Trying to rename dir back to dos its been years this

is what i got c:\> dir/p I get about 18 dir from 1 to 18

they are labeled dir00001 and so on the one's that I want to change is

c:\diroooo5> this 1 has all the dos filies ALSO thier is

c:\dir00009> this 1 has the windows filies.

I tryied move, rename, both come up with different

probs cant open file, parramiters MISSING incorect path

so you can see that i very rusty.

I've tried

c:\rename c:\00005 dos
c:\rename c:\dir0005 dos
c:\ cd dir00005> c:\dir00005>rename c:\dir00005 dos
c:\ cd dir00005> c:\dir00005>rename c:\00005 dos

ive even used the move command
the dos that i have is 6.22 with windows 3.1 /95
yes these are old computers they due work except for this laptop that the wife let some look at to try and fix and they changed all the dir so needles to say that
dos will only boot from system disk and windows wont work
help help!!!

type win after the c:\prompt now what error message is displayed?Sounds to me like someone had a file crash on that laptop, and ran ChkDisk or ScanDisk, which buggered up all the directory contents and many of the FAT entries. You probably also have a BUNCH of FILE????.CHK files in the root directory...

If this has vital files on it, make up a set of DOS BOOTUP disks that include Intersvr and Interlnk from the DOS 6.22 set. You will need a swapover or 'laplink' serial cable to connect to another desktop machine, and another DOS 6.22/Win3 desktop machine. Run intersvr on the damaged laptop and interlnk on the desktop you're using to save the files to, and you can browse the laptop's files and copy the criticals off to the desktop.

After this bit of backup magic, you will need a set of Windows 3.11 for Workgroups floppies and a set of DOS 6.22 floppies. Do a repartition and reformat of the laptop drive and run a utility like Scandisk or Gibson Spinrite to check the drive for bad sectors, then mount a fresh copy of WFWG3.11 over DOS 6.22 on it...