76) 12/2/2003 3285732857  32857.html">BACKUP /A Prompts for Last Disk
(32857) - Beginning with MS-DOS Version 3.30, BACKUP, when used with the /A option, prompts you to insert the last disk of the backup set into the target drive. In previous versions of BACKUP, there was no such prompt. The reason for this prompt is to ensure...

77) 12/2/2003 9675996759  96759.html">No Expanded Memory Available After Installing EMM386.EXE
(96759) - After you install EMM386.EXE to provide access to the upper memory area (UMA), Microsoft Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1 no longer provide expanded memory to your MS-DOS-based applications. If expanded memory is no longer provided, your MS-DOS-based...

78) 12/2/2003 6308663086  63086.html">How MS-DOS PRINT.COM Can Take 80K of Memory
(63086) - You have a Microsoft C program that has the following function: system("PRINT /D:LPT1"); When you exit your program and run MEM, you may notice that you now have 80K less memory than before you ran your program.

79) 12/2/2003 9683096830  96830.html">Windows 3.0 Doesn't Run in 386 Enhanced Mode
(96830) - This article discusses how to correct the problem of Microsoft Windows version 3.0 not running in 386 enhanced mode on a system with Microsoft MS-DOS version 5.0 and later. The article is divided into the following subsections: Extended Memory...

80) 12/2/2003 8875888758  88758.html">AMI BIOS May Need to Be Upgraded for IDE Hard Drive
(88758) - American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) has confirmed that its BIOS dated earlier than 4/9/90 may have problems with IDE hard drives. These problems may be seen when booting the computer and receiving a NON SYSTEM DISK error, or when running Microsoft Windows...

81) 12/2/2003 8397283972  83972.html">File Manager Cannot Format Drive the System Was Started From
(83972) - When you use File Manager (WINFILE.EXE) in the Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1, you cannot format the drive that the system was started from. For example, if the machine was started from drive A, you cannot format a disk in drive A from...

82) 12/2/2003 7425174251  74251.html">MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows Expand Utilities Not Interchangeable
(74251) - The EXPAND.EXE utilities that come with Microsoft Windows and the MS-DOS are not interchangeable. For example, if you try to expand compressed MS-DOS 6.x or Windows 3.1 file using the EXPAND command from MS-DOS 5.0 you receive the following error...

83) 12/2/2003 6071660716  60716.html">Reading Data from the Communications Port to a File
(60716) - Using Microsoft MS-DOS Packaged Product Versions 3.x, 4.x, and 5.0, you can capture data from a communications port to a file by using any of the following commands: COPY COMn: /A <file> COPY COMn: <file> /A COPY COMn: <file> An end-of-file (EOF)...

84) 12/2/2003 9687896878  96878.html">File Manager Does Not Create Complete MS-DOS 6.x System Disk
(96878) - Microsoft Windows File Manager does not create a complete MS-DOS 6.x system disk.

85) 12/2/2003 8969789697  89697.html">MSD Reports XMS 2.0 When Running in MS-DOS Session
(89697) - When you run the Microsoft Diagnostic Utility (MSD.EXE) or MEM /D under Windows in 386 enhanced mode, no matter what extended memory specification (XMS) driver version you are using in your CONFIG.SYS file, MSD.EXE and MEM /D always report the driver...

86) 12/2/2003 8437384373  84373.html">Wang PC with BIOS 1.14 Requires /M: 2 Switch in DEVICE=
(84373) - According to Wang technical support, if you use the Microsoft Windows 3.1 or the MS-DOS version 5.0 HIMEM.SYS file with a Wang 350/33C or 380/33c computer that has a BIOS version of 1.14, you must add the machine switch 2 (/m:2) to the HIMEM.SYS...

87) 12/2/2003 6957469574  69574.html">ANSI.SYS Escape Sequence Documentation Typographical Error
(69574) - The ANSI escape sequence for changing the cursor position contains a typographical error in the documentation. The sequence listed in the ANSI.SYS section of the "Microsoft MS-DOS User's Reference" for MS-DOS versions 3.20 through 4.01 should be...

88) 12/2/2003 7924779247  79247.html">MSCDEX.EXE Version 2.2 or Later Required with MS-DOS 5.0
(79247) - The Microsoft CD-ROM extensions require MSCDEX.EXE version 2.2 or later to be compatible with MS-DOS 5.0 or enhanced mode Windows 3.x.

89) 12/2/2003 6659666596  66596.html">Installing MS-DOS with Incorrect Disks for Drive A
(66596) - If you have the Microsoft MS-DOS 5 Upgrade in the proper disk format for drive A or B, you can install it with no special steps. For more information, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: which and drives and getting and...

90) 12/2/2003 8147681476  81476.html">MS-DOS Customers Who Want Windows 3.1 EMM386.EXE
(81476) - Microsoft Windows versions 3.1 and 3.11 will run in standard mode when EMM386.EXE is providing upper memory blocks (UMBs). Microsoft Windows version 3.0 will not run in standard mode if EMM386.EXE is providing UMBs. Changes were made in Windows 3.1 to...