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    Vintage Toshiba 1910, DOS, Win 3.1

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by synergy, Oct 8, 2010.

  1. synergy

    synergy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi

    I have a vintage Toshiba 1910 I took out of the closet after more than ten years. I had to replace a new CMOS battery because it was showing the BIOS error indicating the battery was dead.

    Anyway, the problem is that when I turn it on, it goes to the extended memory testing and when it's done, the screen only goes to MS-DOS prompt and it won't start Windows 3.1.

    Does it mean the hard drive was damaged during the CMOS battery replacement? I don't remember erasing any data that was in the hard drive on purpose. I can access to the BIOS settings and it shows the size of the hard drive and so on. Does it mean the HD is ok?

    How do I access to Windows 3.1 from DOS prompt?


    Thanks
     
    synergy, Oct 8, 2010
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  2. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    just type: win (and press enter) it should start windows

    for auto start check to autoexec.bat
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    edit c:\autoexec.bat

    the last entry should be win

    Not sure what happened to the hard disk. Is windows even installed?
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    cd windows
    dir

    what do you see? does it list lots of files?
     
    wave, Oct 9, 2010
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