IO.sys

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Newport

Hi

the files io.sys, config.sys and msdos.sys are showing 0 bites, is this
normal?

OS WinPro SP2

TIA

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Yes, they are there to fake out old programs that use DOS. By the way, you
may also find autoexec.bat and autoexec.dos also. Don't erase them either.
They are used for the same purpose.

courtney

Newport said:
Not, not problems at all, I was wondering if 0 bites was normal

Thanks guys

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I can not find autoexec.bat or autoexec.dos


Courtney said:
Yes, they are there to fake out old programs that use DOS. By the way, you
may also find autoexec.bat and autoexec.dos also. Don't erase them either.
They are used for the same purpose.

courtney
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Try autoexec.nt and config.nt

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Are you experiencing any problems on your system ? If not,
i would suggest you to leave those files alone as those are important
system files.

Anando
Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
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Another truly DUMB answer from an MVP. Shocking. If you want to carry the
mantle of an MVP at least try to look intelligent.
 
Newport said:
Not, not problems at all, I was wondering if 0 bites was normal
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For those files on an xp only system yes, normal. They are just
filenames with nothing in them, thus the zero bytes. Interesting tho, as
yes, a filename does use some bytes, but windows will only report the
bytes contained by information contained within the file, not the
filename itself.

If memory serves, I used to create empty autoexec.bat files on bootdisks
so I wouldnt have to hit enter a few times while booting with it.
 
Anando said:
Are you experiencing any problems on your system ? If not, i would suggest you to leave those files
alone as those are important system files.
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They are not important system files and they are not needed for WinXP OS
bootup or operations. They are there for "compatibility" with some old
DOS based applications that check for their existence.

Test it for yourself; rename them and reboot. XP won't care one way or
the other about them.

Here's a couple of links about WinXP boot sequence:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmc_str_njcq.asp

http://www.compphix.com/xpbootprocess.html

Steve
 
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