Re: do you have any sierra games??
From Henry Tran <hen...@sim.zipnet.com>
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· 5 Jul 1996 00:00 · View full thread
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�Keeper of Miseries� (mis...@mindspring.com) wrote:
Actually the correct line to type in would be: format a: /s
That would copy all the files except your config.sys and autoexec.bat.
This way it tells the computer that you're making a bootdisk.
: bre...@mail.sunlink.net (Brian) roared:
:
: ->>I don't have the files handy, but here are instructions on how to make
: ->your own Boot disk:
: ->
: ->1) At DOS prompt, type format A: (or whatever the name of your drive is)
: -> Answer all its little questions.
: ->2) After formating, go to your hard drive's root directory (eg. C:\)
: -> and a.) type copy autoexec.bat A:\
: -> b.) type copy config.sys A:\
: -> c.) type copy command.com A:\
: ->3) type SYS A:
:
: It would be good to also include format.com and attrib.exe to the sys
: disk 'just in case'. However, this is if you wish to keep the disk
: as an emergency boot disk <aka, not just for clean boot reasons> and
: it would be good to write-protect the diskette.
:
: To those of you unfamiliar with these commands, don't bother adding
: format.com. It can cause serious loss of data if you don't know what
: you're doing and if you don't know the appropiate situations to use
: that file.
:
: --Miseries
:
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