91) 12/2/2003 7546375463  75463.html">Plus Hardcard II Drivers and MS-DOS 5.x
(75463) - The drivers available for the Plus Hardcard II are both compatible with the Microsoft MS-DOS 5 Upgrade and with Microsoft Windows. Versions 1.5 and 1.7 of the ATDOSHC2.SYS drivers work with MS-DOS 5.0, but may have trouble with EMM386.EXE or enhanced...

92) 12/2/2003 7429674296  74296.html">EDLIN Saves a Backup File when editing; EDIT Does Not
(74296) - The MS-DOS EDIT command does not save a backup file the way the MS-DOS EDLIN command does. Information about EDIT applies to Microsoft MS-DOS version 5.0. Information about EDLIN applies to Microsoft MS-DOS versions 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.21, 3.22, 3.3,...

93) 12/2/2003 7514575145  75145.html">Using Serial Microsoft Mouse with Bus Mouse Card Installed
(75145) - A serial Microsoft Mouse will not function correctly if a Microsoft bus mouse card is installed in the machine. The Microsoft Mouse driver will detect the presence of the bus card before it detects the mouse connected to the serial port. The Microsoft...

94) 11/27/2003 7344473444  73444.html">Using DiskLock PC with MS-DOS 5.x or 6.x
(73444) - This article contains information about using DiskLock PC versions 1.01 and 1.02 from Fifth Generation Systems with MS-DOS version 5.0 or 6.0. DiskLock is drive-locking software. Once installed, it modifies the master boot record and installs the...

95) 11/27/2003 6009160091  60091.html">Using 720K or 1.44 MB 3.5-Inch Disk Drive with MS-DOS
(60091) - Many users wish to install 3.5-inch floppy disk drives in their systems. Currently, there are two popular varieties of the 3.5-inch floppy disk drive. MS-DOS Version 3.30 supports the 720K and 1.44 MB 3.5-inch floppy disk drives. Listed below are some...

96) 11/27/2003 8038780387  80387.html">Deleting Partitions Can Reduce Usable Hard Disk Space
(80387) - Removing a partition created by a third-party disk-partitioning utility can reduce the total usable space available on the hard disk drive. This problem is most commonly experienced with, but is not limited to, the following systems: XT systems with...

97) 11/27/2003 3476034760  34760.html">Missing <CR> after Batch Label Causes Repeat of Last Command
(34760) - If the last line in a batch file is a label and there is no carriage return character after the label, the command immediately preceding the label will be executed twice. The workaround for this problem is to include a carriage return at the end of a...

98) 11/27/2003 4932649326  49326.html">Determining Number of Partitions Per Hard Disk
(49326) - This article covers how MS-DOS decides how many partitions there are for each hard disk.

99) 11/27/2003 3286632866  32866.html">Entering and Displaying Control Characters in TELNET or EDLIN
(32866) - To enter a control character into a text file using EDLIN, press CTRL+V followed by the character that identifies the particular control character desired (if that character is an alphabetic character it must be capitalized). For example, to enter...

100) 11/27/2003 8270982709  82709.html">SMARTDRV Cache Status -- What Does the Buffering Value Mean?
(82709) - In MS-DOS, Windows, and Windows for Workgroups, the character-mode display of the status of SMARTDrive has a column for buffering status. The entry in this column can be "yes," "no," or "-" (MINUS SIGN). This article describes the meaning of these...

101) 11/27/2003 8030180301  80301.html">How to Change the MS-DOS Cursor
(80301) - There is no way to change the appearance of the command line cursor in MS-DOS with any MS-DOS command. The cursor is a function of the BIOS and can only be modified through a ROM BIOS call. There are third party applications that facilitate this, such...

102) 11/27/2003 7909079090  79090.html">Michaelangelo Virus Disables Floppy Drive
(79090) - The error message "general failure error" may occur when trying to access a floppy drive on a system infected by the Michaelangelo virus. If the virus is present, the error message can occur regardless of which MS-DOS version is running at the time....

103) 11/27/2003 7815378153  78153.html">"Golden" (Complete) Backup and Restore
(78153) - The "golden" or complete BACKUP command backs up all files, beginning with the designated directory. The complete RESTORE restores all files from the backup disks, overwriting existing files and creating subdirectories as needed.

104) 11/27/2003 7204472044  72044.html">Deleting Files with Stacker Installed
(72044) - If the error message "Access Denied" is given when you attempt to delete a file that does not have the read-only bit set, check to see if you are running Stacker.

105) 11/27/2003 6020360203  60203.html">PRN Is Always Associated with LPT1
(60203) - The MODE command cannot change the parallel port identified by PRN. At boot time, PRN is internally configured by MS-DOS to direct any communication with the PRN device to LPT1. In other words, PRN cannot be configured to communicate with any parallel...