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by whizlj

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I know this system is way outdated, but I use it for word processing purposes. There seems to be an error in the config.sys file and I cannot seem to figure out how to fix it. The error says: "Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run windows in 386 enhanced mode." Then it begins to run off the types of missing files suchas mach.386. Does anyone have any idea where I should start?

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by ferocious

Config.sys is looking for those files because something is listed in the file that is trying to load. You can bypass booting into Windows with the F8 key after the machine does its POST. I think you can do a line-by-line confirmation at startup and see which line is causing the problems. It may turn out that you'll need to reinstall Windows.

by whizlj

Thanks for the advice, but unfortunately, I already tried that. It does seems like I may have to reload Win 3.1. Thanks again for responding.

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