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Hello, this my first time using the site. I own a custom built computer originally built for win95, but since then I have tried to install several versions of Linux, wiped the hard drive several times, and now have winME on it, but it will not boot to it. I have been using a ms-dos boot disk for a while, and since then have gotten openGEM on it, so I can have a gui over dos. It serves fine but I really want to get the unworking version of winME of and only have ms dos on there. Thanks for your help.
Do you a Legal Copy of MS-DOS 6.xx ??
If so just start with a fresh install.........wiping the hard drive of all current partions/ formating in the process. FAT16 is limited to 2GB partitions.
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/ins...
If you still have the W95 CD then depending on which flavour http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158238 you can configure to boot into the underlying MS-DOS Sub-System, after installing.
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No, I have two other computer besides this one, running winXP and Ubuntu linux. I used XP to create a bootdisk, which is what I have been using. The computer came pre installed with 95, but I do have a copy of windows ME, but I have lost the case, and with it the registration code, so I can not get farther past the installation screen.
I have used every OS I can get my hands on to try to run on this computer, and I have discovered the only ones I can get to work reliably are ones that are DOS based. My goal for a while was to get something like Windows 3.0 on it, but no successful attempts.
I am considering just to get freeDOS, but I'm not sure if openGEM and my other DOS games will work on it.
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FYI the MS-DOS Boot Floppy created from XP is based om Windows Millenium Edition MS-DOS and is very limited, it is intended mainly for the BIOS Flashing.
DR-DOS 7.03 is "FREE" for Personal Use, you will need the ldisk version:
ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/OpenDOS/DR-DOS.703/images
OpenGEM will be compatable with DR-DOS, also see:
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I'm not clear on what OS you want on there. Assuming you could install either one--Dos or ME--with no problem which do you prefer?
And the reason it won't boot to ME is because you can't finish the installation due to the lack of a product key?
First, what is your CPU speed, how much ram do you have and how large is the hard drive?
We can probably dig up a key if you have compatible hardware.
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I want to get any DOS that is compatible with ms-dos games. I have given up on a regular gui, so I am settling on open GEM.
And yes, I don't have the product key for ME, which is my problem.
The CPU speed is 200 MHz (AMD K6), 256 ram (I bought more this summer), and the as for the hard drive, I'm not sure, but I'll guess 100 megabytes.
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Is your hard drive properly formatted, partitioned, the partition set active, and the boot kernel of the operating system properly installled?
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So the hard drive now has a non-functioning, partial ME install on it and nothing else? The drive is probably larger than 100 meg as I don't think you could even start an ME install on something that small. But even if that's all it is, dos will install OK.
The best thing to do is boot up with Disk 1 of whatever dos version you decide on. Exit the installation procedure and run fdisk and remove the existing partition. Then reboot, repartition with fdisk, reboot again and format. Then start the dos install.
As already mentioned, dos up to 6.22 is limited to fat16, 2 gig partitions.
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I have been trying to use Fdisk many times, but any version of Dos I use, I just says invalid command, and I can't figure out why. The Dos floppy disk will not recognize the D: drive, so I am trying to find a partitioner or at least something that can wipe and reformat the hard drive that can fit on a floppy.
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If you have a non-booting version of Windows ME, and you
legally own windows ME (which im assuming is the case,
since you installed it yourself), and you want Dos, I wouldn't
use MS Dos 6.22 or any older version. These versions have a
limit of 2gb partitions (which can be a big problem if any of
your games use alot of HD space), they also lack LFN
support (long file name, ex: yourfilename.txt would have to be
yourfi~1.txt).I would install Ms-Dos 7.10, which is the latest full dos
release, and is free to download and free to install so long as
you own a copy of windows 98se or Windows ME. This
version supports large hard drives, high memory (above
64mb) and long file name support (LFN) and FAT32 support.You can download it here: http://ms-dos7.hit.bg/ .
All you will need is two blank floppy disks to create the setup
disks, you download them right off the website. You can even
add on extra features, like support for NTFS disks. And you
can add gui's to the dos install, like the Mini Windows series
(small distrobution of windows, gui only, none of the extra
features, right now they have 3.11 and 98). If you install dos
7.10 and want help adding any of these extra features, just
keep posting here and I will gladly walk you through this too.As far as removing your broken windows ME install, your
best option would be formatting the HD then installing a fresh
install of Ms-Dos 7.10 with these disks. If you have files you
cannot lose, just install dos 7.1 with these disks then after
you boot to the command prompt, go and manually delete all
of the windows files and folders.Hope this helps.
ShamRock
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Where do you get the Dos disks you're booting up with that have no fdisk? Dos disks usually were installation disks and would have the necessary commands. But if your disks are homemade dos bootdisks they may only have the system files--enough to get you to an A:\> prompt--and nothing else.
Also, the D: drive you can't access, is that a cdrom or second hard drive? If it's a second hard drive what size is it and what's currently on it?
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Response 3 and I quote:
"FYI the MS-DOS Boot Floppy created from XP is based om Windows Millenium Edition MS-DOS and is very limited, it is intended mainly for the BIOS Flashing."
You need to go to BootDisk WebSite and download a self-extraccting/creating Windows 98 SE OEM boot floppy:
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Your cdrom isn't seen because there's no config.sys and autoexec.bat loading the necessary files. If you use a 98 bootdisk you'll get cdrom support.
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