BleepingComputer.com: Startup Problems

First, I would only get a blinking cursor in the upper left corner. Using the startup disk, I can get to the DOS prompt. Safemode will not start either. I was messing around and copied some system files onto the C drive (following suggestions on the readme.txt file) Now the windows startup screen comes up before I get messages that DBBUFF.SYS, IFSHLP.SYS are missing or corrupted and WIN.COM cannot be found.

Second, I only have the Windows98 Upgrade CD. When reinstalling, I would have to load the OLD Windows3.1 disks in order to use the upgrade CD. Now however, the first diskette is corrupted. I really don't want to get XP. Should I fork out some money for an OEM 98SE CD?

All this is happening on a Celeron700 with I-don't know-how-much RAM.

At the DOS prompt C:\ run scandisk and let us know what turns up.
Just type C:\scandisk and hit enter.

How rude of me . to BC

acklan, on Nov 5 2005, 10:43 AM, said:

It turned up all kinds of problems, corrupt files, ect. A few dozen fragments, lots of files from my TOPO! that needed fixing. Then, with all that done, I restarted and got the same error messages.

It may only fix a few items at one time. Try re-running it several times. You may want to run defrag. C:\defrag

acklan, on Nov 5 2005, 05:56 PM, said:

I reran scandisk with no new discoveries. When I type Defrag at the C:\ prompt I am told there is no such program.