Summary: I agree with jboy. Try this: At power/start up hit the delete key to get to CMOS. scroll down to the Hard disk autodetect option. Check to make sure t...
Summary: Hi everyone, I finally got my hands on a SoundBlaster 16 sound card for my 486DX66 running DOS6.22 and WIN3.11. I plugged the card into a slot and ins...
Summary: my kids computer is a tandy sensation. and i have no set-up disks or any thing and i was wondering if any one can help us out with this Thank - You ...
Summary: This should help:First goto http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/conner/cp30174e.html This will show you the slave/jumper config. Set your other...
Summary: Heeey, yeah, this is all really good advice but change your battery *first*. Otherwise it wont keep any of your config settings... If your not sure w...
Summary: This happens with both the nonY2K and Y2K-compliant versions of WINFILE.EXE. Copying files - drag n' drop - from a CD (F:\) to a hard disk (C:\TEMP) w...
Summary: Unlike Windows 95 and beyond, Windows 3x does not intall its own boot loader. Its needs MS-DOS (or other DOS) to be installed first. As a bare minimum...
Summary: When I boot on my computer it asks me to load the smartdrv. I enter the settings, smartdrv /r 4096 4096, and then start windows 3.1. How can I save t...
Summary: I need help in getting the right configuration for my config.sys and autoexec.bat files in Win3.1. I'm trying to get it to read my CD-Rom without hav...
Summary: Ok here's my autoexec.bat & config.sys files, they seem rather bare in content to me? Can you tell me if there is anything wrong with them, and how ca...
Summary: Your config.sys file is usually used to set up your DOS to be able to run your Windows. Mine looks like this: DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE DEVICE=C:\DOS...
Summary: dos 622, win 311 old packard bell for friend. Installed new HD, formatted, dos, os, installed cd all up and running. (Would not read size of new HD so...
Summary: Just open Notepad and write the following down and then save the file as Config.sys Do the same with Autoexec.bat.And save the file as Autoexec.bat. S...
Summary: I just became aware that your the fella who had the runonc16 problem..it occured to me that you might have a video driver problem..certainly removing ...
Summary: Alright, I give... I'm trying to set up my HP DraftMaster RX plotter which only performs with Windows 3.1 (so I've been told). I finally found out t...
Summary: After trying alot of things ((even managed to find Cardsoft!... not that it helped)), I finally gave in and went back to MS Dos 6.22. Reinstalled wind...
Summary: When you install DOS, it should create two files: c:\config.sys c:\autoexec.bat These two files load memory drivers, cd-rom drivers, set the path stat...
Summary: Settings such as those are usually placed in a configuration file ending in .cfg for Dos or .ini for Windows 3.1, for example config.cfg or config.in...
Summary: Greetings, Multiple Questions on this thread for you: My 486/WIN31 has 32Mb of ram. What optimum size do you suggest for the SWAPFILE, and for ...
Summary: I'm trying to back up files from an old 386 PC (unused for some years). The battery was dead on first attempt so I had to reset the BIOS. I've added t...
Summary: Go here for how to make sure your data cables are right: I assume you have an IDE CDRom drive, and it isn't more than 5 years old or so. The rules for...
Summary: Need the ID jumper settings for a matsushita cr-563-b cd-rom drive. They are numbered 0,1,2,3. I need to know which ones are master, slave, etc. ...
Summary: A CD-ROM Drive needs 2 files to run, plus entries in your Autoexec.Bat & Config.Sys files. You need MSCDEX.EXE which is part of MS-DOS and a CD System...
Summary: Hi Nemesis and John What both of you suggested worked but did not enable me to fix the problem. By putting the DOS-5 disk that came with the computer...
Summary: Saving Settings. Typically the first thing I do would burn a CD copy of the Hard Drive. You probably can't do it. Minimal Version Create a boot floppy...
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