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re: Question about 'What to do about error messages during Windows startup'
Saturday, December 29, 2001 at 2:20 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Steve Easton
(5183 messages posted)
When you get to the boot menu where you can select safe mode, select command prompt
only. If usinf F1 doesn't get you there, try F8.
On Saturday, December 29, 2001 at 2:12 pm, zazoo wrote:
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>I loaded it from a Windows 95 cdrom. Second question, being as once the computer
>goes into Windows it is shutting down, how do I access MS-DOS? When you hit F1
and
>get the menu that gives you the choice to go into safe mode (which is not working
>in Windows) is there also a command in that menu that would bring me the c:\ prompt
>to work with? Sorry for so many questions, don't want to do more damage. Thanks
>
>On Saturday, December 29, 2001 at 8:16 am, Steve Easton wrote:
>What did you re-install windows with/from.?? Try this. At a DOS/command prompt
>(
>c:\> ) type: dir:\windows\options\CABS and hit enter. Then type: setup and hit
>enter. Windows "should" start to reinstall from the origional version.
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>On Friday, December 28, 2001 at 6:57 pm, zazoo wrote:
>I have a question about What
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>to do about error messages during Windows startup:
>I have Windows 95, it wouldn't start up because it said a file was missing. I assumed
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>it was a Windows file and reinstalled Windows 95. Now Windows won't load and I
>get
>messages saying that certain files are damaged and they need to be replaced or Windows
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>setup needs to be run again, however, it won't let me do anything, as soon as I
>"hit
>a key to continue" my computer shuts down. Any suggestions please?
>
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