compatibility-mode

when i go into my computer, then performance, it say i am in a compatibility -mode because mill. me was unable to identify a real-mode driver or memory-resident program in my config.sys or autoexec.bat file. drive c and drive a is in dos mode. drive c is my main drive and a is for floppy use. does anyone know what this means? when i start up my computer it goes to a black screen that has 1,2,3 or 4. i think that is dos, i don't know. if i hit 1 everything comes in, but it says it makes my computer have less system resources. this is confusing to me. help.
thank you tarheelsouth

 

hi thanks for trying to help me. when i start up my computer it goes to a millennium me startup screen. on the screen is 1: normal 2: logged boot log.txt 3 safe mode 4 step by step confirmation. i can click on 1 and everything loads and the computer starts up. i had a new harddrive installed last dec and he put millennium me in for me. are some of my programs supposed to be in dos mode? i really don't understand about dos mode. on the startup screen i can't put in the semi-colon you are telling me about. how low can my system resources go before something happens. when i play games on the internet, my systems resources drop from 86% to 30% in about two games. this is on pogo.com. that is why i am trying to find out about about the dos. i have a gateway ev 700 computer. it has 190 rams of memory and 37 gbs. am i just worrying too much, after all the computer works.
thanks tarheelsouth

 

thank you for helping me. the franks tips are great. i am new with computer, so can'r figure out what you are trying to tell me.since the computer works like this, will leave it alone. thanks again tarheelsouth