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need help...starting windows 3.1 from do
Name: mike Date: November 28, 2001 at 19:43:55 Pacific
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a frind gave me an old compaq 466 w/windows 3.1 which i now absolutly nothing about .ive got windows off some how and im running oly ms-dos now how can i get win3.1 back.or is it not posible without a disc.please help
Name: Krystyna Date: November 28, 2001 at 21:16:48 Pacific
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So, was there a WINDOWS directory or not ?? Try typing CD\WINDOWS, press Enter, then type DIR /W Is there a big list of files ? You are looking for the file WIN.COM If it doesn't exist, then you will be needing to reinstall Win 3.1 from diskettes.
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Name: mike Date: November 28, 2001 at 21:27:55 Pacific
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if i type dir theres a big list but if i type dir\w it says. file not found...but i cant scroll back to the top of the list under dir to see if win.com is there
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Response Number 9
Name: Krystyna Date: November 28, 2001 at 21:32:13 Pacific
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Try DIR /W ( space after DIR then forward slash W )
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Response Number 10
Name: mike Date: November 28, 2001 at 21:40:28 Pacific
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big list ...no win.com though
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Response Number 11
Name: Krystyna Date: November 28, 2001 at 21:49:02 Pacific
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Win.com is the file that starts Windows, so without it you are doomed. It should be in the Windows directory. You could do a bit of a search through the other directories and see if it has been moved for some reason. At C:\ prompt, type DIR /W and see if win.com is there then try CD\DOS then DIR /W
If it cannot be found, then you need to reinstall Win 3.1 Depending on how much RAM you have, you may even be able to install Win 95A
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Response Number 12
Name: mike Date: November 28, 2001 at 21:55:57 Pacific
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your a sweatheart thanks so much for the help...one last question where could i get a copy of 3.1 or even better win 95..i have ram if i need ti upgrade..all i want it to do is log on the net....again thanks so much
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Response Number 13
Name: Krystyna Date: November 28, 2001 at 22:00:46 Pacific
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You're welcome Mike It seems to be that EBAY is a good source of old legal software. But I'm sure you could find download sites if you do a spot of searching. Krystyna
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Response Number 14
Name: makalele Date: December 5, 2001 at 12:51:17 Pacific
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hmmmm... first of all, if the ms-dos opens a a directory when it starts, by default, you'll need to do "c.." (DUH!) anyway, if the windows directory is there, do "cd windows" (without any \ or /) and then write "Win", if it fails, just write "dir" and see if you have there some file called win.com/exe,etc... and run it
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