Config.sys Devices

Config.sys is a text file in the root directory C:\
It can be edited and the divice disabled bt putting the letters REM in front of the offending line.

Not booting into Windows may be caused by a statement in your MSDOS.SYS which says: "BootGUI=0". But because MSDOS.SYS is a hidden and read-only file, you have to do the following:

1. Double click on My Computer and navigate to View/Folder Options/View. Select the radio button that says "Show all files", then click Apply and OK.
2. In Explorer, click on the C Drive on the left side and right click on MSDOS.SYS in the right side panel. Untick everything, then open the file in Notepad. If theline there says "BootGUI=0", change the 0 to 1, save the file, then right click on the file again and tick the Hidden and Read Only boxes.

Try rebooting. If still can't log onto Windows (or if the BootGUI was set to 1 in the first place), open CONFIG.SYS in Notepad and put a REM in front of each line until you are able to log onto Windows. I can't suggest any particular lines to REM or not because I don't know what you have in there and what you need.

clover

You don't need config.sys to boot your machine. Run msconfig and go to Selective Startup and uncheck config.sys and reboot.

When you get to the C prompt, type this and let us know what it says exact from the print out of your computer screen.

"cls" (Hit the enter Key)
"c:\type config.sys" (minus the "" of course)
(Hit the enter Key)

Give it back to us exactly theway it's shown. Also type this aftwards ang give us that information aslo.

"cls" (Hit the enter Key)
"c:\type autoexec.bat" (minus the "" of course)
(Hit the enter Key)

It's dependent on what device those two are trying to call up. We can take it from there. It may be as easy as a missing path state to direct the computer to know where to find certain files.

BTW, does it go straigth do DOS or does it get to the Windows splash screen first before it stops?

Ben

As far as I recall, win98 creates a couple of backups of the config.sys file. Try renaming one of these to be config.sys.

Type "ren config.sys config.old
ren config.bak config.sys"

Then try rebooting and see what you get.

HTH,
Gary

Easy up Guys lets not get all techie and go mad keep it simple to start with, config.sys is very easy manage. It can be accessed a few ways. 1. when you pc is booting up, as soon as you see starting Windows press F8 and choose boot to DOS mode. thentype edit config.sys.
2. within win98 type start run sysedit.
3. within win98 type start run msconfig.

Option 1 is best as it will tell you where the error is. eg. error in config.sys @ line 2.
then when you edit config.sys you know which line is wrong. Also don't worry config.sys is usually only a few lines long so shouldn't be very confusing. Finaly an example of a resonable and simple config.sys.

Device=c:\windows\himem.sys /testmem:off
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems
DOS=high,umb
files=70
buffers=20,0
country=044,437 c:\windows\country.sys

when finished make sure to save (ALT FS) and exit (Alt FX). and restart.
unless your playing games in DOS you shouldn't need anything else. This will also improve Windows performance. For help on any of the DOS commands type command name followed by /? i.e. edit /? . Let me know if you need more help.

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