Config.sys

NachoMonkey · Post by **NachoMonkey** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 7:16 am

im looking to learn a little more about how my computer ticks, anyone know anything about how i would access config.sys, or where the hell windows/dos hides it ? thanks a bunch

Gimp Mask · Post by **Gimp Mask** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 9:33 am

depends on your windows but if it's oldskool it's @ c:\

just open it in notepad or something

Silver · Post by **Silver** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 9:46 am

I think they got rid of it in Windows 98 and/or ME. It's a Dos technique, I think Win98 might still have it but ME didn't...

Anyways it should be in the root of your main drive (C:).

Goodluck on messing your pc up.

Kizmiaz · Post by **Kizmiaz** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 11:36 am

Don't forget to remove your autoexec.bat. :hump:
(If you really wan't to f*ck it up that is!)

NachoMonkey · Post by **NachoMonkey** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 12:11 pm

yup, im learning dos commands so i can screw my computer up royally, lot of the commands work in config.sys

oh and i run XP, but trying to mess with config.sys via dos

BlackDog · Post by **BlackDog** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 12:38 pm

Silver wrote:I think they got rid of it in Windows 98 and/or ME. It's a Dos technique, I think Win98 might still have it but ME didn't...

Anyways it should be in the root of your main drive (C:).

Goodluck on messing your pc up.

95/98 still used it.

Not sure about ME, b/c nobody intelligent or lucky used it.

2000/XP doesn't use anything like it.

Gimp Mask · Post by **Gimp Mask** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 3:10 pm

NachoMonkey wrote:oh and i run XP, but trying to mess with config.sys via dos

Via DOS? what do you mean, command prompt?? Or do you have DOS installed separately, whaaa?
Anyway, in XP the file you're looking for is %systemroot%\system32\config.nt

Icabod · Post by **Icabod** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 7:06 pm

DOS is what older windows runs on, in most cases you need to have a boot disk to even see the dos command prompt. Making a boot disk is simple however, just put a floppy in and right click on the format option, the rest is pretty self explanitory.

Put the disk in right after the BIOS version screen upon startup, and you will get DOS instead of Windows.

the guardian · Post by **the guardian** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 10:08 pm

DOS is what older COMPUTERS run on

You can edit your config.sys file using either the edit command from dos (edit config.sys) or using notepad

Be aware that you have no idea what you're doing, and you're tempering with an important file.
The file should be on c:\ , or c:\dos , or you could just run a search you know.

If you want to change something specific, you'll need to give me more information.

Killa-Killa · Post by **Killa-Killa** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 10:08 pm

Older windows (3.1, 95, 98) ran DOS+ a GUI. So older windows OSes di run on DOS.
If you're using NT/2000/XP then the "DOS" config.sys is unrelated to the real HD. The disk makes a virtual drive C:\ because it doesn't read NTFS!

-Edited by Spazmo: I hate your new smilies!

NachoMonkey · Post by **NachoMonkey** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 6:40 am

the guardian wrote:DOS is what older COMPUTERS run on

You can edit your config.sys file using either the edit command from dos (edit config.sys) or using notepad

Be aware that you have no idea what you're doing, and you're tempering with an important file.
The file should be on c:\ , or c:\dos , or you could just run a search you know.

If you want to change something specific, you'll need to give me more information.

all of this I realise

ive just been messing around with command prompt to learn a little more about the computer im using, command prompt is basically just an emulated version of DOS so near enough is close enough.

%systemroot%\system32\config.nt

thanks gimpmask, i shall shower you with cookies and praises.