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by qpeabody

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I have a Win98 user who's experiencing a Command.com missing or corrption error. What's the quickest cure for this? Is it possible to use the Command.com file/folder from a Win98 bootdisk? If so, were do I copy it too? Should I copy/install it from DOS or Windows?

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by mike jones

You need a windows 98 boot disk with sys.com on it.

Boot with the windows 98 boot disk and then run the sys command. For example from the a: prompt.

a:>sys c:

This will transfer the command.com and startup files (io.sys + msdos.sys) to thetarget drive (c:) and overwrite the possibly corrupt copies.

Copying the command.com may work, but this way will definetly solve the problem.

by dave.osborne

When you start your computer, you may receive the following error message:

The following file is missing or corrupt: COMMAND.COM. Type the name of the Command Interpreter.

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