re: win.com missing Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 8:25 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Mable (14 messages posted) Mable here, My problem started when I tried doing a defrag in safe mode (ha ha) When the PC opens it is in DOS and reads C:\> “Cannot find win.com, Unable to continue loading Windows” I tried JmC’s tip of doing SYS C and that worked and I got a “System Transferred” message but still opens in DOS. I had a look as path and it gave this PATH=C:\PROGRA~1\WIN98RK;C:\PROGRA~1\WIN98RK;C:\ PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\ULEADS~1\MPEG That is all. I have previously copied Win.com into the windows folder. I am about to try Lee’s suggestions of typing 'Set path=C:\Windows;C:\Windows\Command' (no quotes) and then 'Win' I’m not giving up. Mable On Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 4:10 am, Lee wrote: >This is normal for systems who have this problem, mable - its actually a good sign. > What might be the problem is a messed up Path statement. The Path statement tells >DOS where your system files are and if it is wrong then it 'can't find' all kinds >of files. Type in the simple word 'set' (no quotes) in DOS mode to see what your >system variables are currently set at. You should see (amoung others)Path=C:\Windows:C:\Windows\Command >, WinBootDir=C: and bootdir=C: unless you are on a dual boot system. >You can try typing 'Set Path=C:\Windows;C:\Windows\Command' (no quotes) and then >'Win', which might get you into Windows where you can add the set path statement >to the start of the autoexec.bat file for a temporary fix. Problem may be with msdos.sys >file which should have these lines at the very start of it. >[Paths] >WinDir=C:\WINDOWS >WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS >HostWinBootDrv=C >Often a zero gets in there for some unknown reason and the result is a machine like >yours. Just change it back, but msdos.sys is read only, hidden, and system attributed >so those have to be changed first and then changed back once you have made the changes >using notepad. Do that with a right click and Properties, check boxes at the bottom. > Or attrib.exe and edit.com if in DOS mode. Path will need to be set in order for >DOS to find those two programs too. >These problems can be fixed unless, as JimC alluded to, your hard drive is Kaput. > And it happens to the best of us, chin up. > > Written in response to: re: win.com missing (Lee: Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 4:10 am) Responses to this message: Home and dry. (Mable: Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 10:09 am) All messages in this thread [show all] win.com missing (Mable: Sat, Jul 12, 2003, 1:48 am) re: win.com missing (JmC: Sat, Jul 12, 2003, 2:32 am) Ouch...... (JmC: Sat, Jul 12, 2003, 3:30 am) re: win.com missing (rob: Sat, Jul 12, 2003, 5:56 am) re: win.com missing (Mable: Sat, Jul 12, 2003, 3:37 pm) re: win.com missing (JmC: Sat, Jul 12, 2003, 6:19 pm) re: win.com missing (Mable: Sun, Jul 13, 2003, 2:42 am) re: win.com missing (Lee: Sun, Jul 13, 2003, 4:10 am) re: win.com missing (Mable: Sun, Jul 13, 2003, 8:25 am) Home and dry. (Mable: Sun, Jul 13, 2003, 10:09 am) I spoke too soon (Mable: Sun, Jul 13, 2003, 10:39 am) re: I spoke too soon (JmC: Sun, Jul 13, 2003, 12:29 pm) re: I spoke too soon (Mable: Sun, Jul 13, 2003, 1:26 pm) re: I spoke too soon (JmC: Sun, Jul 13, 2003, 1:52 pm) re: I spoke too soon (Lee: Mon, Jul 14, 2003, 1:55 am) I think it's sorted (Mable: Tue, Jul 15, 2003, 9:33 am) re: win.com missing (rob: Sun, Jul 13, 2003, 4:13 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum