dos problems in windows 98se

[Pyramix]

when windows is loading, it says something like "now restoring your previous version of dos.....could not find previous copies.....MSDOS startup failed"

i tried restarting in dos mode, and it just hangs

the ms-dos prompt, however, does work

any suggestions about what i should do? i need to restart in dos mode to use powerquest's drive image software....

 

[Pyramix]

bump

 

[TheOmegaCode]

Long time since I got to mess with win9.X, but try editing your autoexec.bat, or boot.ini, or any of those files tucked nicelly in your root partition, and REM any DOS entries...

 

[Pyramix]

Nope everything seems fine....

============= AUTOEXEC.BAT ================================
@C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\NAVDX.EXE /STARTUP
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
SET CTSYN=C:\WINDOWS
C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\DOSDRV\SBEINIT.COM



SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\JDK1.3\BIN;C:\PROGRA~1\RATIONAL\COMMON;C:\mydocu~1\LINKS;
set HYPERJ_DIR=c:\mydocu~1\academ~1\senior~1\hyperj

@ECHO OFF
SCANREG /OPT


rem TShoot: :BEGINNUTC
rem TShoot: IF "%OS%" == "WINDOWS_NT" GOTO NT4
REM NUTCRACKER FOR WIN95
rem TShoot: CALL C:\NC95.BAT
rem TShoot: :NT4
rem TShoot: :ENDNUTC


==================== BOOT.INI =======================
[boot loader]
timeout=6
default=C:\
[operating systems]
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect



================== CONFIG.SYS =====================
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\setver.exe


I also found this msdos.sys file. this looks alright as well.
=================MSDOS.SYS=======================
[Paths]
WinDir=C:\WINDOWS
WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS
HostWinBootDrv=C

[Options]
Logo=1
BootGUI=1
BootMulti=0
BootWarn=0
Logo=1
BootMenu=1
BootKeys=1
BootMenuDefault=0
BootMenuDelay=1
DoubleBuffer=1
AutoScan=0
WinVer=4.10.2222
;
;The following lines are required for compatibility with other programs.
;Do not remove them (MSDOS.SYS needs to be >1024 bytes).
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxb
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxc
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxd
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxe
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxg
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxh
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxi
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxj
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxk
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxl
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxm
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxn
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxo
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxp
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxq
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxr
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxs
Network=0

 

[Pyramix]

bump

 

[Bozo Galora]

boot multi=1

 

[Pyramix]

what's wrong with that?