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Barry K Tyler <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 12 Jan 2002 09:16:54 -0500
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On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 00:30:58 EST, Robert Burger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>    My 1 year old Win98 computer says when I go to boot it,  "Unable to find
>WIN.COM, unable  to continue loading  Windows.
>
>    Any suggestions?  I tried using the START UP floppy disk and extracting
>that file from the Win 98 CD but I am not sure where the destination should
>be.  I tried C:\Windows but that resulted in an error.  Tried booting with
>the Win98 CD in the drive but that did not help.
>
>Tthanks
>
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I run WinME and WIN.COM is in C:\Windows\ so you should be OK, Try to find out if the file is corrupted as this can occur if there is a finger mark or smear on the CD.
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