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Virtual Dr to Sys or not to Sys  
17:50 18-Aug-02   [Replies: 6, Views: 120]    By: Unnamed
I know that sometimes you need to sys a drive, but I'm not sure about the syntax and when you would use that command. For ex, if you had dual boot with win98 and NT and you removed the NT pa...
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Virtual Dr writing batch files...  
00:52 16-Aug-02   [Replies: 7, Views: 258]    By: rh71
Any good resources out there for writing batch files ? I used DOS around the time WIN3.1 was around, but I've forgotten most of it. Basically I need to write a batch file that would open up a...
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Virtual Dr win 3.1 on one floppy  
03:25 14-Aug-02   [Replies: 8, Views: 188]    By: steppenwolf
i bought a compaq 286 laptop thinking i could use it for words only and i see it has no harddrive or the cmos battery is dead and i dont know how to get into cmos and what the parameters are anyw...
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Virtual Dr Sony laptop keyboard problem  
21:21 13-Aug-02   [Replies: 2, Views: 127]    By: Unnamed
Hi...I am using a Sony VAIO laptop but some of the keys are not working and I was told that if I restart in MSDOS this will solve the problem.Can anyone tell me how to restart in MSDOS on my lapto...
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Virtual Dr OLD Compaq Laptop  
15:28 10-Aug-02   [Replies: 4, Views: 71]    By: hambone2
Hello, Someone gave me an old laptop, that I want to give someone else. Keep in mind, vintage items, hard to upgrade, and use current items. It is a 486 33DX system, with 12 megs of RAM, ...
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Virtual Dr PC -DOS 6.3 IBM Thinkpad 360cs  
04:47 10-Aug-02   [Replies: 6, Views: 100]    By: timnc
I posted earlier on how to install windows 3.1 ....... well I found windows 3.0 and installed it,but got an error at the end of installation ( I put in the wrong number disk at the end). Anyway I ...
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Virtual Dr people still use windows 3.1 or 3.11?  
04:39 10-Aug-02   [Replies: 36, Views: 949]    By: ylen13
Im actually suprised to see that people still use windows 3.1. I thought that the oldest that is being used is windows 95 i guess i was wrong.Thsoe that use windows 3.1,on what kind of system are ...
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Virtual Dr Can only type 6 characters when working in DOS  
14:54 9-Aug-02   [Replies: 13, Views: 195]    By: gwillis
Trying to format a hard drive after doing fdisk. Have worked in DOS numerous times and never had this problem. I can type up to 6 characters at the prompt but no more. Have to restart PC to get...
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Virtual Dr DOS 6.3 "How to"  
00:22 9-Aug-02   [Replies: 9, Views: 147]    By: timnc
I used DOS a long time ago and went out to Win95 very soon after picking up on how to use DOS. I have a question- - - How do I install a program onto DOS using a floppy? I have win3.11 to install...
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Virtual Dr W2K and DOS programs  
09:30 8-Aug-02   [Replies: 3, Views: 102]    By: Unnamed
I finally concluded formatting my hard disk (an IBM 30 Gb DTLA) was an inevitable choice. This time I decided to install Windows 2000, according to the majority of experts being it far most bett...
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Virtual Dr MS-DOS Client on P2P network  
17:32 6-Aug-02   [Replies: 4, Views: 100]    By: brianskurka
It is possible to have a DOS computer talk to Win98 computer on a TCP/IP network? We have an existing p2p network made up 3 win98 boxes sharing an old DOS finance program, and it would great to b...
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Virtual Dr DOS boot disk to load PCMCIA CDROM  
17:32 3-Aug-02   [Replies: 6, Views: 109]    By: Greenbean
how can I create a DOS boot disk to load my HP CD-Writer Plus M820e Drive? I have a Sony laptop and it has no operating system on the hard drive. To load the operating system I need to have acce...
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Virtual Dr Rename a file extension to the file name in a batch file  
14:47 30-Jul-02   [Replies: 4, Views: 105]    By: Unnamed
Hello all: In a batch file is there a way a person could take a file, rename the file name to its extension and then change the extension to something else? Then, following this pattern, have ...
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Virtual Dr Aol / 3.1  
20:29 26-Jul-02   [Replies: 8, Views: 138]    By: Unnamed
hello, i'm trying to install AOL 7.0 with windows 3.1 are these programs compadable.I just can't AOL to install. any suggestions. I go to the file menu and select run,type D:\Setup than click...
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Virtual Dr Choice  
05:49 20-Jul-02   [Replies: 17, Views: 331]    By: topdome
@echo off @CHOICE /CEMZN /N /T:N,10 Cd-Rom drive D:, E:, M:, Z: or None? IF ERRORLEVEL 1 SET DRIVE=drive D: IF ERRORLEVEL 2 SET DRIVE=drive E: IF ERRORLEVEL 3 SET DRIVE=drive M: IF ERROR...
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Virtual Dr got aproblem  
09:37 16-Jul-02   [Replies: 1, Views: 102]    By: Unnamed
Got a problem?? I have system commander 2000 and i have a 1 small partition with dos 6.21 and windows 3.11 installed and i want to do a network with my other computers.and the other partitio...
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Virtual Dr WFW Fax  
03:35 16-Jul-02   [Replies: 3, Views: 75]    By: Unnamed
Hello, I am using WFW and have just started with the included fax program. I have set it up and it works well. However, each time I use it it goes through about 90 seconds of talking with...
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Virtual Dr How Does D.O.S. do this?  
07:46 10-Jul-02   [Replies: 19, Views: 402]    By: <Missing>
ok I got this old computer to mess with, it was a Tandy, and it had a 720k floppy drive! looked inside, interesting, now I boot it up, it say MSdos 4.0 and then whoa and behold a Bible verse come...
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Virtual Dr closure to 3.x box  
02:52 10-Jul-02   [Replies: 2, Views: 103]    By: Tyranny]SiN[
I wiped it and thru a CGA video card in the 8 bit extended slot i have and thru Red hat 6.x on it. running KDE now on 128 mb fpm ram - i got the specs from a good buddy that works for Intel and he...
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Virtual Dr Good Job Vernon Frazee!  
00:50 6-Jul-02   [Replies: 1, Views: 103]    By: <Missing>
Wow your response was quick, I had to do it! to see if the forums are monitored well, thats all, they are! Good job Now I will behave. I got a question, when a Person Post a new thre...
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Virtual Dr Repairing setup disks  
12:04 4-Jul-02   [Replies: 7, Views: 137]    By: tiberiuscan
Has anyone tried repairing a setup disk for DOS? I have DOS 6.2 on three disks but there are two many corrupted files to do a proper install. (I can usually do a workaround using the uncorrupted...
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Virtual Dr dos 6 upgrade  
20:53 3-Jul-02   [Replies: 5, Views: 88]    By: steppenwolf
i have this 800 mb drive i put in and it once had win 95 i think , its formatted drive a is the big 51/4 floppy . i stick in a dos 6 upgrade disc and seems to be ready to install and says get...
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Virtual Dr ANY 1 out there have a DOS 6.22 startup disk  
08:47 3-Jul-02   [Replies: 4, Views: 188]    By: Tyranny]SiN[
or even better you know where i can d/l 3.11 wfw? its a good little puter 8 mb ram 128K cache 80386 processor PGA video 3072KB Ext memory DUAL 386 Processor Motherboard!! ...
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Virtual Dr faulty set-up disc  
03:52 1-Jul-02   [Replies: 3, Views: 59]    By: Unnamed
I have a faulty set-up disc for dos 6.2. I ran scandisc on the disc and there were no problems. You can open and examine disc, but it won't start installation process. Is there a way I can copy an...
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Virtual Dr Looking for CTTY  
17:25 29-Jun-02   [Replies: 5, Views: 64]    By: Kosta
Hello, I'm trying to find a copy of the CTTY command for use in a batch file to be run in Windows XP. The CTTY command works in Windows 98 and in DOS 6.22, but I cannot find the file for use ...
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