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bought used compaq w/98
just bought used cp/ set it up powered it on. I get Starting PC DOS. . .
PC DOS Power Manager Version 1.01 copyright info,then DOSKey installed. C:\ It has been a "very" long time since I even saw 98 I don't have any idea where to go from here to get the OS. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance -- Sunshine |
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bought used compaq w/98
Type win and press Enter and see what happens. To see what is on
the drive use the dir command. To get help in DOS type help and press Enter. To get help on commands use the /? switch with the command, example: dir /? John Sunshine wrote: just bought used cp/ set it up powered it on. I get Starting PC DOS. . . PC DOS Power Manager Version 1.01 copyright info,then DOSKey installed. C:\ It has been a "very" long time since I even saw 98 I don't have any idea where to go from here to get the OS. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance |
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bought used compaq w/98
"Sunshine" wrote in message
... just bought used cp/ set it up powered it on. I get Starting PC DOS. . . PC DOS Power Manager Version 1.01 copyright info,then DOSKey installed. C:\ It has been a "very" long time since I even saw 98 I don't have any idea where to go from here to get the OS. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance If your boot process has loaded any OS, you can identify it by the DOS command VER This post suggests bootup may have loaded MS-DOS version 6 or 7 but ot Windows. If you have the OS instal CD but no suitable boot floppy (to enable the CD drives under DOS) you can download one free from www.bootdisk.com. See also good documentation at http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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bought used compaq w/98
"Sunshine" wrote in message ... just bought used cp/ set it up powered it on. I get Starting PC DOS. . . PC DOS Power Manager Version 1.01 copyright info,then DOSKey installed. C:\ It has been a "very" long time since I even saw 98 I don't have any idea where to go from here to get the OS. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance PC DOS is *not* windows98 the previous owner must have wiped the drive |
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bought used compaq w/98
Try typing "dir /s c:\base4.cab" at the C:\ prompt. If the file exists, type
the drive and directory, followed by "setup" and press "Enter. For example, if "Directory of C:\Windows\Options\Cabs" is displayed, type C:\Windows\Options\Cabs\setup Ben "Sunshine" wrote in message ... just bought used cp/ set it up powered it on. I get Starting PC DOS. . .. PC DOS Power Manager Version 1.01 copyright info,then DOSKey installed. C:\ It has been a "very" long time since I even saw 98 I don't have any idea where to go from here to get the OS. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance -- Sunshine |
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