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Offline daveyball

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DOS
« on: April 23, 2004, 20:58 »
how do I boot my computer to dos and then where is the  dos menu

Offline Sandra

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Re:DOS
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2004, 21:21 »
Which OS are you using Davey and why do you want to be in DOS ?

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Re:DOS
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2004, 23:26 »
Hi sandra I am looking for dos because I am trying to put an new hard drive in and want to configure it and partion it and i am looking fir the software in the directory and also out of curiousity,,i use both windws 98 and xp

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Re:DOS
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2004, 23:40 »
Ok, all you need is a 98 boot disk on a floppy.
You can get one from here :

www.bootdisk.com

Or if you are on your 98 OS you can make one yourself  :)

Go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs.
Click the Startup Disk tab, and then click Create Disk.
Insert a floppy in your disk drive when you are prompted, and then click OK.

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« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2004, 12:14 »
If the new hard drive is in addition to the existing drive, it is very easy to partition an format it.

Simply install the drive, boot Windows XP and from the Administrative tools folder in Control Panel, run the Disk Manager application.

This will allow you to configure and format your new drive without all that tedious mucking about with boot disks ::)



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