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What version of DOS I'm I using?

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Name: Robin
Date: May 29, 2001 at 19:33:02 Pacific
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How do I go about finding out what version of DOS my computer has on it? I reformatted the hard drive and re-installed Windows 3.1 and when I boot it up it tells me that I am running a version of DOS that is incompatable with this version of Windows. PLEASE HELP!



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Response Number 1
Name: spot
Date: May 29, 2001 at 19:50:56 Pacific
Reply:

Type "ver" at the command prompt.


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Response Number 2
Name: DR
Date: May 29, 2001 at 19:53:43 Pacific
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Type Ver [ENTER] at the DOS prompt. You would have had to install some version of DOS in order to install Win 3.1-Maybe your DOS disks were corrupted.

Dr-DOS 7.03 is compatible with Win 3.1. You can download it here.

ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/drdos/DR-DOS.703/images/

The following is a text file with download and install directions for Dr-DOS.
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You need 5 formatted 1.44 Meg floppy disks.

Create a Temporary directory on your hard drive

Download the 5 install disk images

disk01.144
disk02.144
disk03.144
disk04.144
disk05.144

Download
mkdskzip.exe

Double click mkdskzip.exe or type mkdskzip.exe from the same temporary directory in DOS.

A few files will be unzipped.

Double click makedisk.exe

Makedisk will give you instructions from there on.

When you are done with all 5 disks, reboot your computer with disk 1 in the floppy drive.

Your DOS installation will begin and you will be prompted for disks.

Here is the home page of DR DOS.org
http://www.drdos.org/

DR DOS forum is here;
http://senac.com/forums/4356/


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Response Number 3
Name: sorin
Date: June 10, 2001 at 03:56:19 Pacific
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I LOOOOOOOOOVE YOU, Mister DR!!!!!!!!!!!
You are the man!!!!!!
Your answer for Robins's problem took me out of bulls..t.
This is the best computer assistance site EVER!!!!


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