Hi everyone. I'm posting this thread for my dad because he has a major computer problem and I'd like to help him if I can. I asked him to write down the problem because I really don't understand all of the computer vocabulary.

He has windows 98 and when windows starts it comes to a point where the wallpaper is there but there are no icons and no taskbar. If he uses CTRL+ALT+DEL the window it shows is empty. It shows nothing running. He needs to know how he can restore the icons and taskbar.

When he uses the emergency disk he can get into DOS and see the C: D: and E: drives but he doesn't know how to do anything to get back to where he was. He'd also like to know if there is a DOS command, similar to copy, which would copy all folders as well as files. If there is then he could copy all of his C: drive to his E: drive.

He's thinking about buying another computer but he still wants to copy all of his old information from his old computer and save it on disks. I sure hope that some one will be able to help him. Thanks in advance.