the error occurs on the: LH C:\WINDOWS\AU10DOS.COM bit. hope that helps thanks for all your help by the way

thats all thats in them.

it doesn't go back to c: prompt it just sticks

there is a problem. when i booted with the disk and it says: error #3 winbootdir environment variable missing. driver not loaded any ideas?

thanks so much i'm off to test it. i will get back to you with results thanks again i am eternally grateful.

no sorry c: = hard drive m: = cdrom

thats all the drive letters i have other than a: and no this is a home copmuter and not on a network.

it's all good. i still want to get the sound card to work in dos mode anyway

i got a c: drive and my hard disk is m: is that what you mean?

yea I think my joystick works in dos mode. Thanks for your trouble.

sure that would be sweet. Is this going to get the soundcard to work in dos?

mousie: @echo off set mouse=c:\imouse REM Only run the TSR when booting to DOS only: if "%DosOnly%"=="1" c:\imouse\imouse config.sys: dos=high,umb buffers=40 DEVICE=c:\cdrom\OakCdRom.SYS /D:IDECD000 I'm running Win'98. Hope that helps

I really know nothing about this sort of thing. but as far as I know this what the system can with. But I open to any ideas or suggestions.

drivers.bat: @echo off call c:\dosboot\mousie.bat call c:\dosboot\au8810_D.bat au8810_d.bat: @echo off REM Aureal (A3D) Audio SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4 REM Only run the TSR is real DOS only mode! if "%DosOnly%"=="1" if exist C:\Windows\Au10Dos.Com LH C:\Windows\Au10Dos.Com

LH C:\WINDOWS\AU10DOS.COM @echo off PATH C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND rem sPower will initialize the USB Keyboard in DOS. call c:\dosboot\sPower call c:\dosboot\drivers.bat