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re: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?'
Friday, August 17, 2001 at 8:24 am
Posted by Curt R
(1315 messages posted)
I don't believe you can get rid of the config.sys. If it's a 0 byte file it isn't
taking up any room anyhow so what's the problem? As for autoexec.bat....try going
to your run menu, type "msconfig" (no quotes) and click on the autoexec.bat tab and
do your editing there and see if that doesn't work for you.
On Thursday, August 16, 2001 at 10:09 pm, John S Mathwin wrote:
>I have a question about Do
>I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?:
>
>In Windows Me I cannot get rid of config.sys, I delete it and next time I boot up
>it is back again as a 0 byte file, also if I try to edit autoexec.bat that also
gets
>thrown out and the old Microsoft version put back in its place when I reboot and
>my edited version changed to autoexec.bak. So how can I permanantly
>a) remove/delete config.sys
>b) edit autoexec.bat
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re: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?'
Saturday, August 18, 2001 at 11:22 pm
Posted by John S Mathwin
(2 messages posted)
Thanks Curt,
even zero byte files take up one sector, and I think that if you try to edit Config.sys
the same thing happens as with autoexec.bat. I'll certainly
give your tip a bash though.
On Friday, August 17, 2001 at 8:24 am, Curt R wrote:
> I don't believe you can get rid of the config.sys. If it's a 0 byte file it
isn't
>taking up any room anyhow so what's the problem? As for autoexec.bat....try going
>to your run menu, type "msconfig" (no quotes) and click on the autoexec.bat tab
and
>do your editing there and see if that doesn't work for you.
>
>
>On Thursday, August 16, 2001 at 10:09 pm, John S Mathwin wrote:
>
>>I have a question about Do
>
>>I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?:
>
>>
>
>>In Windows Me I cannot get rid of config.sys, I delete it and next time I boot
up
>
>>it is back again as a 0 byte file, also if I try to edit autoexec.bat that also
>gets
>
>>thrown out and the old Microsoft version put back in its place when I reboot and
>
>>my edited version changed to autoexec.bak. So how can I permanantly
>
>>a) remove/delete config.sys
>
>>b) edit autoexec.bat
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re: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?'
Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 2:55 pm
Posted by Curt R
(1315 messages posted)
True, you are using one sector, but unless your hard drive is like a 212 MB I
can't see why you'ld worry about it. I know with the size of drives today one needn't
worry about small files like that. I used to clean everything off my old 212 MB
hard drive on my old DOS/win 3.x machine, but then, you had to. I was quite happy
when hard drives got bigger and cheaper (don't ask me what I paid for the 850 MB
drive I replaced the old 212 with......or how much less the last drive I bought was....the
15 GB......LOL) Let me know if editing the autoexec.bat in msconfig worked. I haven't
really tried adding anything in there myself yet.......only moved or rem'd items.
On Saturday, August 18, 2001 at 11:22 pm, John S Mathwin wrote:
>Thanks Curt,
>even zero byte files take up one sector, and I think that if you try to edit Config.sys
>the same thing happens as with autoexec.bat. I'll certainly
>give your tip a bash though.
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re: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?'
Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at 1:31 pm
Posted by Charles R. Meyer
(1 messages posted)
Curt,
I was having the same problem: I tried to edit Autoexec.bat
under Win-me, and the file got renamed Autoexec.bak and was
replaced with the original one.
When I tried to follow your suggestion to execute "msconfig"
I did not find the Autoexec.bat tab you referred to. What to
do?
---Charles R. Meyer
(meyerc@ecn.purdue.edu)
On Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 2:55 pm, Curt R wrote:
> True, you are using one sector, but unless your hard drive is like a 212 MB I
>can't see why you'ld worry about it. I know with the size of drives today one needn't
>worry about small files like that. I used to clean everything off my old 212 MB
>hard drive on my old DOS/win 3.x machine, but then, you had to. I was quite happy
>when hard drives got bigger and cheaper (don't ask me what I paid for the 850 MB
>drive I replaced the old 212 with......or how much less the last drive I bought
was....the
>15 GB......LOL) Let me know if editing the autoexec.bat in msconfig worked. I
haven't
>really tried adding anything in there myself yet.......only moved or rem'd items.
>
>
>On Saturday, August 18, 2001 at 11:22 pm, John S Mathwin wrote:
>
>Thanks Curt,
>
>even zero byte files take up one sector, and I think that if you try to edit Config.sys
>
>the same thing happens as with autoexec.bat. I'll certainly
>
>give your tip a bash though.
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re: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?'
Monday, November 12, 2001 at 7:53 am
Posted by Brandon H
(1 messages posted)
Hey, remember that no file takes up no space. A file taking up 0 bytes is really
taking up 8192 bytes on most computers. IT actually can be anywhere from that to
2048, but like I said its probably 8192. This is because every file takes up atleast
one (1) allocation unit. Also, are you sure that Windows ME doesn't use the autoexec.bat
and config.sys? I can put anything in there and it won't matter? IF so, why are
they still here? That's not backwards compatibility...
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re: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?'
Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 5:18 am
Posted by Bill H
(1 messages posted)
Best bet for these files is to disable them,, not delete them,,,you will get a great
boost in performance,,if you go to Run,,, type MSCONFIG, When the Window opens,,
check Selective Startup,,,, uncheck the subject items,,,,,start from there, then
add whatever you want to Run,,,, on start up,,,,,,
On Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at 1:31 pm, Charles R. Meyer wrote:
>Curt,
>
>I was having the same problem: I tried to edit Autoexec.bat
>under Win-me, and the file got renamed Autoexec.bak and was
>replaced with the original one.
>
>When I tried to follow your suggestion to execute "msconfig"
>I did not find the Autoexec.bat tab you referred to. What to
>do?
>
>---Charles R. Meyer
> (meyerc@ecn.purdue.edu)
>
>
>On Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 2:55 pm, Curt R wrote:
> True, you are using one sector, but unless your hard drive is like a 212 MB I
>can't see why you'ld worry about it. I know with the size of drives today one needn't
>worry about small files like that. I used to clean everything off my old 212 MB
>hard drive on my old DOS/win 3.x machine, but then, you had to. I was quite happy
>when hard drives got bigger and cheaper (don't ask me what I paid for the 850 MB
>drive I replaced the old 212 with......or how much less the last drive I bought
>was....the
>15 GB......LOL) Let me know if editing the autoexec.bat in msconfig worked. I
>haven't
>really tried adding anything in there myself yet.......only moved or rem'd items.
>
>
>On Saturday, August 18, 2001 at 11:22 pm, John S Mathwin wrote:
>
>Thanks Curt,
>
>even zero byte files take up one sector, and I think that if you try to edit Config.sys
>
>the same thing happens as with autoexec.bat. I'll certainly
>
>give your tip a bash though.
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re: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?'
Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 9:27 pm
Posted by fitz
(1 messages posted)
help , on my moms computer i redid motherboard and cpu and f disk the hard drive
reloaded windows 98 it keeps locking up and won t boot windows, with a error saying
, internal stack overflow has caused this sesson to be halted. change the stacks
setting in your CONFIG.SYS file, but on her computer the file is empty , what should
i do, help please
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re: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?'
Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 4:37 am
Posted by Y2kaos
(1 messages posted)
I`ve foun a solutin in
http://hardwarehell.com/addendum.htm
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re: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?'
Thursday, July 25, 2002 at 11:47 pm
Posted by Rodrigo
(2 messages posted)
Dear friend, please help me!
I have a Windows 95 program for Engineering that only works if a file with extension
SYS is loaded in CONFIG.SYS when Windows loads. How can I load this file using Windows
Me?
Tank you!
Rodrigo Gelain
São Leopodo, Brazil
On Thursday, August 16, 2001 at 10:09 pm, John S Mathwin wrote:
>I have a question about Do
>I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?:
>
>In Windows Me I cannot get rid of config.sys, I delete it and next time I boot up
>it is back again as a 0 byte file, also if I try to edit autoexec.bat that also
gets
>thrown out and the old Microsoft version put back in its place when I reboot and
>my edited version changed to autoexec.bak. So how can I permanantly
>a) remove/delete config.sys
>b) edit autoexec.bat
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re: Answer to: Question about 'Do I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?'
Friday, November 7, 2003 at 9:40 am
Posted by Ra
(1 messages posted)
If you have windows after version 95, you technically do not need Autoexec.bat.
Also, when you delete a file it is NOT necessarily gone. It is simply "labled" available
on your disk space untill another file takes its place. Just simply save documents
or anything to your drive and make sure you empty the recycle bin(You can also delete
the files using DOS).
On Thursday, August 16, 2001 at 10:09 pm, John S Mathwin wrote:
>I have a question about Do
>I still need CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?:
>
>In Windows Me I cannot get rid of config.sys, I delete it and next time I boot up
>it is back again as a 0 byte file, also if I try to edit autoexec.bat that also
gets
>thrown out and the old Microsoft version put back in its place when I reboot and
>my edited version changed to autoexec.bak. So how can I permanantly
>a) remove/delete config.sys
>b) edit autoexec.bat
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