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Is DOS Really Dead?

Is DOS dead? The short but ambiguous answer is: yes and no. MS-DOS is no longer available as a stand-alone operating system, but the DOS kernel is still there under the hood, up through Windows 98. Even Windows 2000 and Windows XP, which are built on the NT kernel, have a command line where you can enter text-based DOS commands. Of course in Windows XP it’s now hidden away, like some senile old relative that you don’t want to take out... (posted by Micro 2000 6 years 270 days ago.)

Trouble-shooting Hard Drive Problems - Part 2

The following article is the second in a series that helps solve many of the common boot problems with hard drives. The article explains how to reconstruct the Volume Boot Record and will touch briefly on multiple-partition drives. This information will help solve some very common problems encountered in a computer service department. This article is designed to work with a system that has a single... (posted by Micro 2000 6 years 270 days ago.)

Basic Trouble Shooting

If you’re anything like me, you have a love/hate relationship with your computer. When it works all is right with the world. When it acts up, you just want to hurl it through the nearest window and watch how fast it hits the ground. Whether it’s a programming or manufacturing glitch, phases of the moon, or user head dysfunction, computer catastrophes are bound to happen. We receive tons of email from our readers with PC problems so... (posted by Micro 2000 7 years 21 days ago.)