Jim
December 11th 03, 11:18 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>I installed XP Pro a couple of months ago OVER Windows
98. I know. Not a
>smart move. The system has been running OK for that last
couple of weeks
>but today I tried to turn on the computer and it would
not let me in, even
>in safe mode. I also tried to get it to go back to the
last correct
>configuration and it will not do that either.
>
>It is saying that it is missing an important config.sys
file but I think
>that it is out of the operating system that I installed
OVER, not XP Pro.
>
>What can I do to get in and then solve the problem?
>
>
>.
>Boot to your XP CD and either do a repair type re-
install, or if you hit R first with the welcome to setup
screen on, then you can try to fix it with the recovery
console.
>I installed XP Pro a couple of months ago OVER Windows
98. I know. Not a
>smart move. The system has been running OK for that last
couple of weeks
>but today I tried to turn on the computer and it would
not let me in, even
>in safe mode. I also tried to get it to go back to the
last correct
>configuration and it will not do that either.
>
>It is saying that it is missing an important config.sys
file but I think
>that it is out of the operating system that I installed
OVER, not XP Pro.
>
>What can I do to get in and then solve the problem?
>
>
>.
>Boot to your XP CD and either do a repair type re-
install, or if you hit R first with the welcome to setup
screen on, then you can try to fix it with the recovery
console.