Re: [Freedos-user] Using a USB stick and an optical drive

2021-04-14 Thread Stephanos
who can write a BIOS for me? Thanks and wait to hear Stephanos On 12/04/2021 15:07, Liam Proven wrote: On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 at 15:57, Adam Nielsen via Freedos-user wrote: Probably many of these don't apply to FreeDOS. The boot menu (where you saw the FDOS option) I think at least give

[Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer

2021-04-14 Thread Stephanos
Dear All I want to boot to freeDOS using a CD ROM. Then I want to insert a memory stick into the computer and copy a file from the Windows HDD onto the memory stick. Is this possible and if so which version of freeDOS do I use? Thanks and wait to hear Stephanos

Re: [Freedos-user] Using a USB stick and an optical drive

2021-04-11 Thread Stephanos
Dear Adam Thanks for the suggestions. I agree that Dell are good at only showing the right drivers for a specific Service Tag. Which is what has confused me. They show 2 BIOS files and label each as for different models, M5030 and N5031 but each has the note "This PC". I went back into the BI

Re: [Freedos-user] Using a USB stick and an optical drive

2021-04-10 Thread Stephanos
ong file? The only other BIOD file is the same version as the installed BIOS. Any best guesses welcome, or am I at the end of the line? Stephanos On 10/04/2021 12:31, Tomas By wrote: Hi, Ok, one more thing you can try is to start a shell (command window) as aministrator (important) and then

Re: [Freedos-user] Using a USB stick and an optical drive

2021-04-10 Thread Stephanos
file on it, no other bootable image. I ran the file and it did not work. However, I tried again as a result of your prompt and right clicked on the file and chose run as admin. But no joy. Thanks Stephanos On 10/04/2021 12:13, Tomas By wrote: On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 13:08:58 +0200, Stephanos wrote

Re: [Freedos-user] Using a USB stick and an optical drive

2021-04-10 Thread Stephanos
which is 1950KB, and the version of FreeDOS in file: fdbasecd.iso found here: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0/ Wait to hear Stephanos On 10/04/2021 10:00, Mateusz Viste wrote: On 09/04/2021 23:50, Stephanos wrote: So I decided that it was slightly easier

Re: [Freedos-user] Using a USB stick and an optical drive

2021-04-09 Thread Stephanos
. Thanks again everyone Best wishes Stephanos On 09/04/2021 22:12, Liam Proven wrote: On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 at 21:41, tom ehlert wrote: It is safe but will not solve your problem. The BIOS updater .EXE is a Windows program, and will only run on Windows. Tom, do not guess. Check, be sure

Re: [Freedos-user] Using a USB stick and an optical drive

2021-04-09 Thread Stephanos
memory stick, then I will revert to removing Kubuntu, installing Win 7, running the BIOS upgrade file, praying. Wait to hear Stephanos On 09/04/2021 16:09, Michael Christopher Robinson wrote: I would definitely try booting the ReactOS Live image a flash drive instead of a DVD.  Longer term

Re: [Freedos-user] Using a USB stick and an optical drive

2021-04-09 Thread Stephanos
drives Just seen Tom's contribution. Does the file size support that theory. Even without the file size supporting the theory, it is plausible. Thanks again Stephanos On 09/04/2021 14:07, Michael Christopher Robinson wrote: A couple of questions, what model DELL laptop are you trying to u

Re: [Freedos-user] Using a USB stick and an optical drive

2021-04-09 Thread Stephanos
ld putting ReactOS onto a memory stick overcome this problem? Before I progress to Liam's options is there any other option you can think of. Thanks and wait to hear Stephanos On 09/04/2021 13:39, Michael Christopher Robinson wrote: Ditch the memory stick even if you can do this fro

Re: [Freedos-user] Using a USB stick and an optical drive

2021-04-09 Thread Stephanos
work or one of them will work but you do not know which? Thanks again and wait to hear Stephanos On 09/04/2021 12:35, Liam Proven wrote: On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 at 13:22, Stephanos wrote: 1) Download one of the ISO files Fine 2) Make a CD bootable What... why? 3) Write my BIOS upgrade file

[Freedos-user] Using a USB stick and an optical drive

2021-04-09 Thread Stephanos
know how to use a burning programme to burn an ISO onto a disc and so make the disc bootable So, can it be done with one of those ISO files you have on your website, and if so, which one? Thanks and wait to hear Stephanos, London, UK ___ Freedos-user