Re: DOS doesn't work anymore!

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Ed Ferris wrote:
> Hi folks. This is my first visit here, so my problem may have a well-
> known fix, I hope.
> My OmniBook started making burnt-plastic smells so I got a new
> laptop. I have a large database programmed in QuickBasic 4.5. When
> I run QBasic (off the Windows 98SE disk) under Command Prompt, it
> can't access any files and quits on Bad File Mode error. I think
> this is because everything in XP is NTFS.
> So ...
> 1) Get Microsoft to fix their half-assed DOS emulator. Not likely.
> 2) Wipe the disk, format it as FAT32, and reinstall XP. What
> utilities do this? -- not Disk Management or DiskPart as far as I can
> tell. Will DOS apps read FAT32 files?
> 3) Make a FAT32 partition (how?), install another copy of XP in it.
> No advantage over #2, I would think.
> 3a) Make a FAT32 partition and install Windows 98SE. Probably would
> cause horrendous conflicts.
> 4) Make a FAT partition and keep the data files in it. Will XP
> translate an NTFS file into FAT (or FAT32) when I move it into the new
> partition?
> 5) Wipe the disk, trash XP, and install Linux. Their DOS emulator
> works.
> 6) Find a still-working OmniBook and buy it cheap.
>
> Any other (polite) suggestion?

As long as your looking for options, why not just install DOS 6.22 in a separate partition?
You can freely move files between partitions. The file format of a partition is not an issue.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
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