C:>del MS*.* [Enter] - There goes MSDOS.SYS 8(

I've been using a W98 bootdisk (floppy) to run some games in DOS Mode.

I was tinkering around with loading stuff from C: for speed and when I loaded MOUSE.EXE, it created a file called MSINPUT.INI in the C: directory.

Anyway I typed del MS*.* because I'm lazy and pressed enter, it told me 2 files were deleted and in a moment of pure panic I realized I had just deleted MSDOS.SYS as well (don't know why it wasn't hidden).

I tried to find and undelete command but there doesn't seem to be one (at least not on my system).

I suddenly thought "my WMe EBD" and popped it in the A: drive, used edit to look at MSDOS.SYS and it only contains ;W98EBD 8(.

So I typed dir msdos.sys /s at the C:\> promt and lo and behold there was an MSDOS.SYS in C:\Windows.

I looked at it and seemed to be similar,so copied it to C:.

Removed floppy and rebooted.

Windows loaded fine and all appears ok.

However in the original C:\MSDOS.SYS file there was some stuff about windir, bootgui etc then a whole load of xxxxx lines and some comment about 1024 bytes blah blah and then after these xxx line there were a few more lines AutoScan=1, WinVer=4.90.3000 (I think) and something else I'm sure.

These lines are not in the MSDOS.SYS I copied from C:\Windows and I'm wondering is that good, bad or just plain ugly !!!

Any help would be appreciated.

Maybe if someone can check their two versions on a WMe system and tell me what's supposed to be in them or email them to me if you can't be bothered typing or cutting & pasting.

Thanks in advance.

Here is the default Msdos.sys

[Paths]
WinDir=C:\WINDOWS
WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS
HostWinBootDrv=C

[Options]
BootMulti=1
BootGUI=1
AutoScan=1
WinVer=4.90.3000
;
;The following lines are required for compatibility with other programs.
;Do not remove them (MSDOS.SYS needs to be >1024 bytes).
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxb
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxc
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxd
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxe
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxg
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxh
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxi
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxj
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxk
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxl
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxm
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxn
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxo
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxp
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxq
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxr
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxs

Apologies for the late reponse, but thanks.