Win '98 Boot Disk Commands

[ICET]

Where can I find commands for a Win '98 boot disk?

[eagle]

Where can I find commands for a Win '98 boot disk?

Hello, Welcome to the group. Are you referring to the command.com file that is found on a win 98 boot disk. Might help matters if you would be more specific :)

[ICET]

Hello, Welcome to the group. Are you referring to the command.com file that is found on a win 98 boot disk. Might help matters if you would be more specific :)

Thanks for the response. What Im looking for is detailed instrtuctions for using a Win '98 boot disk. I do not have enough experience with DOS, so I don't know all the commands and how to use the boot disk I have.

[Murf]

The boot disk will only get you to the A:\> prompt. Now it depends on what you want to do. The whole purpose of a boot disk is to get the computer to boot to the A:\> prompt so some sort of diagnics can be run, and to have access to your cdrom in DOS.

Here is a good site for DOS Commands (http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm)

If you have something specific post and we can help. If you just want to use DOS and experiment then the above page will help you.

The basic commands are (always hitting the <enter> key after each line)

cd = change directory
dir = show directory
dir /w= show directory width wise
dir /p = show directory by page
mkdir = make directory
ren=rename

[eagle]

The boot disk will only get you to the A:\> prompt. Now it depends on what you want to do. The whole purpose of a boot disk is to get the computer to boot to the A:\> prompt so some sort of diagnics can be run, and to have access to your cdrom in DOS.

Here is a good site for DOS Commands (http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm)

If you have something specific post and we can help. If you just want to use DOS and experiment then the above page will help you.

The basic commands are (always hitting the <enter> key after each line)

cd = change directory
dir = show directory
dir /w= show directory width wise
dir /p = show directory by page
mkdir = make directory
ren=rename



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[ICET]

The boot disk will only get you to the A:\> prompt. Now it depends on what you want to do. The whole purpose of a boot disk is to get the computer to boot to the A:\> prompt so some sort of diagnics can be run, and to have access to your cdrom in DOS.

Here is a good site for DOS Commands (http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm)

If you have something specific post and we can help. If you just want to use DOS and experiment then the above page will help you.

The basic commands are (always hitting the <enter> key after each line)

cd = change directory
dir = show directory
dir /w= show directory width wise
dir /p = show directory by page
mkdir = make directory
ren=rename


I have an old Dell PC with Win '98 OS and I need to reformat it. Hence the Win '98 Boot Disk quesiton on how to use it to reformat. Thank you for the info you mentioned and I will check out the website.

[degsy]

When you get to the A:\> and also from a MS-DOS Prompt within Windows you can use the /? to get more info about the tool you wish to use.

e.g.
format /?
dir /?

[Murf]

Partition (http://members.cox.net/joemurphy/fdisk.htm)

Format (http://members.cox.net/joemurphy/format.htm)