Summary: hi all i have '' 486 Boot problem'' i try to boot to a with a:\fdisk and then --> harddisk is not available. What do i have to do now? which problem d...
Summary: I have the same exact problem with an old computer of mine. I have search every where for any kind of boot disk for windows 3.1 with no success. I u...
Summary: Catch-22! There is no "Standard Mode" in WfW 3.11. If you type win/s, you'll get an error message telling you that. Your problem is no doubt a memory...
Summary: if you are booting froma floppy, the default drive letter at the prompt is A:\. In that respect, everything seems normal. But, if it asks for the date...
Summary: Sounds very similar to the problem I just had.My 486 was running 95 then I cleaned,compressed, and promptly deleted.This left me with an unbootable ha...
Summary: I'm having problems booting Win 3.1, after the BIOS screen it won't do anything, and the floppy disk light stays on. Can't boot to DOS either, Please ...
Summary: I recently reformatted my hard drive, wanting to reinstall wfw311. I used to boot disk to boot back into my ssystem to install DOS, but I ran into pr...
Summary: Another problem with this stupid Toshiba, but here goes: Whenever you try and boot the computer it says remove the disk from the floppy drive, but th...
Summary: Huge Problem - I was working on an older computer, and was messing around with the BIOS settings, and changed it to First A:, then C: - now it can't ...
Summary: My Aptiva 214482P (with Windows 3.1) failed to boot; it would stall at the opening “MS 3.1 screen.” But I was still able to get to all my TXT files ...
Summary: Add it under the [386ENH] section of your system.ini using any text editor. I had the same problem and I set mine to 1 using the following example: [3...
Summary: When i boot up win 3.1, it makes me manually input autoexec.bat, but then it won't go into Winodows; it'll just give me another c prompt. When i try t...
Summary: morpheus boot problem (boot not found hdd) regitery not found problem vfat i dont format c: but install windows over windows after its ok (excuse my...
Summary: I have Windows 3.1 and dos 3.0. I accidently deleted all my files that were straight on my c drive. i still have all my directores. when i boot it say...
Summary: I just had the same trouble. http://computing.net/windows31/wwwboard/forum/6791.html What worked for me was during setup when it gets to the networkin...
Summary: I need DOS that will carry windows 3.1 or 95, and I also need to create a partition for a quantum trailblazer hardrive. Is there any utility disks ava...
Summary: Check your BIOS settings on your presumably intel4 3000, if you set BIOS to boot from floppy then boot using a boot floppy you can let us know what ha...
Summary: I have an old 486 at home with MS-DOS V 6.22 and Windows V 3.1. When I turned my computer on it acted as if it was loading and then I got this messag...
Summary: That's a win 3.x boot disk that i created. Download it, unzip it , place a blank disk in a: and run setup.bat from the directory where you unzipped i...
Summary: I have been playing with a bunch of old computers lately and have experienced boot problems that seem strange like your problem. #1 solution* has been...
Summary: I have reformatted an old 120 MHz machine which previously had WIN 95 SE. I have used a WIN 98 boot disk and saved it with the DOS commands so it self...
Summary: 3XSTART has very detailed install instructions in its help file 3xstart.doc Here is the direct download address : http://www.powerload.fsnet.co.uk/dow...
Summary: I switched hard drives and reinstalled 6.22 and 3.11 on my 486. This fixed my warm up before booting problem but gave me a new one. After booting to...
Summary: Well, the 'sys' command just restores the system files - it won't hurt anything - sometimes the boot sector on the hard drive develops errors that won...