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re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?'
Sunday, December 9, 2001 at 1:25 pm
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Posted by Michael (2800 messages posted)


Msdos.sys is a hidden file, so make sure that you can see hidden files in Explorer and then look in the root of your C: drive. In order to boot Windows from a floppy, DOS needs to know where to find the Windows folder, and this information is held in msdos.sys.


On Sunday, December 9, 2001 at 12:09 pm, Steve wrote:
>I have a question about Why
>can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?
:

The article said to copy
>MSDOS.SYS to the floppy. I can't find msdos.sys file anywhere. Is it a hidden file?
>How can I get to it? If I do find it, do I copy that to the restore disk or to a
>new disk?
>
>


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Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Steve: Sunday, December 9, 2001 at 12:09 pm)

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-Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Steve: Sun, Dec 9, 2001, 12:09 pm)
*re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (jom: Sun, Dec 9, 2001, 12:14 pm)
*re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Brian Orford: Sun, Dec 9, 2001, 12:23 pm)
*re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Michael: Sun, Dec 9, 2001, 1:25 pm)
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