Two Questions

1. Scandisk halts on a file with a name that's too long.
How do I find this file?

2. (Non-Win98 related) I wound up with an old 386 with no
OS. How in the heck do I get my hands on an old version of
MS-DOS with Windows 3.11?????

Thanks very much for any help you can give.

T.

1. Start Find Files and Folders

2. I have a copy of DOS and 3.11 ;o)

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!


"Troubled" wrote in message
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1. Scandisk halts on a file with a name that's too long.
How do I find this file?

2. (Non-Win98 related) I wound up with an old 386 with no
OS. How in the heck do I get my hands on an old version of
MS-DOS with Windows 3.11?????

Thanks very much for any help you can give.

T.

Forgot to mention, for #2, try E-Bay ;o)

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!


"Troubled" wrote in message
...
1. Scandisk halts on a file with a name that's too long.
How do I find this file?

2. (Non-Win98 related) I wound up with an old 386 with no
OS. How in the heck do I get my hands on an old version of
MS-DOS with Windows 3.11?????

Thanks very much for any help you can give.

T.

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:55:27 -0700, "Troubled"
wrote:

1. Scandisk halts on a file with a name that's too long.
How do I find this file?

That usually can happen when running Scandisk from Dos. Running it
from windows is the way to fix it.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

Thanks for responding. I'll try eBay. Are you offering to
sell me your copies?

T.

-----Original Message-----
1. Start Find Files and Folders

2. I have a copy of DOS and 3.11 ;o)

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!


"Troubled" wrote in
message
...
1. Scandisk halts on a file with a name that's too long.
How do I find this file?

2. (Non-Win98 related) I wound up with an old 386 with
no
OS. How in the heck do I get my hands on an old version
of
MS-DOS with Windows 3.11?????

Thanks very much for any help you can give.

T.


.

Thanks but I think I started in Windows and then went to
DOS in desperation when I got no results the other ways
(simple, advanced, auto fix, etc.). I'll try my hard drive
clean-up utility and see if that turns up the file.
(Although I think I've already tried this too.)

Thanks anyway. Feel free to let me know if you think of
anything else.

T.
-----Original Message-----
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:55:27 -0700, "Troubled"
wrote:

1. Scandisk halts on a file with a name that's too long.
How do I find this file?

That usually can happen when running Scandisk from Dos.
Running it
from windows is the way to fix it.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information
http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:48:37 -0700, "Troubled"
wrote:

Thanks but I think I started in Windows and then went to
DOS in desperation when I got no results the other ways
(simple, advanced, auto fix, etc.). I'll try my hard drive
clean-up utility and see if that turns up the file.
(Although I think I've already tried this too.)

Thanks anyway. Feel free to let me know if you think of
anything else.

Delete the files in C:\windows\temp, C:\Temp, C:\tmp and
C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files.

It could also be a folder, look under Program Files.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 02:46:16 -0400, Bill Watt
wrote:

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:48:37 -0700, "Troubled"
wrote:

Thanks but I think I started in Windows and then went to
DOS in desperation when I got no results the other ways
(simple, advanced, auto fix, etc.). I'll try my hard drive
clean-up utility and see if that turns up the file.
(Although I think I've already tried this too.)

Thanks anyway. Feel free to let me know if you think of
anything else.

Delete the files in C:\windows\temp, C:\Temp, C:\tmp and
C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files.

It could also be a folder, look under Program Files.

A good way is to use FIND for *.tmp. You may see a temporary file
name that is huge.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/