On Thu, 17 May 2001, M wrote:
> Hi there, I am having trouble getting my old Toshiba T3100 up and
> running. THe problem is that once it boots up it says "Incorrect Dos
> Version" and then "Bad or missing Command Interpreter" How can I get
> this thing running again?
The first message is VERY specific. It means that COMMAND.COM is from a
different version of DOS than IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS (somehow, COMMAND.COM
from a different version has gotten copied to the drive.)
The second message is a vague general message that merely means that
COMMAND.COM is not present, or not running properly.
What you will need to do is to boot from a floppy. If it persists in
trying to boot from the hard drive instead of from the floppy, then you
will need to go into the CMOS setup and adjust that.
Once it has booted, check the date and time of the two invisible files,
IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS. Then find a copy of the correct version of
COMMAND.COM and copy it to the root directory of the hard drive. Also,
check CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT for any references to COMSPEC or to
COMMAND.COM, as those could reference copies that are in locations other
than the root.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Wed May 16 2001 - 18:57:38 BST