finch1
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my pc at home has been playing up. was given a boot disk. my computer is now stuck in dos. how do i get back into windows?
anybody know?
[Edited on 14-01-2005 by finch1]
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Gordon
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Hey,
Take it you have tried restarting?
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finch1
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yeh. its just stays in dos. wont load windows. jst has a flashing cursor
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Gordon
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Flashing?
Are you able to type a command?
If so just type: exit
And that should exit dos.
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finch1
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no it wont let me exit
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PaulW
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you taken the disc back out??
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Gordon
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Did you make your own backup disk?
[Edited on 14-01-2005 by Gordon]
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finch1
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taken disk out. wont load windows when starting up. just does nothink. aint got backup disk!
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Gordon
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What OS are you using?
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PaulW
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ok when you get the prompt up.does it say C:\_
if so, type DIR
if there is no Windows folder or anything else, then the bootdisk has formatted your system
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finch1
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put dir in, just cum up wiv alist which dont make no sense to me. is there anyway i can get back to windows by typing in a command or somethink?
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j0hn
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if ucan get hold of a windows CD u can try booting from that. How did u get the problem? u2u if u ned any help im doing computer science at uni
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