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307594 2004-12-26 07:47:00 Hi,
today i have put together a computer from various parts i have had lying around for some time. I based the system around a compaq deskpro with a 233mHz processor(dont laugh) and used the hard drive from a working machine. I booted it up and everthing seemed to be working alright, but a message turns up saying

"please type the location of the command interpretor(e.g. c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM)
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I tried typing in what it said but nothing happened. I have a windows 98 se CD, "For computers without windows" I attempted to create a boot disk from that.

What should I do? How can the be fixed?
Thanks
jamezy (6395)
307595 2004-12-26 10:47:00 try from the comand prompt (C:\ )

dir c*.com
if it finds command.com there then

copy command.com c:\windows
Reboot

or you could try when prompted for the location type in


c:\command.com

btw the 98se cdrom is bootable from startup if your BIOS supports it if not try this utilty small boot manager
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