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i have a computer which had himem.sys missing,then i formated it and now dont know how to install it so then i went on the internet and this guy said to do fdisk and i did but now it says "no operating system"
You have formatted your hard drive because it said himem.sys was missing (why?????), thus wiping your operating system of the PC. IF you were running DOS then you will need a set of the DOS diskettes and insert DIsk 1 and set your motherboards BIOS boot option to A: first and reinstall as guided by the installtion.
Fdisk allows you to create partitions on your hard drive so that you can load an operating system onto the computer. You may have deleted all partitions from your drive but you also formatted the pc so the error message can come up because of both of these things. Do as I directed above.Quatermass O.B.E
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Boot on floppy and:
sys c:
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i thought i could wipe the files away and start a new system like xp but then i didnt know how so i looked on the internet and they said to do the programs and things and now it says it
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That clears things up.
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Yeah, you need the operating system installation disk(s) or maybe the restore disks that came with the computer. You can't go any farther without them.
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"CPU/Ram: n/a"
In fact, this information IS 'available' upon system startup
Just what OS you end up installing is, to a great extent, dependent upon your system specs
"so then i went on the internet and this guy said to do fdisk and i did"
Blindly following instructions you don't really comprehend... well, it leads to situations just like this one
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"Just what OS you end up installing is, to a great extent, dependent upon your system specs"
Sure, but it would be a real clunker that wouldn't run DOS.
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Depends on which you're looking for. Older ones like dos, windows 95, 98, ME aren't sold new anymore so you'd need to look on places like ebay or you may find a copy at a used software store, garage sale, etc. XP can be found in retail stores.
Of course it depends also on what your computer can handle. You didn't post your cpu or ram so all I can give is general info.
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hi its me but with a different user i want to know that every time i use the floppy disk of win xp startup disks it says on disk 6 with the blue screen of death cant do the unmauntable file all the time?how could i make a bootable usb with no op system?and no i dont have it in my bios(i dont have a bootable cd either but it workS when i do the win me cd)
its hard to succed! i know it!
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I don't think the lock command has anything to do unformatting.
If you've accidently formatted the drive and want to get the data back and it's a FAT16 partition you can use the unformat command from earlier versions of dos. Older norton utilities also had an unformat command. There is no easy dos unformat command for FAT32 or NTFS.
If you've locked the drive and need to unlock it, just use the UNLOCK command.
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Hi DAVEINCAPS,
What's LOCK?
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yep:
Locks a drive, enabling direct disk access for an application.
LOCK [drive:]
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help me please i want to GET MY BIOS to do cdrom support bootting but it does say i cant.I buroed someones os disk but it says on dos "doesnt work on dos" well whats the point in having one if it does not work in dos but it works on the other pc to boot up cd when the bios is set butt not on mine because theres no cdrom support on my bios ppppplllllllllzzzzzzzz help give me the website to get a setting thing to go on my bios or a program when it goes on floppy to cd
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If the bios doesn't support booting from the cdrom, well that's the way it is. Or do you mean you can't get into the cmos/bios setup to change the first boot device to cdrom?
You still haven't posted your cpu or ram, and given the questions you're asking, it'd help to know your motherboard model number. Questions like bios settings are probably best answered in the motherboard manual.
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well in the bios it says a,c or c,a so i cant go to the cdrom in the bios boot setting i dont think its installed but anyway i was wondering if you could find a website with a floppy so when i boot it goes on a program to boot the cdrom im trying to install windows xp with someones os cd
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If your bios only shows a: and c: as boot drives I doubt if that computer will even take XP. The option to boot from the cd has been common since P-II's came out. Most half decent P-I's could also. You've probably got a very old P-I or 486. You need at least a P-II to install XP.
But you should be able to download a file to create an XP bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com if you want to try installing XP.
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well i tried it it didnt work it said it was missing a file for win xp and if i try win 2000 i get the blue screen of death so i think i just get winnt or win95 or win98 or win98se
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if i had another not working pc wich boot from cd could i swap the hard drives and then install it on the computer and then swap it back
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If you check out Yahoo Groups for "DR-DOS" in the "files" section of the two groups, you can download floppy images of different OSs. DRDOS, PCDOS, etc.
DOS is the best
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If you install the XP on a drive in another computer and then put that drive in yours, the XP won't run. It's fussy about swapped drives. You might be able to copy the XP cd to the hard drive from another computer and then run the installation from your computer. But I still think you'd get an error about it not having the minimum hardware requirements. Yeah, I'd go with 98 on an old one like that must be.
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The only thing a bootdisk can do is load cdrom drivers. That gives access to the cdrom. 98 bootdisks all have cdrom support and some 95 disks do as well. Again you can check at www.bootdisk.com and download a file to create the bootdisk.
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Which cd are you looking for--98? 95? It wouldn't be practical to email such a large file--400-500 meg, although there was at least one site where you could download it. (Of course that's not the same thing as a bootdisk.) You might be able to find a used copy at a garage sale or someplace like goodwill.
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I suppose if you can't find one I can send you a 95 cd. But look around there first. Maybe you can borrow someones cd.
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could i please have it i have noone to get it from or someone i could borrow and no more ones one the websites like ebay pleasesend it to Falcon6095@aol.com if you have plobs do what u do normally reply
thnx
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I'd have to send the disk via snail mail as it's not practical to email it. Click 'My computing.net' in the left column and go to your private message center and send me your mailing address.
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Hi DAVE,
There's a PM link at the bottom right of your post.
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Whatever address you give me is where I'll send it--home address, post office box, it doesn't matter. Just wherever the postal service delivers your mail.
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im not allowed,im sorry,can you try again by email or is it becuase its copyright
cuase if it is it still works
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OK, on the 95 cd you really only need the contents of the WIN95 folder in order to install it. On the first version of 95 that comes to about 35 meg. I guess I can email you that.
I'm still on dialup so it'll take a few hours to send it and it'll be later on tonight (U.S. mountain time zone) when I send it.
Post back an email address.
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u lot i forgot to mention that i did sys to c:,restart did a splash screen and went off now i put the cd rom driver and restart and now it takes a few secs and goes to C: and now every driver works but windows so when install it wont work. do i need a command.com for installing windows 98? and now the cd wront boot from 100% so it get stuck at need files are copying for win set. (in the setup pro) and can you send it to me
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It's kind of hard to understand what's going on. Just give me an email address so I can send this stuff.
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"It's kind of hard to understand what's going on."
Glad it ain't just me.
8 weeks, 49 msgs and not a thing resolved.
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can you send it alredy im getting realy annoyed my email add is Quacky2200@hotmail.com
sorry if im getting you annoyed but it not sent yet.sorry
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I'm on dial up and was going to do it overnight since it will take several hours. I went to bed before I got your messages. So I'll send it later on today or tonight.
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thank sorry im keep sayin it,i just really want the files because my mother is takin it soon
by the way do you think it would work if i done win 95 setup and then run winxp setup on win95 when running
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plus i need the cd key and could you put in notepad or something for the key code and just call it code
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I just tried to send it but the file is too large to send.
The only way I can get this to you is if you give me a mailing address so I can send the entire cd. Trying to email it is just too much trouble.
Or maybe you can find somewhere on the net where you can download the necessary files.
And XP isn't going to run on that computer because it's too old so forget about trying to install it. 95, maybe 98, is the best you're going to be able to do.
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OK, I've given it some more thought. If I can find a site to upload it to then I guess that would work. Then I could give you the URL and file name and you could download it. I'll check into that later on.
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when you email you could maybe split the files in two,do some to me then do another message and then do the rest
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Well, I've tried twice to upload it to driverguide but about halfway through AOL shuts down and I have to restart the upload. So I'm not going to try anymore. If you want it you'll have to give me a mailing address.
You can look here:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/596589
It's supposed to be a 95 download.
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could you do the website again but not in a iso or torrent file becuase i cant open them in the torrent program
sorry
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davey,
How about a new hobby?
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na i like computers to much and plus if i quit my mum will sell it but ask for the detail becuase i formated and wasnt allowed but if i get a download of win98 or 95 then i would be fine and then i could maybe sell it
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well if someone has got a win98 or win95 cd then email it to me at Quacky2200@hotmail.com or Falcon6095@aol.com
but you would have to put the cd key in it and would have to send the folder alot for doing the files two by two it doesnt work doing it all together
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You might try a google search for W7XTC. That's part of a 98 product key which seems to be on every internet list of keys. I found that key on two separate PCs I scrapped, one a government computer from either Los Alamos or Sandia national labs.
Anyway, there was a download page for all the 98 cd files which included that key. If that page is still there and you can wade through all the other links you may find it.
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hi again i want to play the sims 2,woms arrmagadon and tooncar to work on dos because my mum has not got the win cd yet so is there a program to run the games on dos!!!
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