I tried to update my BIOS so that I could make full use of my HD. All went well, but when I boot up, the machine asks me to type in the name of the command interpreter at the c prompt. It gives an example of c>windows\command.com, but that line doesn't work. I'm not able to go any farther until I figure out what I need to type in. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Gene

Welcome, gene! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

The file Command.com is the interpreter, but you may just be making a simple syntax error.

Typing either of the following statements at the prompt should work:

c:\command.com
c:\windows\command.com

Did your BIOS flash OK? No error messages?



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Hey Gene,

It could be that the command.com file is altogether missing from the HD. Don't ask me how. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/eek.gif

If you have a rescue disk, copy the command.com file back to the root directory of your harddrive. For example, at the floppy drive prompt, type the following:

copy command.com c:

If you don't have a rescue disk, you will have to find the file elsewhere. Post back if you need further help. Of course, if TJAY's advice works, then the file is there.

Cheers,

Big Blue 66


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Woe is me.

Thanks for the help, but I was able to restore the old BIOS through the Western Digital software program that I was using & the machine boots up just fine now. I think I'll leave it alone in the future. Regards, Gene

Don't think copy command.com will work, it has to be done using the sys command.

sys c:

BB you knew that! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[This message has been edited by Paleo Pete (edited 06-18-2001).]

Pete -- Did you miss this part? http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif

...asks me to type in the name of the command interpreter at the c prompt

He didn't say he was getting a message like 'invalid system disk'.

I really suspect he tried to flash from a DOS window, rather than from a raw boot diskette.
Or the boot disk wasn't made right. If you log on to A: from a Windows DOS C: prompt,
and Command.com is not also on the diskette, you do get a 'missing command interpreter' or
'enter path to command interpreter' error message after executing a program residing on A:.

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"I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
-- Charles Babbage, mathematician, computer pioneer, analytical engine designer (1791-1871)
-- (Question: 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?')

"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand."
-- Homer Simpson

[This message has been edited by tjaymadison (edited 06-19-2001).]