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Old comp question
Name: Alex Klein Date: March 5, 2002 at 18:06:12 Pacific
Comment:
Have a 486 presario and a really simply question. Its been so long since i used the dance thing that I forget how to boot it up without any drivers loaded and in dos.. any idea?
Name: k_semler Date: March 5, 2002 at 19:25:55 Pacific
Reply:
When your boot up your computer, at a certian point it will say "Starting MS-DOS..." , at this point, press F5. it will load MSDOS without loading your AUTOEXEC.BAT file or your GONFIG.SYS file.
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