corrupt win.com

Hi you might try this put in your start-up disc when you gett tthe A: promt type sys /C: click enter and reboot wiiith out the disc in. rockyolson@charter.net

copy the win.com from another win98 system to it and reboot and it should work ok if you have gotten past the dos loop

Copy the win.com file from another computer to that computer, then reboot. This should do the trick.
Hope this works, Maozy.

Do not rename the autoexec.bat file . Start the PC with the startup disk and reinstall windows .When it tells you to restart ,remove the floppy from the drive , hold down the F8 key before windows boots to enter the startup menu . select Safe mode and boot . After the PC boots goto accessories / system tools / system information then on the tools menu select system configuration utility . Open the autoexec tab and uncheck everything in it. OK/APPLY and restart the computer .
Congratulations you've done it .....

Good luck !

Hi, I've done a little simulation on my part and here is I think, a legal way (as far as Microsoft is concerned) to fix it.

1) Boot up your PC in MSDOS mode with CDROM support.
2) Load the installation CD for WIN98.
3) Change your current driveand directory to the folder where the cabinet (.CAB) files of the installation is located (usually the root directory of the CD)
4) Type in the following:

extract win98_25 /l c:\ win.cnf (press enter)
5) This should extract the WIN.CNF file to the root directory of your C: drive.
6) Go back to your C: drive and type in the following:

copy win.cnf c:\windows\win.com
7) The WIN.CNF will be copied to your windows directory as .COM file.

Well, I hope that helps!

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