Maybe not. I didn't say it did! I said it crashes, which it does, a crash being defined as an inability of the machine to do further useful...
match /D:IBMCD001 in both config.sys and autoexec.bat (follows mscdex.exe in autoexec) as you have it now.
You hit the nail on the head! Having had Norton's 'CPU use' monitor on my desktop for years, I've seen many lockups at 100% CPU use, and there's...
tanya Correct; however windows commented them out because it's supposed to have built-in drivers and those in the startup files aren't required....
Guess I misunderstood what you're trying to do; thought you wanted the CD to boot the computer. Your first suspicion is probably correct all...
tanya You have not answered the question "does the cd-r boot another computer?" which is a different matter than whether it can be read. In that...
Let me try to explain my thinking. When the power is applied (or the reset button is pressed) the program instruction counter is set to memory...
Welcome to the board. Sounds like an infected computer to me. Suggest you post a hijackthis log in the spyware removal forum after reading this.
tanya No. The config.sys and autoexec.bat run after DOS on a floppy, cd, or HDD has already started. Only the BIOS effects booting from the...
MinnesotaMike Not really! You could have been attacked by anything or anyone, even DELLs bad programming :(,not necessarily by something like a...
mattman It's necessary to select 'repair' to call up XPs recovery console, which I described. This is not related to repair/recovery...
jaylach If you're interested in those NON-ASCII characters, just download list.com by clicking this link and examine command.com or cmd.exe with...
FAT 12 is the file system on floppy disks. Somehow you must have had a floppy file system placed on the HDD, possibly by DELL. One of the FAT...
MinnesotaMike I'd run fdisk from a 98 boot (startup) floppy. It runs in DOS. Be sure to exit it by the escape key so it doesn't write anything....
More somewhat disorganized thoughts: Looked up the hexadecimal byte values for your 'pictures' and they are: smiley face = 02 heart = 03...
Pop.Gunna Any version of linus that can partition the HDD and install the linux file system thus overwriting the entire HDD is appropriate. I...
MinnesotaMike The reason I prefer a linux install rather than a low level format (only need to make a partition and install the file system) is...
That sounds like software! Think your PC's been zapped by malware. I'd vote for a clean reinstall with preliminary low level format or linux...
Here's a program that does it if you don't like working in the registry: from D. Knox
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