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Tue 24/06/03 at 08:21
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OK I know there are some guys that could help me out here so Please help me! I'm trying to set up a laptop for a friend but I'm having some problems.

I've formatted it and installed DOS, and Windows. Whenever the laptop turns on it goes to DOS. I want it to load straight to Windows without me having to type in the DOS command every time. I think I have to set a path or something like that. The problem is though that in DOS the key doesn't work. Do I have to reformat? And can someone please tell me how to make the laptop load Windows on startup instead of DOS?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Tue 24/06/03 at 08:22
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Tue 24/06/03 at 08:21
Regular
"keep your receipt"
Posts: 990
OK I know there are some guys that could help me out here so Please help me! I'm trying to set up a laptop for a friend but I'm having some problems.

I've formatted it and installed DOS, and Windows. Whenever the laptop turns on it goes to DOS. I want it to load straight to Windows without me having to type in the DOS command every time. I think I have to set a path or something like that. The problem is though that in DOS the key doesn't work. Do I have to reformat? And can someone please tell me how to make the laptop load Windows on startup instead of DOS?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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