106) 11/27/2003 6204862048 62048.html">Reasons for MS-DOS "File Allocation Table Bad" Error Message (62048) - There are basically six reasons why the "File Allocation Table Bad" error occurs. These reasons are as follows: The disk is not formatted, or incorrectly formatted. An operating system other than MS-DOS is on disk. There are defective disk sectors in...
107) 11/27/2003 5901759017 59017.html">PRINT SCREEN Does Not Print More Than 25 Lines (59017) - Problem: I used special software to set my EGA/VGA display to 43 or 50 line mode under MS-DOS Packaged Product Versions 3.20, 3.21, 3.30, and 3.30a. Now, the PRINT SCREEN key only prints 25 lines of the screen, and seems to ignore the remaining 18 or...
108) 11/27/2003 6184861848 61848.html">How to Swap Drive Letters with ASSIGN (61848) - You can use the ASSIGN program to swap the drive letter names for any defined drive (that is, a drive that actually exists on your machine). For example, to swap the drive letter names for drives D and E, type the following: ASSIGN d=e e=d To return...
109) 11/27/2003 6722367223 67223.html">What Does RECOVER Do? (67223) - If a file or part of a file on a disk is located on a bad sector, the RECOVER command is designed to retrieve the undamaged portion(s) of the file. The data that was in the bad sector will be gone. To recover a file named A:\MYFILE.TXT, type the...
110) 11/27/2003 7470974709 74709.html">Cannot Format High Density Floppy Disk as Low Density (74709) - When attempting to format a 3.5-inch high density (1.44 MB) floppy disk as a low density (720K) disk, the following error message may be displayed: Invalid Media or Track 0 Bad - Disk Unusable. This is due to the ability of some floppy drives to sense...
111) 11/27/2003 8727887278 87278.html">MS-DOS Internal Commands and DOSKEY Macros in Program Manager (87278) - To invoke an MS-DOS internal command or DOSKEY macro from within Windows Program Manager, use the following syntax: command.com /c <internal commandname> command.com /c <macroname> These commands run the internal command or macro and then immediately...
112) 11/27/2003 8261782617 82617.html">Ventura Publisher Doesn't Install If SHARE Is Loaded (82617) - Ventura Publisher's installation program doesn't recognize that you have inserted the requested disk in the drive and continually prompts you to insert the next disk in the set. In addition, a message similar to the following may be displayed: General...
113) 11/27/2003 7332273322 73322.html">Backfill for EMM386.EXE Cannot Be Disabled (73322) - If you use EMM386.EXE on an 80386 machine with less than 640 kilobytes (K) of conventional memory and an expansion memory card configured for extended memory, conventional memory may be backfilled to 640K. If you try to run Microsoft Windows in 386...
114) 11/27/2003 7166771667 71667.html">SUBST, JOIN, and APPEND Commands with Windows (71667) - The MS-DOS commands APPEND, SUBST, and JOIN modify the way MS-DOS searches for files. This can cause problems with certain applications, including Microsoft Windows and Windows for Workgroups.
115) 11/27/2003 8586285862 85862.html">Err Msg: Error Loading PROGMAN.EXE (85862) - You may receive the following error message when you try to start Microsoft Windows or run Microsoft Windows Setup: Error Loading PROGMAN.EXE
116) 11/27/2003 6748667486 67486.html">International Versions of MS-DOS for End Users (67486) - Foreign language versions of MS-DOS are generally only available from the respective Microsoft foreign subsidiary, and generally only for licensing to OEMs, not end users. However, there are two exceptions to this rule: Arabic MS-DOS and Hebrew...
117) 11/27/2003 3244332443 32443.html">MS-DOS CHKDSK Program Not Designed to Work with Windows (32443) - Microsoft recommends that you do not use the MS-DOS CHKDSK utility from Microsoft Windows. If you choose to run CHKDSK from Microsoft Windows, do not use the /F parameter. CHKDSK was not designed to run with Windows, and the /F parameter closes any...
118) 11/26/2003 100095100095 100095.html">HP OmniBook Flash ROM File Listing (100095) - This article contains a complete listing of all files located on the Flash read-only memory (ROM) card of the Hewlett-Packard (HP) OmniBook 300. NOTE: In this listing, the Flash ROM card is designated as drive D. This designation may vary from machine...
119) 11/21/2003 8238182381 82381.html">Program Shell Has Problems After Loading SMARTDrive (82381) - If you load SMARTDrive (SMARTDRV.EXE) from within a shell program such as Program Manager, SMARTDrive may not be able to detect the shell and you may be unable to properly exit the shell program.
120) 11/21/2003 7468574685 74685.html">Problems Running Rbase 2.11 from MS-DOS Shell (74685) - Using MS-DOS version 5.0 Shell to load any Rbase (Rbase for DOS, Rbase Runtime, and Rbase Compiler) version 2.11 causes problems with the display in Rbase. This is due to a conflict in the methods Shell and Rbase 2.11 use to access the mouse...