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  • December 4, 2000 at 1:50 am #2091354

    dos help

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    by bob johnson · about 22 years, 10 months ago

    I’ve accidently installed part of dos version 6 on my computer. the boot disk w/ this version doesn’t contain fdisk or anything. i need to get off dos 6 and install win 98 se but it won’t read the win 98se boot disk. if i try to run fdisk from the win98 disk it says incorrect version of dos. so how do i get rid of version 6 and install win 98 se. Thanks in advance for your help.

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    • December 4, 2000 at 2:02 am #3880119

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      by kevin_b · about 22 years, 10 months ago

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      you can finish installing dos, create a boot disk with format and fdisk and then install win98. You can go to any of the tech support sites to help create a boot disk. The win98 disk should have info on how to create a boot disk for you. You can borrow one from someone if you have to. Just copy fdisk and format to the boot disk and it should work. For that matter, you can just format the hard drive and start over.

      • March 4, 2001 at 5:59 pm #3857798

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        by bob johnson · about 22 years, 7 months ago

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    • December 4, 2000 at 2:04 am #3880113

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      by tamj123 · about 22 years, 10 months ago

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      you can download a win 98 bootdisk from this web site:
      http://www.bootdisk.com

      • March 4, 2001 at 5:59 pm #3857799

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        by bob johnson · about 22 years, 7 months ago

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    • December 4, 2000 at 5:10 am #3879979

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      by mphoffar · about 22 years, 10 months ago

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      You’ll need a bootable disk from SE. What you’ve discovered is the dos 6 command.com isn’t forward compatable with the 98 SE dos apps.

      Going to bootdisk.com isn’t a bad idea like that last guy said, but I’d probobly try to copy the command.comfrom c:\windows\command to c:\ just to see if I got any results with that.

      Good luck to you

      Mark

      • March 4, 2001 at 5:59 pm #3857800

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        by bob johnson · about 22 years, 7 months ago

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    • December 4, 2000 at 10:35 am #3879790

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      by richard_barsby · about 22 years, 10 months ago

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      Hi all the previous answers are correct but if your bios supports it the easiest way is to make your cdrom the first bootable device and either install or fdisk from the cd.

      Best Regards

      R.K.Barsby

      • March 4, 2001 at 5:59 pm #3857801

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        by bob johnson · about 22 years, 7 months ago

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    • December 14, 2000 at 7:32 am #3882383

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      by lafavor_s · about 22 years, 9 months ago

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      I agree with Mr. Barsby, a clean install is your best, and least complicated route, all the other answers require much more work with less likelyhood of success.
      PS. this answer isn’t for the points, distribute them to the other answer(s) that you select.

      • March 4, 2001 at 5:59 pm #3857802

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        by bob johnson · about 22 years, 7 months ago

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    • March 1, 2001 at 3:20 am #3856344

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      by whoroo · about 22 years, 7 months ago

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      Remove hidden attributes from drive. If using dosshell go to display and show hidden files. Delete Io.sys: Msdos.sys: Command.com
      Autoexec.bat and config.sys.
      Get start up disk for you operating system and install.

      • March 4, 2001 at 5:59 pm #3857803

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    • March 4, 2001 at 5:59 pm #3857797

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      by bob johnson · about 22 years, 7 months ago

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