windows 98 is not starting automatically

Add these 2 lines as last lines in autoexec.bat file:

cd\windows
win

Dalton

I suggest you reinstall Windows again as it sounds too corrupted to work properly.

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/

Yes Re-installation is sensible...

check out if you have...*.cab files in

Windows\options directory...
if they are then there will be a setup file too..
running this setup file...will allow you to re-install without CD ....
If they are not there...
then I am afraid you will have to use the Installation CD....

Hi

It seems you have somehow configured Windows to start in DOS mode. This can be done by editing the hidden system file MSDOS.SYS and editing the BootGUI line to read:

BootGUI=0

To edit this file you need to turn off the hidden attribute. To do this type:

cd\
attrib -h msdos.sys

at a command prompt, then type

edit msdos.sys

and edit the file. When finished save your changes, exit the editor and then type

attrib +h msdos.sys

If you do decide to check this file and discover that you do need to edit this line so that it reads BootGUI=1 (so that it boots as you would expect it to), make sure that you do not add any extra lines or remove any lines. This is because the MSDOS.SYS file needs to be 1024 bytes exactly.

Good luck

To find out if you are booting into DOS mode, type "exit" (without quotation marks) at the DOS prompt. It should boot into windows from that point. "Restart Windows in DOS" mode may have been inadvertantly selected during a shut down.