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Need to reinstall DOS
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Name: DOS Novice
Date: February 23, 2000 at 05:17:52 Pacific
Subject: Need to reinstall DOS
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Comment: Help! I have an old 486 that I FDISKed and I need to reinstall DOS on it so that I can install either Win 3.1 or Win 95 on it. If anyone has MS-DOS 6.0 or higher I would appreciate it. Any tips on installing it would be a plus! Thanks!
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Response Number 1
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Name: RMSE
Date: February 23, 2000 at 09:30:24 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If you have any frend that have MS-DOS 6.0 or wath you want, use that for a while. You can even create an boot disk with this commands 1. format an floppy (format a:)
2. copy system files (sys A:)
3. copy the file config.sys and autoexec.bat to the floppy. (copy config.sys a:) 4. copy even this files. defrag.exe
format.com
edit.com
mouse.com
scandisk.exe
sys.com
qbasic.exe
display.sys
country.sys
command.com hope this disk would help you
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Response Number 2
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Name: Mick C
Date: February 23, 2000 at 10:33:19 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I have a MS-DOS 6.22 Emergancy Boot Disk, with CD-ROM Driver & Mouse Support, plus all the above (and more) for download at: http://www.powerload.fsnet.co.uk
(Or just click on the link at top of this message)
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Response Number 3
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Name: Joe London
Date: August 12, 2000 at 00:17:12 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I blew away an old gateway system, howcan i get it restored it has a swappable drive
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