Summary: I've posted this before but only got one reply so I'm going to try and post it here. Almost everytime I install a program (whether it be a game or an ...
Summary: Actually I am communicating with an HP Plotter which appears as a modem-like serial port device using a proprietary cable with hardware flow control u...
Summary: I've an external iomega HD USB This is my config.sys DOS=HIGH,UMB FILESHIGH=60 BUFFERSHIGH=50 STACKSHIGH=9,256 LASTDRIVEHIGH=Z device = c:\ohci.exe de...
Summary: Hello, I have a hard drive with a few (about 40 kbytes) bad sectors on it. It seems that those sectors aren't really useless, but they have to be read...
Summary: I can't print to my HP Deskjet 500. From win98 I get a paper out error. I replaced the parallel cable but get the same error. So I tried printing a di...
Summary: I have a Toshiba Laptop computer with a 20 GB of Hard Disk, which is divided into four partition among which three are FAT32 including primary partiti...
Summary: Have a Panasonic JU-475 5.25" FDD as B: and it can read 360kb and read/write 1.2mb floppies okay. Have two boxes of new 5.25" which I cannot read or f...
Summary: I inherited, so to speak, a 486/66 without PCI, ISA only. I didn’t, however, inherit the hard drive. I’ve made gradual progress upgrading the machine,...
Summary: invalid media type reading drive c, abort, retry, fail? This error is not caused by the drive not having the system files on it. Usually, it is cause...
Summary: After loading the CDROM driver (generally a .SYS file) via config.sys, you must run MSCDEX.EXE to gain access to the CDROM. The sintax is, basically: ...
Summary: I have an old NEC Powermate P2166 with a pentium 166 mhz 2 gig HD. I tried to install windows 98 after formating and erasing win 95. I did everything...
Summary: Thanks for the information. I've tried the Iomega boot disk. The ASPIUHCI.SYS file can detect my USB CD Drive and there is no problem or error mess...
Summary: under dos 7.1 (no windows) the following works ------------------------ @echo off ver command /f /c vol b: | find "Ser" > NUL: if errorlevel 0 set src...
Summary: I did install a HD of 6GB on IDE1 as primary master. CD rom is primary slave (slave on IDE1). I partitionned the HD: - 1st partition/Fat 16 of 2GB (...
Summary: DoOMsdAY: "You also have DOS 6.2 installed." I have had MSDOS 6.2, WIN3.2 & WIN95 Upgrade on my machine with no problem. "Now you would need the CD-RO...
Summary: I was transfering files after transfering many files it stopped and told me it couldn't read the C drive, abort, retry, or fail? Retry didn't work, s...
Summary: I've been bringing up an older 486DX4 (100 MHz) with VESA local bus machine. I have a *new* SIIG i/o controller card and a *new* 3.5" 1.44 Mb floppy ...
Summary: I'm trying to copy a file from my C drive to a floppy, but get an error when doing so. I'm typing copy C:\Windows\Desktop\WARIOW~1.TXT A:\ and get the...
Summary: I am getting the error: Not ready reading drive C Abort,Retry,Fail? I have repartioned and formated the drive. It reads drive A: fine. I am using a w...
Summary: Thanks to W0rm, Jr and Techtony for you assistance. I had to download a 6.22 boot disk from the net, that wouldn't boot up the system. If I try to i...
Summary: a drive works in windows but not in dos msg: general failure reading drive a abort, retry, fail when I abort msg reads: current drive no longer valid ...
Summary: When I start my computer, sometimes it works perfectly, but sometimes I get the DOS error message "Not ready reading drive c:" with "abort, retry, fai...
Summary: Hello, I am writing an autoexec.bat file for a bootable CDROM that will contain a DOS(version that sits under W98SE) menu to boot various dos utilitie...
Summary: Only yesterday I had to convert 360kb 5.25" floppys to 720kb 3.5" floppies. 5.25" disks have not been touched for at least 14 years. Had no problem do...
Summary: I am attempting to add a portion to a batch file which will check to see if the c drive is formatted, and if not offer the option to format it. I am ...
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