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My PC says the Command.com file is corrupt
Posted Wed, 14 May 2003

Question:
My computer says that the Command.com file is corrupt or missing and then it asks me to type the name of a command interpreter (e.g. C:/windows/command.com) C>_

The underscore is blinking and I can type anything into it, but I have tried many solutions and none of them work.

I'm using Windows 98. Can anyone help me?

Answer:
Get yourself a Windows 98 bootdisk.
Make sure that you are booting from the bootdisk, choose boot without CD-ROM support.

When you get the A:\> prompt, type in Sys c:

This should give you the message system transferred. Once the system has been transferred, remove the floppy diskette and reboot the computer.