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Old March 30th 07, 08:06 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Sunshine
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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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Sunshine
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Old March 30th 07, 12:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
John John
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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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Old March 30th 07, 01:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Don Phillipson
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"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

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Don Phillipson
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(Ottawa, Canada)


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Old March 31st 07, 12:15 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
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"Sunshine" wrote in message
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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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Old March 31st 07, 06:52 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Ben Myers
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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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