Command Interpreter

Question

After running Fdisk/Mbr using a new windows start up disk, the one with Ramdrive etc, I cannot boot to windows anymore.
All I get is a DOS prompt saying "type in the name of the
comman interpreter e.g. c:\windows\command.com)
I,m STUCK there. I have used every DOS command I know and nothing!!!!.
I tried to overwrite the MBR again using one of my old boot
disks but it doesn't do it. Something on the new disk
is stopping it.
Using my old disk to an A:\ then C:\ and then DIR, etc
nothing happens, I cannot get anything to execute????
With no disk inserted, I cannot get to safe mode or anything else because I keep getting thrown back to the DOS prompt with the Command Interpreter message.
HELP, any fixes out there????????
Thanks

Mary G · Answer

Excuse if this is too obvious--did you reinstall Windows? Here's a cheat sheet: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/8/67.ASP

JosephFW · Answer

Hi Mary,
Thanks for the reply.
No, no new install on this hard drive.
I have some symptoms of a virus in my MBR. Mcafee told
me to run Fdisk/mbr with a clean boot disk to overwrite the
old mbr as a possible fix. I did it several times using my
orgional M/S boot disk but nothing changed.
A friend of mine had a new Windows Start Up disk with
other programs and utilities on it so I used that one with
Fdisk/mbr and the trouble started.
I am on my other hard drive, (clean install windows 98 last week). I was in the process of moving all of my files to the
new hard drive for back up before completely redoing another clean install on the orginal hard drive.

Denny Denham · Answer

josephfw,

Boot to an A:\> prompt with a boot floppy. Type sys c: and . You should receive the message "system transferred." Reboot and you should get into Windows.

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JosephFW · Answer

Hi Denny,
Thanks for the suggestion but it did not work either. I went
to the local computer store and they had me try
a:\copy command.com c:\ but that did not work also.
They think that the start up disk that I got from my
friend is the problem as it was from a Windows ME
OS and it will not work on a Windows 98 OS. It looks
like I will have to take it down to them for a first hand
look.

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