Summary: Hi Mike, Oh boy, there is definately something we're all missing here. I read your message, and decided to check out the keyboard.sys file. On Win M...
Summary: I have an ALi 5229 PCi bus master ide controller. However, the DMA box next to my Generic type 437 hard disk won't turn on. Is there a way to get it t...
Summary: I don't know what to say to the first response you got, except he not even close on "did ya format it". You said you formated only the drive letter co...
Summary: Have you tried booting with a standard Win 9x boot disk? If not, give it a try and if you get to the prompt type FDISK /MBR to get rid of any LINUX re...
Summary: Here's some info I saved long ago. Be warned, it's long; File Systems Unraveled Most of you have probably heard the term FAT, FAT32, FAT16, NTFS and ...
Summary: I'm trying to edit config.sys & autoexec.bat files. I rebooted my PC in DOS mode. It ends up at "c:\windows>" after booting. I'm trying to change to...
Summary: I have a major problem. I built my own system. The motherboard supports both AT and ATX, I am using ATX. It has a ps/2 port for the mouse, and a bi...
Summary: Ok, I copied a few xcopy files over, and that seems to have worked, but now it won't accept the command: xcopy c:\*.*/a/e/k it gives me the error: inv...
Summary: I am trying to reinstall Win98 and when I load MSDOS or even just the system files and CDROM driver all is fine. The system finds the CDROM and assig...
Summary: I'm helping my sister put together a pc amd anthon 950 with a wd400eb hard drive.I'm trying to boot it up with 98 had xp on drive. I ran fdisk said re...
Summary: Hi all, I have modified file MSDOS.sys and changed the value of "BootGUI" from 1 to 0. In other word, I want the computer to boot without GUI. It work...
Summary: I sanitized a 6 gig laptop hard drive and can't get Win 98 to run. The Win 98 files load from the recovery disk, but it won't start. I can get to DO...
Summary: Arachne dials but won't go anywhere. It actually connects to the ISP but then won't go to any webpage. There were no options that I didn't understan...
Summary: ThinkPad 755CE won't boot from harddisk nor from any bootdisk I try (Win98, DOS 6.22, DOS 5.0, ...). The operating system on the harddisk was MSDOS 5....
Summary: I have tried to get my mouse to work in DOS, but have had no luck. I understand that you can go into the edit mode, and fool around in there. I just...
Summary: himem sys won't work in a 286 computer.. so edit config.sys files and remove,if its there, Himem.sys , emm386, and any reference to load high. I thin...
Summary: I have a Creative cd-rom that is plugged into the sound card, instead of being plugged into the secondary IDE port on the board. I just installed new...
Summary: Idiot didn't partition the drive or transfer the system files from the floppy. Apart from no drives, there's no master boot record!! Fuckme that's stu...
Summary: Don't type SCANDISK on drive A:. Type SCANDISK C: if A is all you can access. Another possibility is CHKDSK A: and FDISK. If the operating sys...
Summary: I have a 486 which previously had Linux on it. I want to install DOS, and then Windows 3.1. After installing DOS 6.2, it won't boot up from the hard...
Summary: I have had similar problems with ancient Radio Shack computers with modified DOS versions. They won't boot from anything except that modified version....
Summary: I HAD A PROGRAM THAT WOULD RUN USING DOS AND WINDOWS 3.1.NOW I WENT TO WIN 95 AND THE PROGRAM WON'T RUN .ITS A DOS PROGRAM BUT IT LOOKING FOR THE 387....
Summary: I think I've narrowed it down to a problem with the Highmem tool. A bios update fixes this, but it won't let me install without a fully charged batter...
Summary: My computer won't start windows 98. It goes to a screen with 6 choices, one being "start using safe mode". I have tried everything but nothing works. ...
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