Bootdisk Instructions for Windows95 Go to the Start Icon and click on it, then move the mouse up to the word Shutdown and click,move the mouse over to where it says " restart the computer in MS-DOS mode? " and click the dot next to it. Click on the Yes button and do the following. Type: C: (ENTER) Type: CD\ (ENTER) Type: FORMAT A: /S /U (ENTER) Place a Blank disk in drive A: and press enter When asked for a volume label, press enter then press N, (ENTER) Type the following: TYPE C:\CONFIG.DOS (ENTER) If the game for which you are making the bootdisk is on CD-ROM, find the line on this screen which contains your CD-ROM drive letter (D: or E:) or the word MSCD001. Copy this line onto the piece of paper exactly as it appears on the screen. This will be referred to as your CD-ROM line. If you have compressed a drive on your system with a utility other than DOUBLESPACE or DRIVESPACE, find your COMPRESSION line on this screen. You may want to refer to the documentation supplied with the compression program for this information. If you have used DOUBLESPACE, your COMPRESSION line will be: DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\DBLSPACE.SYS /MOVE If you have used DRIVESPACE, your COMPRESSION line will be: DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\DRVSPACE.SYS /MOVE If you have a Media Vision sound card, find the MVSOUND.SYS line on this screen. This line will be referred to as your SOUND line. Now type: TYPE C:\AUTOEXEC.DOS (ENTER) Find the line on this screen which contains the word MOUSE. This line should begin with either a C:\ or an LH. Write down your MOUSE line. If your mouse driver is loaded in the CONFIG.SYS, contact your computer manufacturer for an updated mouse driver. If the game for which you are making the bootdisk is on CD-ROM, find the line on this screen which contains your CD-ROM drive letter and/or the word MSCDEX.EXE. Write down your MSCDEX line. If this line begins C:\ add an LH to the beginning of the line. This line should now begin LH C:\ If you see lines, which begin SET SOUND, SET BLASTER, or SET GALAXY, or contain the word SSINIT, or MAGICS20, write these lines down in the order they appear. These lines will be known as your SETTING lines. Type: A: (ENTER) This should change your prompt to say A:\> (ENTER) From the A:\> prompt, type: EDIT CONFIG.SYS (ENTER) You should see an empty blue screen with the word CONFIG.SYS centered at the top. If the blue field is not empty, press the a, F, X, e keys one at a time. If you are asked whether you would like to save the file, press NO, and then retry the above command, making sure that your prompt says A:\> If the screen is not blue, make sure your prompt says A:\> and retry. Type the following lines on the blue screen pressing (ENTER) after each line. DOS=SINGLE DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM DOS=HIGH,UMB BUFFERS=25 FILES=40 *** Type in your CD-ROM line from page 1 if applicable *** *** Type in your COMPRESSION line from page 1 if applicable *** *** Type in your SOUND line from page 1 if applicable *** *** If you have a Gateway machine , change line 2 above to read: DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM I=B000-B7FF I=D800-EFFF Press the a, F, X, e keys one at a time. From the A:\> prompt, type EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT (ENTER) You should again see the blue screen, but with the word AUTOEXEC.BAT at the top. If the blue field is not empty, press the a, F, X, e keys one at a time. If you are asked whether you would like to save the file, press NO and then retry the above command, making sure that your prompt says A:\> If the screen is not blue, make sure your prompt says A:\> and retry. Type the following lines on the blue screen pressing (ENTER) after each line. PROMPT $P$G SET WINBOOTDIR=C:\WINDOWS PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS *** Type in your MOUSE line from page 1 *** *** Type in your MSCDEX line from page 1 if applicable *** *** Type in your SETTINGS lines from page 1 if applicable *** C: CALL C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM /WX Press the a, F, X, e keys one at a time You have now created a bootdisk. Reboot ( b,a,c,or turn off and back on) your system with this disk in drive A: whenever you want to play your game, in order for the new configuration to take effect. Reboot without this disk in order to restore your normal configuration.