mihael wrote:
|The [following] file is missing or corrupted:  COMMAND.COM
|
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1130117407

You will need a bootable disk with a DOS 7 kernel (Win 9x) 
cache of http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
and a working computer with a floppy drive.


|The following file is missing or corrupted:  WIN.COM
|
Bob gave you a link to that.


|I tried installing XP
|
...without doing one of the available *appropriateness tests*.  8-(

|but the memory on the compaq is not big enough so it would not install!
|
Uh huh.  We ARE talking about Microsoft 
products.
Microsoft would probably 
find that
there are about a dozen other "deficiencies" with your hardware.


|[...]i dont have the '98 disc anymore.
|
I suspect that after you replace those 2 files,
you will find a lot more problems with yet more deleted/borked files.

That well-known auction site
is the logical place to get the install CD that would require.


OTOH, you are a good candidate for a FREE  operating system.
The flavor of Ubuntu Linux that is made for old / low-power hardware seems apt.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Xubuntu

Unlike the more-demanding Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu variants, 
cache of http://https://shipit.ubuntu.com
you can't a Xubuntu CD delivered to your door.
Xubuntu is still free--you just have to download it and burn it to a CD yourself
(or get a nerd buddy to do it for you).

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