Summary: Wengier, please don't confuse the issue, it sounds like this guy has ENOUGH trouble. Trying to do what you suggest is using a hacked up, cracked up...
Summary: You should NOT install DOS via a normal DOS boot disk! The (bootable) DOS installation disk is required to install DOS onto the system. Get one if you...
Summary: Hi, Co> I have an old IBM 5160 XT... ...when I turn C0> it on it boots to IBM Basic... PS> You will need 360K MS-DOS Disks... I can see why you want ...
Summary: Well I am trying to install dos 6, but it will not boot to the floppy disk drive. I am trying to figure out why it wont boot to the floppy. Is there...
Summary: I boot using a win2k cd to a dos prompt, and would like to install dos 6.22. When i type in the DOS setup program from another CD (dos6.22) it says " ...
Summary: I would have thought it unlikely the 386 has a 720kb double density floppy drive, more like 1.44mb high density. When you try to boot does it appear t...
Summary: You mentioned installing DOS 6.22, this version of DOS does not support drives / partitions above 2gb. From what you have said, it is pretty unlikely...
Summary: after i creat boots floppy to attach to cd-rom then how i can install dos 6.22 full with cd-rom where i can download to burn dos 6.22 software into cd...
Summary: I have formatted my old laptop. I have downloaded a boot disk from the net and my computer starts up with the boot disk. When I come to the a: I inser...
Summary: I have created a bootable CD from my own legit DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 Floppy's, I can boot and install DOS and then Boot and choose to install wind...
Summary: Yesterday I got an old 486 just for fun, with Windows 3.11 installed on it. When I installs some display drivers for view in 256 colors 800x600, it fa...
Summary: I need a little help installing dos on win98. I had a HD crash, so I installed win98 on a fresh HD. When I try to reboot in msdos mode from the shut...
Summary: hpfs or ntfs or partition formats for hard drives. DOS and Windows will only use FAT16 or FAT32 partitions. A partition is an area created on a hard ...
Summary: x86, Well, he is just trying to install a DOS over an existing WinXP, and make dual-boot between DOS and WinXP, so your links to the M$ pages above ar...
Summary: Please help. I just can install the dos on floppy disks. When you now where's the problem send me please a e-mail: pacdav@hotmail.com Thanks...
Summary: I have a 386 computer. When I start it up is comes up with a message telling me to type in the name of the command interprter. I can't get pass this...
Summary: OK, I read alot of advice here and there about how to install DOS and WIN 3x and I'm just confused! I want to know how to start from a freshly format...
Summary: Hopfully someone can help me! Ok, heres my story... I have my brothers computer at my place and he wanted to format the HD and start over. So we,...
Summary: Well, if your ultimate goal is to install Win9x, prob'ly no point to installing DOS. Possibly you should check the machine's CMOS and ensure that 'bo...
Summary: hi all, so then there is absolutely no way to install dos 6.22 without the format? (ignoring the stepup, which only seems to include stepups from othe...
Summary: It creates problems to remove Windows ME and reinstall it. So I would not install DOS unless I intended to use it. There is a patch for Windows...
Summary: I Want to install DOS 5.0 from a cd, I have the two images files of DOS 5.0, I've tryed to make a bootable cd with it, but alwasy tel me the same thin...
Summary: If you don't want a real version of DOS, then 98 comes with version 7.x. So you needn't worry about that. Also, there are no setups or installs on t...
Summary: Ok, here's my problem. I have an old Toshiba T1200 that is running DOS 3.3. I want to install DOS 6.2 and cannot. The laptop has a 720kb floppy dri...
Summary: Yep its a 286, it have 16-bit ISA slots and a 286 processor so i think it could be a 286. Ericssonīs last computer wasnīt the 8088 they build a 286 to...