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From: Matt Linden
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 00:00

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Bill R. Adams wrote in message <66poq7$kn$1@news1.sirius.com>...
>Well yes things here look a little gloomy. I did misspeak, however,
>about the C Drive.  I can only access the C: prompt with the reboot
>disk (which constains msdos.sys, Io.sys, confi.sys, autoexec.bat,
>command.com, and dblspace.bin).
>
>However it is dead.  This message displays when I search for DIR:
>"Volume in Drive C has no Label. Volume Serial Number is 3465-13EA".
>When I attempt to access windows (typing Win at the C prompt), I get
>this message: "bad command or file name". Sorry for the confusion. - b


You won't be able to get into Windows from a boot disk even if the files are
there because the Windows directory isn't in the path.  When you do a DIR
C:\ are there any files or directories listed?  The label and serial number
are irrelevant, we need to know what's listed after them.


Matt Linden
mattlinden@usa.net

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Subject: Re: Moribund computer
Date: 1997/12/11
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