.DOS
ATTRIB +S c:\COMMAND.DOS
ATTRIB +S C:\IO.DOS
REM
REM Remove the working Temp directory
REM
DELTREE /Y c:\!tmp9822
ECHO The directory c:\!tmp9822 contains files from c:\ from before the changes.


http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1168259877

Answer 2

if you can boot to safemode you might be able to fix it try uninstalling the last program you installed, if it was resent. or try undoing what ever it is you did that made you computer stop working, also run a virus scan. thats all i can tell you for an old win 98 computer.

Answer 3

The command is "WIN" you may have to go to the windows directory, I'm not sure

Answer 4

Win, I think. Do a directory scan and look for .exe or .bat or .sys files that start with "win. . ."

Answer 5

type win in c:\ thats all I can think of