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| Answer» <html><body><p>I have been given a really old pc, its got windows 95 on it. Not really sure it even works properly but i thought i'd have a play. The windows 95 screen logo pops up for a second and then its <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/asking-2445373" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ASKING">ASKING</a> me type sommat at C:\ I cant remember wot to put in. I've tried win, run, start etc etc etc and just keeps saying bad command or file name, any ideas?Win and hit Enter...<br/><br/>It may not even have windows on it...<br/>To find out at the C prompt type in dir /p and hit Enter...spacebarr scrolls down 1 at a time...<br/>Quote</p><blockquote>The windows 95 screen logo pops up for a second and then its asking me type sommat at C:\<br/></blockquote>How do you mean, "it's asking you"? <br/><br/>Is it asking you a question, such as "enter the location of command.com"? or <br/>does it look like this:<br/><br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a>Microsoft(R) Windows 95<br/> (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1981-1996.<br/><br/>C:\><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>In the latter case, in the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/worst-746430" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WORST">WORST</a> case, the windows installation may be hooped. "win" should, as Patio noted, start windows. If it gives you "bad command or filename" (which loosely translates to "not found"), that means that <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/either-967193" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EITHER">EITHER</a> win.com is missing, or, the PATH is not properly set.<br/><br/>in the latter case, try "C:\Windows\win" (without the quotes) and see if that gets it started.<br/><br/>also give the dir command Patio noted a try, see what comes up. <br/><br/><br/>WARNING. THE FOLLOWING IS TOO PEDANTIC FOR YOUNG VIEWERS.<br/>Quote from: patio on September 22, 2010, 10:15:55 AM<blockquote>To find out at the C prompt type in dir /p and hit Enter...spacebarr scrolls down 1 at a time...<br/></blockquote><br/>/p goes per page, regardless of the key you press. I believe you may be thinking of trusty MORE, which added the ability to go through the piped text a single character at a time starting with either W2K or XP; however the "scroll a single line" key was enter, not space does it look like this:<br/><br/><br/>Code:<br/>Microsoft(R) Windows 95<br/> (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1981-1996.<br/><br/>C:\><br/><br/>In the latter case, in the worst case, the windows installation may be hooped. "win" should, as Patio noted, start windows. If it gives you "bad command or filename" (which loosely translates to "not found"), that means that either win.com is missing, or, the PATH is not properly set.<br/>in the latter case, try "C:\Windows\win" (without the quotes) and see if that gets it started.<br/>also give the dir command Patio noted a try, see what comes up. <br/><br/><br/>THANKS FOR YOUR HELP<br/>YEH IT DID LOOK LIKE THE ABOVE, I TRIED C:\Windows\win but still came up BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME<br/>dir/p CAME UP WITH<br/>Volume in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/drive-959713" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DRIVE">DRIVE</a> C has no label<br/>Volume serial number is 301D-0FF9<br/>Directory of C:\<br/>COMMAND COM 93,812<br/>1 Ffile(s) 93812 bytes<br/>0 dirs(s) 1,047986,176 bytes freeQuote from: chip00001uk on September 22, 2010, 11:17:32 AM<blockquote>...dir/p CAME UP WITH<br/>Volume in drive C has no label<br/>Volume serial number is 301D-0FF9<br/>Directory of C:\<br/>COMMAND COM 93,812<br/>1 Ffile(s) 93812 bytes<br/>0 dirs(s) 1,047986,176 bytes free<br/></blockquote>No OS is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/installed-499454" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALLED">INSTALLED</a>. Drive has been formatted & system files installed, i.e. <strong>format c: /s</strong><br/>Looks like hard drive is 1GB.oh well, i can have a play with the insides now <br/>Thanks for your helpDo you know anything about the hardware? Is it a "branded" computer (Dell, HP, Compaq)?the case just says its a Viglen Contender ATX P5/200, havent looked inside yetQuote from: chip00001uk on September 22, 2010, 12:19:38 PM<blockquote>the case just says its a Viglen Contender ATX P5/200, havent looked inside yet</blockquote>Probably a Pentium MMX-200Mhz<br/><a href="http://www.cpu-world.com/info/Intel/Intel_Pentium_MMX.html">http://www.cpu-world.com/info/Intel/Intel_Pentium_MMX.html</a></body></html> | |