[beatles1]

Hey everyone, I'm currently running win 98 on my Laptop, and when ever I try and turn it on this message pops up:

"You are currently running in MS-DOS mode. Do you want to return to normal mode to run windows applications again enter [Enter=Y, ESC=N]"

However when i press Y to return to windows it loads for a bit then go's right back to that message, please somebody help, thanks alot.

-Devin, south_park_kicksass(at)hotmail.com

 

[manic]

When I ran 98 and would get the ms dos compatiblity mode thing, it was
usually hardware related. Go into device mangler and look for flags.

 

[beatles1]

Alright thank you, ill give it a try.

 

[beatles1]

Don't you have to go to the control panel or my computer?But i cant get to those cause it wont let me, that message just keeps coming up. Or is there another way to get to it?

 

[manic]

Try going in to safe mode,,tap f8 key prior to windows loading. Have there
been any changes to pc lately? Have you installed any new software,
possibly a bug? Or did this just pop up out of the blue?

 

[beatles1]

It dosent work in safe mode either, and noi have not installed any new programs. It was working perfectly fine one day, and the next it just started having this message.

 

[Erudit]

Windows 98 Restore

Hi

This may be caused from a corrupt OS. Boot the PC from your windows 98 CD and select the option for CD-ROm Support.

Navigate to the CD and go to the tools directory, then to the sysrec directory.

Type PCRESTOR

this will run what looks like a windows 98 setup but will not lose any data or settings and will replace all your Windows 98 system files.

This should clear the bug out for you and allow you to work normally