Sam,
The theory may be grossly flawed. An attempt to install sys on an
already formatted bootable HDD would be expected to result in a "Wrong
DOS version" message [or at least I would hope so].
However, a floppy boot-up may be the answer to your problem if you do
the following during that bootup for DOS:
* Make certain you set comspec/shell etc to the command.com on drive A:
* Install caching software as part of the floppy boot, so A: wouldn't
need to be accessed every time for command.com
I was going to say you might create a RAMdrive at bootup, but I don't
know that a system would accept command.com residing on a non-active [no
sys files] drive of any sort. That is, however, an option to consider
... if a RAM drive even allows system files. <G>
l.d.
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On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 13:08:35 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> Hello Arachnids:
> One of the major problems I have in trying to accomplish very meaningful
> and important tasks with a machine running Windows 95 and above is that
> the machine doesn't behave very well with the version of DOS that is
> installed into Windows 95.
> I have a proposed solution, but I hesitate to resort to this without first
> getting some advice from others who may have tried the same. Don't try
> this at home without first experimenting with this technique on a machine
> belonging to someone you might want to get even with.
> Here is what I have in mind:
> Given a machine with Windows 95 installed on a hard drive having a FAT 16
> partition, and the partition's size not being too big to be recognized by
> your favorite DOS version, would it be OK to boot to a floppy being a DOS
> system disk, and then fix the hard drive's operating system simply by
> doing "A>sys C:" Theoretically, that should fix it. Now my question is:
> would employing such a measure fix the hard drive "permanently", i.e,
> would I not easily be able to restore my original Windows 95 installation
> simply by re-booting to a Windows 95 system disk floppy and then using the
> SYS command again to transfer the operating system files back to the hard
> drive? Has anyone ever tried this?
> I await your replies with eager anticipation.
> Sam Heywood
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