Summary: Hi all, I've got this Compaq Contura 486 laptop of which I'm trying to breathe some life into. Apparently the HDD has gone missing. When I used Compaq...
Summary: First off, sorry this is so long… I have an older computer and decided to put it to use as a test box and install all of my Windows versions on it... ...
Summary: I have decided to make the jump from 3.1 to 95 but I am having trouble getting my computer to see my cd-rom. I have the 95/98 boot disk and I assumed...
Summary: I keep getting default mail client not installed error when trying to browse into certain areas how can I fix this. Bonzi buddy was a breeze to delete...
Summary: I'm trying to figure out Windows 3.1 still and I click on the Media Player and it says "MCI Driver not installed, use Drivers in Control Panel to inst...
Summary: I have an old computer that I stored a little data in, to keep clutter off the new. It has been quite awhile since I used it. Now, I tried to boot i...
Summary: Actually, winimage will extract all the files out of any img file onto your hard disk, if thats what you want, but in your case its no help. DOS will...
Summary: hi again,i still cant get win3.1 installed on this old compaq 286 laptop.i did get d.o.s 6.0 installed.now when i try to install win 3.1 i get a messa...
Summary: Ok here is my problem. I have an old 486 computer. It had windows 3.1 on it until it messed up and wouldn't boot anymore. So I made a windows 98 bo...
Summary: Hi....here's my problem...somehow I don't have my cd rom drive d: in file manager, did some research and was advised to install a generic cd rom drive...
Summary: i am trying to install win 3.1 on this old 286 laptop.i had dos 5.0 and somthing called direct access 5.0?.when these programs were still installed an...
Summary: need help , just got this old 486 comp w/o hdd and I installed hdd from another old comp with win 3.11 works ok but no cd. After mem check gives this...
Summary: Well if you went back to the A: prompt that probably means you may not have installed DOS onto your harddrive. If not type SYS and press enter to tran...
Summary: I think that the 1750 has three CD-ROM interfaces on it-Panasonic, Mitsumi and Sony. Your CDU-33a usess the SONY. Make sure that jumper near the inter...
Summary: I am trying to install Win3.1 and the intsaller program says Unable to control A20 line XMS driver not installed. What does it mean??? Please help me!...
Summary: ok - them manual method. Ensure that the CD-rom is inserted correctly, power and data cables are the correct way around, and then check the jumper blo...
Summary: System was 486 dx2-66 upgraded to 133 with 24M of RAM, 500 meg hard drive. Hard drive was reformatted to reinstall dos 6.22 & Win 3.1 because of probl...
Summary: I have a Hewlett Packard 4430, 32 MG SDRAM, 3.2 GB Ultra DMA Hard Drive, with a V.90 56 kps modem. I started having problems while connected to AOL, g...
Summary: jeli: if you're getting a message, saying "no rom basic", then it means the data on your disk is toast. go to www.bootdisk.com, and there is help ther...
Summary: Insure that drive power is on and drive cables correctly attached." I am getting this error message after the POST and BIOS read outs. After turning o...
Summary: Since my old laptop (486/win 3.11) doesn´t have a CD-player, I linked it with my stationary computer and tranferred the Win 95-directory (48MB) to the...
Summary: I have an old 486 and would like to install win95 on it.it has no cd rom but i have 95 upgrade on floppies. it does not have win3.1 on it and the upgr...
Summary: Ok I just got a computer from a friend. I got it for free becuase he said he crashed the hard drive. This is not true as I have tested mutliple hard...
Summary: I have a 486 IBM clone. MS-DOS 6.22, Win 3.1 with the Win95 Upgrade. Originally the Error messages said, Missing File C:\windows\system\VMM32\VNETBIO...
Summary: My win95 cd will not install. It is screwed up somehow. Does anybody know how or where to DL one off the internet? I need it to rebuild my other co...
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