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Bad or missing command interpreter

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by nicholasthompson5

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I am a student of IT and am trying to find that answer to: On booting the computer the message "Bad or missing command interpreter" is displayed I hope someone can help me

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by rickydoo

Command.com is your command interpreter. It is the kernel file that translates your "english" dir, copy and del commands into 101011010100011101 for the computer to obey. Try a boot disk and make sure your CMOS knows to check the floppy drive first.

by yuen931

I encountered the same situation. But I just want to know what commands you typed in as a result of this message showing up.

by jackofalltech

If you know what OS version is installed, the fix is very easy. Simply obtain a boot floppy with the same version, boot with it and copy the file COMMAND.COM to the proper location. What that location is depends on the version - DOS=C:\DOS, W9x=C:\WINDOWS.
Then, remove the floppy and reboot.

Ralph

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