2M on Win98SE: disabling virtual floppy driver?

Posted on 2024-03-07, 18:20

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Hi! I might or might not be able to go to my mother's house this weekend, but if I do and get Windows to work on my Win98SE tower there, I want to install 2M there. If you don't know, 2M is a TSR that greatly increases the capacity of a floppy. However, it works only in DOS mode, but, if I disable …

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Re: Win98SE DriveSpace in DOS mode?

Posted on 2024-02-17, 23:22

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I thank you for your info. Is there a way to keep the mentioned files but restore settings and drivers to factory-default settings? BTW, I accidentally deleted the root folder files the last time I was there. 🙁

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Win98SE DriveSpace in DOS mode?

Posted on 2024-02-17, 22:49

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Hi! As you probably already know, I have a Windows 98SE tower at my mother's house, but Windows is not starting up properly. Also, somebody online recently showed me that I can get Windows to clean install without removing the installed programs by deleting the contents of the Windows folder but not …

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Re: PalmZip: prob. doesn't work on Win98SE system: using Guest driver?

Posted on 2024-02-17, 22:06

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I found the info. Unfortunately, it would still eat some Upper memory, but fortunately, I have QEMM and am not using Stealth mode yet. 😀

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PalmZip: prob. doesn't work on Win98SE system: using Guest driver?

Posted on 2024-02-17, 19:13

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Hi! I'm not at my mother's house right now and don't know when I'll be there next, but, IIRC, I couldn't get PalmZip to work with UMBs on my Win98SE tower at my mother's house, so I will need to use the Iomega Guest driver. The problem with that is that the driver eats DOS memory. It's very hungry. …

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Re: Recommended DOS file manager?

Posted on 2024-02-11, 11:38

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Before I look into it: does it support multi-tasking? BTW, I want my mother to use the computer as well, but she's not good with computers. :( I asked her if she would use my laptops there, but she said she's afraid of breaking them. :( I have Moo installed on it and set up for minimal use. I can …

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Re: Recommended DOS file manager?

Posted on 2024-02-11, 11:22

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Never mind: I found it on REMOVED. Thank you for the tip. 😀

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Re: Recommended DOS file manager?

Posted on 2024-02-11, 11:17

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Uhh...where can I get it? Google gave me millions of unrelated results. 🙁

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Re: Recommended DOS file manager?

Posted on 2024-02-11, 11:15

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Thank you. I'll Google and download it now. 😀

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Re: Recommended DOS file manager?

Posted on 2024-02-10, 00:32

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Uhh...I want to compress the data backed up. What DOS-based compression utility can handle LFNs?

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Re: Recommended DOS file manager?

Posted on 2024-02-10, 00:08

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I can back up some of the data to a USB drive and even have drivers that handle USB and LFNs. Maybe I'll do that the next time I'm at my mother's house. Thank you.

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Re: Recommended DOS file manager?

Posted on 2024-02-09, 15:00

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I heard that DOSSHELL is also not multi-tasking but task-switching: it will only run one task at a time but can keep multiple apps in memory and allow me to switch between them. Will DOS Navigator do the same? BTW, I might not need this anymore soon, as somebody recently told me how I can reinstall …

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Stacker 4: eliminating driver on compressed floppy?

Posted on 2024-01-29, 15:48

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Hi! I have at my mother's house a Win98SE tower with a broken OS, and I've been using a DOS boot floppy to get something out of it. Now, I installed Stacker 4 on it, and it's much better than DriveSpace. :) However, I have two problems with it: it won't automount compressed floppies, and, when it …

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Re: Help needed identifying Sound Blaster settings

Posted on 2024-01-29, 15:05

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I'm no longer at my mother's house--I left there this morning--but, if I remember, i'll try that. Thanks. 😀

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Re: DOS cfg on Win98SE system: phantom DBLSPACE driver in MEM/C?

Posted on 2024-01-28, 23:40

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Oops! I just deleted all the files in the root folder of the hard drive. 🙁 I have to reinstall Windows.

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Re: DOS cfg on Win98SE system: phantom DBLSPACE driver in MEM/C?

Posted on 2024-01-28, 23:27

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The driver's now in Upper memory, but it's still not automounting disks. 😀 I like its compression ratio, though. 😀

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Re: DOS cfg on Win98SE system: phantom DBLSPACE driver in MEM/C?

Posted on 2024-01-28, 23:19

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I got Stacker to load hi! I was trying to avoid the compression. I just let t compress a floppy, and now it seems to be working. 😀 I'm optimizing the sysrem's memory right now, then I have to see if it will automount a floppy.

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Re: DOS cfg on Win98SE system: phantom DBLSPACE driver in MEM/C?

Posted on 2024-01-28, 22:25

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I can't find the Stacker manual online. Can anybody post me a link?

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Re: Help needed identifying Sound Blaster settings

Posted on 2024-01-28, 22:06

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I downloaded and tried HWINFO, and it said I have no sound card. 🙁 I guess I have to do without. 🙁

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Re: Help needed identifying Sound Blaster settings

Posted on 2024-01-28, 21:47

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Uhh...I think it is. Where can I find HWINFO? BTW, I want to reset Windows setup without losing my DOS setup? This is for an unrelated problem keeping Windows from starting. I have the contents of the OEM ISO extracted to a folder on the desktop and can navigate to it from DOS.

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