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Wik
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Posted: 19th Feb 2004 22:10
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I have an old laptop. Right now I have to boot off a floppy to get into DOS. I dumped the content of the floppy into C:\DOS and I set the path to there. Everything works off the HD, but it still needs to boot off the floppy. Does anyone know how to get it to boot off the HD.


All help would be greatly appreciated


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Gery
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Posted: 19th Feb 2004 22:20
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sys C:.. hülye amcsi.

...and then the evil hungarian terrorist killed the peacefull shootin' soviet soldiers...
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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Sounds like the boot sectors been nobbled - there should be an equivilent to XP's fixmbr command to put it back...


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Wik
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Posted: 19th Feb 2004 22:35
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That works
Thanks

Only problem is the computer now thinks it's 2-19-99


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Pricey
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type DATE and it will tell you the current date and then ask you for the new one. do the same for time.

i miss DOS sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!


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Lord Ozzum
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yes, all the hacking that could be accomplished

Come crawling faster, Obey your Master, Your life burns faster, Obey your MASTER!!!
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Wik
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Quote: "type DATE and it will tell you the current date and then ask you for the new one. do the same for time."


Can't...it says INVALID DATE


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Pricey
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2004 22:03
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oh, sorry! millenium bug? quite possible! what version of dos? 6.22? mine works fine!


Dig a pit and poo in it
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