My Windows 98 can't seem to boot up in nothing other then ms-dos

[slayericious]

why does ms-dos keep starting in windows 98 and how can I stop it and boot in normal mode?

 

[lantrich]

Ms-dos is the foundation that 98 runs on. It would seem that 98 has some missing files that are required to load into windows. At the dos prompt type "windows" and see if the directory is there. Then type win.exe. If you cannot load windows you may have to reinstall. It has been a long time since I saw 98 and I am only guessing at what to do.

 

[lantrich]

Restore your orignal Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files. To do so, follow these steps:
1.Restart your computer. Press and hold down the CTRL key until you see the Windows 98 Startup menu.
2.Choose Safe Mode Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.
3.At the command prompt, type the following lines, pressing ENTER after each line:

ren config.sys config.app
ren config.wos config.sys
ren autoexec.bat autoexec.app
ren autoexec.wos autoexec.bat
4.Restart your computer.