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by yntbom

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I recently attempted to partition a computer to upgrade to Windows 98. Okay, now it is totally messed up. I get a message stating that the command interpreter is missing (C:\Command.com). I think I totally erased all of the files on the pc. Whatcan I do? When I try to boot from the A: drive I get this message.

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by thechas

You are getting this message because the PC is trying to boot off of the C: drive, and not the floppy.

When you partitioned the drive, you did loose all the files.

You may need to set the BIOS boot sequence options to make the floppy drive thefirst boot device.
You sometimes need to enable the floppy seek at boot option to boot from the floppy.

Make sure that you are using a W98 startup disk, and not just a boot disk.
If in doubt, you can create one from the add/remove programs menuof any running W98 PC.
Or, you can download images from the links at www.bootdisk.com

Chas

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