You might have to boot from a good floppy with the same system files on it.
(If you are running Win95, your emergency boot disk will do)  then from the
a:> prompt enter the command "sys c:"  without the quotes.

-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne&Tammy <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: strange hard drive problem


>   When the machine boots, it gives me a "missing operating system" error.
>
>        When I boot from a floppy, and check the disk, it is there with all
the
>appropriate files (msdos.sys, io.sys, command.com, etc..).
>


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