The following switches are available to start Windows 95 from the command prompt when you need to isolate an error condition:
win [/d:[f] [m] [n] [s] [v] [x]]
The /d: switch is used for troubleshooting when Windows 95 does not start correctly. The switches in the following table can be used with the /d: switch.
Switch | Description |
f | Turn off 32-bit disk access. Try this if the computer appears to have disk problems, or if Windows 95 stalls. This is equivalent to 32BitDiskAccess=FALSE in SYSTEM.INI. |
m | Starts Windows 95 in Safe Mode. |
n | Starts Windows 95 in Safe Mode with Networking. |
s | Specifies that Windows 95 not use ROM address space between F000:0000 and 1 MB for a break point. Try this if Windows 95 stalls during system startup. This is equivalent to SystemROMBreakPoint=FALSE in SYSTEM.INI. |
v | Specifies that the ROM routine should handle interrupts from the hard disk controller. Try this if Windows 95 stalls during system startup or disk operations. This is equivalent to VirtualHDIRQ=FALSE in SYSTEM.INI. |
x | Excludes all of the adapter area from the memory that Windows 95 scans to find unused space. This is equivalent to EMMExclude=A000-FFFF in SYSTEM.INI. |