Can't load win98?

[jplot]

I have a older win98 computer and it now refuses to open, and the screen tells me there are files missing, and their names are:

himen.sys

dblbuff.sys

ifshlp.sys

I can not seem to get to the bios on this machine either. I do seem to be in dos but it does not acceptt any of my commands.

I do not have win 98 on a disk of any kind.

Appreciate any help.


jplot

 

[edfair]

Assuming that you have a floppy to work with on the machine in question you could download via another machine with a floppy a 98 boot disk from

http://www.bootdisk.com

and use it to resolve some of the questions.

But if you are really trashed, and it sounds like you are, you will need either an OS CD or .cab files on the hard drive to be able to reload the OS.

Your machine is attempting to boot and is reading a config.sys file and attempting to load the files that are called there.

You could also try using the [F8] key to interrupt the auto loading function and possibly get into command mode.


Ed Fair
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