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by tman12

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I am restoring a Windows 95 pc for a friend. It has been a long time since I have delt with 95. I FDISK the hard drive, and reinstalled the OS. After the initial installation, the pc asks to be rebooted to complet the installation. Once it reboots, I get a promp asking for "Command Interpeter Source EG. C:\Windows\Command.com" I have the command.com file under the root drive. What else is it looking for?

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by jackofalltech

The loader can't find COMMAND.COM where it expects it to be so it is asking you where it is.

Is there a CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory? If so, is there a line similar to
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS....

If so, either make sureCOMMAND.COM exists in that location or change the line to point to the correct location.

Ralph

by tman12

The command.com file is located in the root directory. I added the path to config.sys, but still get the same error. I even created a DOS directory and copied the config.sys in it so it would be in both places. When the system boots, it flashes the WIN 95 screen briefly prior to me getting the error message. Could it be something in the Win.ini file?

Thanks,

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