Renaming files

[newbie3]

I am experience trouble booting a trouble shooting guide has offered this solution, my question is how do i go about doing this I found the files on file finder what is my next step then?


I get a blue screen with a green line at the top after restarting.
Tape detection seems to cause this problem. Removing MSBackup will not solve this problem in itself, and so it is necessary to remove, or preferably rename, the following files.

[C:\windows\inf ]
pnpwfdc.inf
pnpwide.inf
pnpwtape.inf
pnpwppt.inf

[C:\windows\system\iosubsys ]
drvwq117.vxd
drvwppqt.vxd
drvwcdb.vxd

You can rename these files to anything you like (I recommend appending .old to the filename) - you're just stopping Windows from find them. See also "Windows 98 hangs or reboots during startup or at desktop!" below.

Thanks for the help

[Reid]

To rename a file, just right-click it with the mouse, then select Rename on the drop-down menu, then left-click the file name to un-highlight it (otherwise the name will disappear when you type something), then add something to change the name, like the suggested old.

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[Paleo Pete]

If you can't boot the computer and have to do it in DOS, use a boot disk (hopefully you made one in Windows) or use the [F8] key to get the boot menu. Holding down [Ctrl] while booting will get you a boot menu too, and Command Prompt Only is the option you'll want.

At the command prompt, if you're in A:\> drive, typing C: [Enter] will switch to C drive. Skip that step if you boot into Command prompt using the boot menu. The colon has to be there.

cd_foldername\foldername will move you into the folder(directory) you want. Use a space in place of the underscore ( _ ) used here.

ren_file.ext_file.old will rename the file to the new extension. I always use my initials as the new extension, so I know what to look for later, and sometimes software installations rename files with old as the extension, so I don't have to worry about overwriting something I may have been able to use in case of trouble.

CD\ takes you back to the root directory of C drive, which is the C:\> prompt, CD.. back to the previous directory.

win will start windows from the command prompt.

DOS assumes you know how to spell, so double check every command before pressing [Enter]. DOS won't ask if you really want to perform that operation, it just does it. DOS also does not have the equivalent of Windows' Undo option. If you make a mistake, you have to find the file again and manually undo any mistakes.

MS DOS Help and Commands (http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm)

Learning MS DOS (http://www.tnd.com/camosun/elex130/dostutor1.html)

DOS 7 Commands (http://www3.sympatico.ca/rhwatson/dos7/)

Those links might help a lot if you have to use DOS and aren't familiar with it.

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