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I recently said that an MS-DOS boot disk couldn't be created in Windows 2000. As several readers pointed out, this isn't quite true. An MS-DOS boot disk can be created using files located on the ...
Over the weekend my computer became infected with the FunLove virus right after I exited a CS game. I went to Symantec's website and by their instructions since I'm running WinXP Pro I need a DOS ...
/EDIT: Sorry all for three new topics, I posted in less than 30 mins, but I am on dial-up, and I usually write posts and mails, when not connected, and then when I on-line (for an hour or so), I ...
Microsoft Windows' PowerShell tool is a powerful scripting and administration environment that's largely replaced the traditional Windows command line, which dates back to MS-DOS. You can start a ...
FreeDOS is an operating system that can run MS-DOS programs natively and will appeal more to enthusiasts. DOSBox is an ...
Windows ships with a startup CD, also known as a bootable disk, but you can make a new one if the original is unavailable. You can make a bootable MS-DOS disk using the utilities built into ...
This means that they can, in theory at least, still run MS-DOS. ... In my home city, Caldera DOS start-up disks were sold at a computer flea market once. It did cost about 5 DM, I think.
In many ways, the Microsoft empire was built on MS-DOS. The company got its start selling tools for programmers, but its big break came in 1980 when it licensed MS-DOS to IBM for use in the ...
MS-DOS established the "standard" way to operate personal computers during the Eighties, and the text-based operating system was still playing a significant "startup" role in Windows at least ...
MS-DOS wasn’t stolen, new forensic analysis concludes by Todd Bishop on August 6, 2012 at 5:11 pm August 6, 2012 at 5:21 pm Share 1 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...
Your PC can probably still boot MS-DOS sans emulation By Zo Ahmed August 5, 2024, 8:16 12 comments. Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust.
I mentioned before that you could create an MS-DOS boot disk in Windows XP. Several readers have asked about the procedure, so here it is. Insert a disk into your floppy disk drive and run Windows ...