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Dec 27 2008   3:37 AM GMT
Webpanther54   65 pts.

need a dos analyzer


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Hi I’m a volunteer for http://www.hhministries.com for the past 4 weeks now .We getting lots of broken and old computers in what I’m trying to repair and but on them new operating systems on it for kid what can’t buy them.
Now with all those older computers it will be nice to have a bootable floppy disk to find out what hardware , size , cpu ,ram so I don’t have to open each computer .I use to have one but that was in the old days of dos lost that long time a go .
Can there be one made? If so how? Ore are there still some out there on the net. Please don’t send me to some links where shareware the cost is too high for me. I put in more than 35 hours a week as a volunteer right now but I’m on SSD it killing me but I can’t stop the org need some help with IT personal where I’m.

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Last Answered: Dec 27 2008  3:58 AM GMT  by Flame   14495 pts.




You can find a wide variety of FREE downloadable boot disks here then you can use This page to determine what commands to use for the information you are seeking. The chkdsk command would probably be a good place to start. You can also check here for boot disks.
Good Luck!
-Flame
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Webpanther54   65 pts.  |   Dec 28 2008  10:49PM GMT

Thank you Flame i do know how to make a bootable disk i neet to know what to but on it in dos to analyse the machines what hardware on board is to decide what version of system to install to the donated computer.So if you have any more solusions how to make it we will thank you for your help.

 

Dwiebesick   1465 pts.  |   Dec 29 2008  6:06PM GMT

Working on old equipment is a chalange. I suggest you look into UBCD <a href="http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/" title="http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/</a> as it will boot from CD and has many useful utilities including AIDA16. You can also create a bootable floppy and place AIDA16 on it and you can download it from <a href="http://soft.softoogle.com/ap/aida16-download-1910.shtml" title="http://soft.softoogle.com/ap/aida16-download-1910.shtml" target="_blank">http://soft.softoogle.com/ap/aida16-down…</a> If you are more in to trying new things, here is a project site that may be of interest  <a href="http://rule-project.org/?q=node/4" title="http://rule-project.org/?q=node/4" target="_blank">http://rule-project.org/?q=node/4</a>
Let us know if you need additional suggestions.
~dmw

 

Webpanther54   65 pts.  |   Jan 11 2009  3:34AM GMT

Thank you Dwiebesick your url helped me gread jop what you guys doing