I have a W98 Compaq laptop. While booting, it displays the following:<BR><BR>The following files are missing or corrupt:<BR><BR>command.com<BR><BR>then...it displays:<BR><BR>bad command or file ...

Before Windows was created, the most common operating system that ran on IBM PC compatibles was DOS. DOS stands for Disk Operating System and was what you would use if you had started your computer ...

The command processor component in the DOS operating system that accepted and executed instructions on a command line. See command processor and cmd abc's. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.