Seems that Pete didn't make a backup before he adjusted the files. Seems that someone's reached the steep bit of the learning curve that most of the old IT support people encountered a while ago,
If only I could rely on always remembering that lesson myself.. ...... All you need to change that from a 1 to a 0 ... What do you mean it won't boot..... Surely you have a booting image restore facility Yes - on diskette and USB stick - Ah - The BIOS wont let you boot from USB, and the motherboard doesn't support a floppy... Hmm! I'll have to have a think about that. JimB See Pete, it could be worser ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:14 PM Subject: Re: Win98 Modem Problem > Hi Pete, > > The AUTOEXEC.DOS AUTOEXEC.NAV are backups made by programs prior to them > being installed. > > In any case there will not be anything in those files for a PCI win > modem !! > > > On Friday 13 January 2006 20:53, Pete Holsberg wrote: > > Backup AUTOEXEC.BAT??? I saw AUTOEXEC.DOS and AUTOEXEC.NAV but no > > AUTOEXEC.BAK. > > > > The others do not have the garbage characters. The only reason I > > fiddled with AUTOEXEC.BAT was that during boot, the contengs were > > being displayed and there were error mesages. > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------- > > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -- > Best Regards: > Derrick. > Pontefract Linux Users Group. > plug at play-net.co.uk > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
