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re: Is there any reason why this file would appear on a Windows2000 system?
Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 2:05 am
Posted by Andrew Towler
(2 messages posted)
Sorry guys, the file is MSDOS.SYS. Was meaning to put this in the relevant forum,
but obviously I didnt.
On Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 2:03 am, Andrew Towler wrote:
>Hi,
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>Does anyone know why this file would appear on a Windows2000 system? From what I've
>read it should only appear on 95, 98 and ME... would this cause any problems as
Norton
>freezes when scanning this file.
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re: Is there any reason why this file would appear on a Windows2000 system?
Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 2:24 am
Posted by smp_uk
(413 messages posted)
its probably allows your dos prompt to work/backwards compatiblity.
On Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 2:05 am, Andrew Towler wrote:
>Sorry guys, the file is MSDOS.SYS. Was meaning to put this in the relevant forum,
>but obviously I didnt.
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re: Is there any reason why this file would appear on a Windows2000 system?
Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 5:38 am
Posted by Gerry Kroll
(87 messages posted)
MSDOS.SYS isn't actually required. It's there purely for compatibility.
If this file is giving you trouble, simply delete it and then re-create it. Its
contents and size aren't important.
On Thursday, August 14, 2003 at 2:05 am, Andrew Towler wrote:
>Sorry guys, the file is MSDOS.SYS. Was meaning to put this in the relevant forum,
>but obviously I didnt.
>
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