🚀 go-pugleaf

Newz@inf-eden.demon.co.ux (Chris Kennington - newshound) wrote:

>Bill:

>    Looking at the last several posts on this thread, including my
> own, I think we can sort out a bit of what happened.


>    Otherwise, I suspect that you are going to have to bite the
> bullet, abandon all the files you had on the computer (?backups?),
> and reinstall DOS and Win 3.1 from scratch.  If you haven't got the
> relevant disks, I can let you have copies.

>    But, clutching at straws, where are you geographically?  You
> just *might* be close enough to some Samaritan for him/her to
> sort things out on the ground.  (I'm in Henley-on-Thames).

> However, try
> again with 'DIR C: /a'.  The extra parameter means "show all",
> and *might* show up a bunch of hidden files.  If it does this,
> then there is hope; post the names of them to this thread; and
> include in the posting the *timestamps* of the files.  M$oft, like
> many others, (mis)use the time-field to identify the version of DOS
> etc that the files belong to.  Yours should have times of 6.00 or
> 6.20.

>    Keep posting!  And remember, "all the mnost useful experience
> is bad experience".

>Chris Kennington (newshound)                        01491 574065

I received nothing with DIR C: /a.  I think I'm going to Plan
B, that is reload the DOS files, since many of my lost files are on
backups.  

However, I've run into a problem here as well.  DOS Setup disk keeps
instructing me to load the disk in (3.5") Drive A, which I cannot do
since the files are on Real Floppies (the 5"x5" variety), which fit my
Drive B.  How do I convince Setup to load from Drive B? Thanks for all
your help. - b

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