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Name: linda Date: March 16, 2003 at 19:32:35 Pacific OS: MS DOS version 5.00 CPU/Ram: memory 640k 7424k ext, 5
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i have a laptop puter that someone gave me and i guess because they couldnt figure out whats wrong with it...but i turn it on and it starts booting up but im not sure what to do next i get this at the end after it boots up....c:\ im not sure what im suppose to do next ...the computers im used is the one im on not the ones with 3.1 in it....it says it is ms dos version 5.00 but thats about all i know ...can anyone tell me what im suppose to type in to go farther in the computer?im a dummy at this one that was gave to me ....so if anyone can please help me then please let me know feel free to email me at JNLinbama@aol.com
Name: dominicus Date: March 16, 2003 at 20:03:46 Pacific
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try typing win after the c:\>. if it starts youve got win31 on it. the c:\> is a "dos" prompt- thats where you enter commands- if you dont know what a dos prompt is you better hope windows31 is on it! Good Luck
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Response Number 2
Name: jboy Date: March 16, 2003 at 20:32:31 Pacific
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" im not sure what im suppose to do next "
Well, what do you want to do?
DOS5 will support Win3xx - whether or not that's installed, hard to say.
Might have the good old Dosshell file manager on it, if Windows isn't there, try:
dosshell
or maybe
\dos\dosshell
That'll give you a better idea of what's on the machine (if it's there)
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Response Number 3
Name: LeonPark Date: March 17, 2003 at 12:06:14 Pacific
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At the dos prompt "c:\" type dir/p this will give you a list of things that are on the computer.
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Response Number 4
Name: sseamans Date: March 17, 2003 at 13:24:48 Pacific
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If you need an operating system for it like old versions ow windows and linux you might want to take a look at www.lasercomputers.biz/~sseamans/
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Response Number 5
Name: dominicus Date: March 17, 2003 at 17:58:56 Pacific
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Isnt it sad? This is what XP does to people! :)
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Response Number 6
Name: Sandman Date: March 17, 2003 at 19:09:33 Pacific
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Don't blame Xp it doesn't even use Dos anymore!!! LOL
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