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McGuire

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    Boot 3.x System
    « on: March 21, 2010, 02:22:51 PM »
    Hello:

    I have someone who wants to use and old 486 system running 3.10.  I got it to the command prompt C:.  I don't know how to launch the os from here.  Any suggestions?
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    Re: Boot 3.x System
    « Reply #1 on: March 21, 2010, 02:24:34 PM »
    Quote from: McGuire on March 21, 2010, 02:22:51 PM
    Hello:

    I have someone who wants to use and old 486 system running 3.10.  I got it to the command prompt C:.  I don't know how to launch the os from here.  Any suggestions?

    If windows is installed, the command is the very positive sounding "win" command.
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      Re: Boot 3.x System
      « Reply #2 on: March 21, 2010, 02:26:50 PM »
      That's it--thanks!
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      « Reply #3 on: March 21, 2010, 02:33:32 PM »
      Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 21, 2010, 02:24:34 PM
      If windows is installed, the command is the very positive sounding "win" command.

      So if you are dual-booting 2 Microsoft OSs of that era, you are in a "win-win situation"?
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      Re: Boot 3.x System
      « Reply #4 on: March 21, 2010, 02:53:00 PM »
      Quote from: Salmon Trout on March 21, 2010, 02:33:32 PM
      So if you are dual-booting 2 Microsoft OSs of that era, you are in a "win-win situation"?



      ;D exactly!

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      Re: Boot 3.x System
      « Reply #5 on: March 21, 2010, 03:44:54 PM »
       ;)    Heee Heeee
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