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re: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?'
Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 8:33 am
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Posted by Gerry Kroll (1986 messages posted)


Look at Microsoft Knowledge Base article 130179 . You probably don't need c:\config.sys or c:\autoexec.bat.

When you're in Safe mode, only basic device drivers are loaded. CD support isn't available -- that's normal.


On Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 7:28 am, Steve wrote:
>I have a question about Do
>I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?
:


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>I'm having a serious problem with my desktop computer that I need to fix. It won't
>boot up normal, the only way it starts is in safe mode. In the system properties\performance
>it's telling me that there is a compatability mode paging problem and drives a: and
>c: are using the compatability mode file system.
>I'm wondering if I can fix this paging thing it won't help it start up properly.
> It won't start with the system boot disks or anything, it won't even recognize the
>cd drive in safe mode. If anyone can help me I'd really appreciate it, I have little
>or no idea when it comes to these things, it's probably an easy fix. Thanks


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Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?' (Steve: Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 7:28 am)

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-Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?' (Steve: Sat, Dec 27, 2003, 7:28 am)
*re: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?' (Gerry Kroll: Sat, Dec 27, 2003, 8:33 am)
*re: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?' (JmC: Sat, Dec 27, 2003, 10:33 pm)
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