Summary: I am currently employed as an SNA engineer, i need to be able to copy 5 inch disks, but they must be formated to IBM 3870 format, so i need some softw...
Summary: You can try Quick formatting - format c:/q It suppresses Formats prompts. EXTRACT FROM MS-DOS 6 RESOURCE KIT (Available from http://www.powerload.fs...
Summary: I have a Fujitsu Monte Carlo Pentium 133Mhz Notebook with no hard drive and no original setup disks. Can I just go out and buy any 2.5 inch hard driv...
Summary: An XT? solution: 1) get rid of it. 2) search for "MS-DOS 4.01" on the internet. 3) get a 3.5" floppy disk drive 4) forget about getting DOS 4.01...
Summary: I presume you mean 3.5 inch disks? Do not cover up hole and just use the following: FORMAT A: /F:720 This will format to default track size etc ...
Summary: I have a DGi notebook pc that came from a turn-in warehouse. The serial number plate is illegible. I need to find out what model it is, what the pur...
Summary: I tried to do a direct copy a:*.* to b: on the dos install disks but didn't work. I have never tried xcopy or the sys command so I will try those sugg...
Summary: Attach a (temporary) 3,5 inch disk drive and install a newer DOS (like MS 6.22 or DR 7.03). In this way you can use HIMEM and EMM386 memory managers. ...
Summary: I just got hold of a compaq deskpro 386 for $5.00. It works great. It has a five & a quarter disk drive, 3.5 inch disk drive, & a tape drive. The prob...
Summary: Today's 3.5 inch disk drives commonly use high density diskettes and will have the letters HD on the disk. When 286 computers were made, 3.5 inch di...
Summary: Hi Guys I want to retrieve some software I wrote long ago on my ancient Sperry HT machine. Trouble is, it was written using DOS 3.2 and the lithium ba...
Summary: I've been trying to copy an ancient 5-inch floppy (Hayden Software--Computer Novel Construction Set, 1985)to a 3-inch, and can't get the three hidden ...
Summary: I have an original Datavue laptop disk that is used for both the "Snap 1+1" and the "Spark". It is a 3.5 inch 720Kb Floppy Disk that is marked as foll...
Summary: If you use the Diskcopy command to copy a startup disk, the copy will also be a startup disk. If you use copy or xcopy to copy a startup disk, the cop...
Summary: Hi, Am running W98 2nd edition on a p3. I've got some old MS-Dos 3.3 5 1/4 inch disks I'd like to backup to a newer media. Now every time I trie to ac...
Summary: Reviving a 386/33 (ha). I want to reformat the hard drive, but I can't find a bootable diskette. The HD doesn't book now. Boot with a higher version ...
Summary: I have an old program on a floppy-disk which is protected with some laser methods. I'd like to make a backup copy of the diskette: I've tried to copy ...
Summary: Installing MS-Dos 5.0 from cd-rom’s / 5 cd-rw’s or 5 mini-cd’s the best because their small Your computer must be bootable from a cd-rom or it will ...
Summary: That old 286 almost certainly has an outdated floppy drive. If it's a 5.25 inch drive, it probably uses the ancient 360k floppy disks instead of toda...
Summary: Hi, I'm in desperate need of DOS 5.0 for class tomorrow. My disk 1 corrupted and I can't find anybody with a copy. I'd appreciate it very much if so...
Summary: This particular version of DOS 3.3 came with 3 disks One 3.5" 720KB starup/operating Disk and two 5.25" 360KB disks, one lablelled Startup, the other ...
Summary: Does any know where I can find a free download for Norton Utilities 5.0 for DOS. Because the 3.5 floppy disks which my copy was stored has been corrup...
Summary: One day, at my high school, they were throwing out old computer junk. I was filled with joy. There was a huge card-board box filled with nothing but W...
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