Hi
I realy hope you can help, as you will very quickly realise i am not very good with computers and have very little knowledge. I had windows 98 loaded onto my system however i was loading a game from a cd and when it said 91% complete, insufficient memory so i thort if i deleted some old files it would free up some space ( not a good idea when you haven't realy got a clue what your doing )I started out causously removing old photo files and things i thought i wouldn't need and the lot went, the screen went off for a few seconds and came back on stating the following:

The following file is missing or corrupted:C:\Windows\Command\Display.Sys
There is a error in your CONFIG.SYS file on line 1

The following file is missing or corrupted:C:\Windows\Command\Country.Sys
There is an error in your CONFIG.SYS file on line 2

The following file is missing or corrupted:C:\Windows\Command\DRVSPACE.Sys
There is a error in your CONFIG.SYS file on line3

The following file is missing or corrupted WIN.COM
The following file is missing or corrupted COMMAND.COM

Type the name of the command interpreter (e.g.,C:\Windows\Command.com)

I have tried re-booting from a floppy and re-loading windows98 from a CDROM but ive had no luck what so ever. please don't tell me ive managed to kill it my not to happy son has already done that.
Kind Regards
Kerry

Hello, and Welcome to techhelpforum.

Are you running 98FE or 98SE? (Right click on My Computer and choose Properties.) On the General screen, under System, it will list Second Edition if you have it.

If you're only in DOS, the date/time stamp on the majority of system files will be;

98FE = 11/24/1998 8:02 AM

98SE = 4/23/1999 10:22 PM

(c:\command.com and c:\io.sys being two of these files.... At the C:\> (or A:\>) prompt type in dir/a/o/p c: and check the date and time stamps on these two files.
(This can also be performed from a MSDOS Prompt window within the windows environment.)

Please post this information.


For this;
The following file is missing or corrupted COMMAND.COM

IF you're running 98SE, boot with a Win98SE EBD* (Emergency Boot Disk) and when you get to the A:\> prompt, type in sys c: and hit ENTER. You should see "System transferred". This should allow you to boot the machine without an EBD. You'll end up at a C:\> command prompt.

If you can get into Windows (even in Safe Mode); Open Notepad, then open C:\config.sys. Copy and paste the contents of this file into your next posting.
(You may have to set My Computer or Windows Explorer to show all (system) files and not hide files of known types.)

If you can't boot into windows, and you're still using your boot disk or the linked one above, once you get the A:\>) prompt, remove the boot floppy and insert a formatted blank floppy. Then type in

copy/v c:\config.sys a:

and hit ENTER. Be careful you type in the command with any spaces etc as indicated. DOS is very particular as to correct syntax. Bring that file back to the machine you're posting on and copy and paste the contents into your next posting.


Post back with the above requested info and we'll take it from there.



*The above bootdisk image file is a self extracting file and has to be executed (run) from a running Windows machine in order to create the actual startup diskette on one of your floppy disks. (This image file produces the same bootdisk which 98SE creates.) This downloaded image file will format your floppy disk to ensure its integrity, write the files to the disk, then verify the file write, so it'll take a minute or three to create the bootdisk.

Ensure the floppy drive is set as the first boot device in the bios.

NOTE: When you boot a machine with this boot floppy, it creates a RAMDRIVE in system memory to contain DOS system tools/drivers. Thus it will move your "normal" CDROM device/drive letter "up" one level. (If your CDROM is normally E: it will be F: when booting with this bootdisk.)

The path to the found CDROM will be set with the bootfiles, so entering A:\>f:\setup is the same as entering A:\>setup at the A:\> prompt. There is no need to include the cdrom drive letter. The CDROM device letter will be assigned near the end of the floppy boot process, right after MSCDEX is loaded.