Based on your error messages, it sounds like there is a problem with the
hard drive. If you have more than 1 physical hard drive, your best bet
is to copy your data from the c: drive to the e: drive ASAP. If the
"drives" are actually partitions of the same physical drive, I would
copy the data off of the computer ASAP. An option to write to is a zip
drive (100 MB each). It connects to the parallel (printer) port.
4dos is much more feature packed. command.com is a program that
executes the commands you enter at the c:>. It also includes some
internal commands. If DOS is your main OS, I would find 4DOS
invaluable. As far as the OS (IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS) is concerned,
command.com is just another program. Gates did not get into making the
use of our computer and the OS that we licensed difficult until about
Windows95. Luckily, Linux was lurking in the background ready to pounce.
Again, this sounds like a hardware issue, specifically a hard drive
getting ready to die. I would get my data off it fast.
John
On 12/02/2017 12:55 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Thanks to you Dennis, and john for this suggestion.
The thing is that the file is command.com
I noticed at the computer help source indicates that there is a system
atrib option as well. granted I will check the options with my
edition of atrib, still it might work I have more than one hard
drive, with more than one copy of command.com for the same Dos edition.
As I write I have no idea how my machine is running, it rebooted by
accident and I barely got in again.
Staying with amazing friends, but I have no access to a monitor.
I have norton utilities 8.0, last edition for dos on a drive that
seems undamaged. so I hope I can make a rescue disc of some kind
before too much mayhem happens.
Thanks again,
Kare
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his
skin or his background or his religion ... People must learn to
hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to
love... For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its
opposite." Nelson Mandela.
On Sat, 2 Dec 2017, John R. Sowden wrote:
use attrib to unhide it? then copy?
John
On 12/02/2017 10:38 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi folks,
its complicated. However, is there a way to copy over a file that is
technically hidden?
having
a bit of a computer crisis.
thanks,
Kare
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his
skin or his background or his religion ... People must learn to
hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to
love... For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its
opposite." Nelson Mandela.
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