Hello Andy - At 10:59 PM 6/16/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> I have a Very old computer... > > it is an AT-clone with a 386 DX 40mhz cpu > > it used to run Win3.11 before I deltree'd Win3.11 out of frustration What was the problem that caused all this frustration? > yet it still has all it's Win3.11 software that I hope to use again when >I re-install Win3.11 > > now my OS om it is Caldera DR-DOS 7.03 W31 is faster using DRDOS, should work well. > I have a number of new DOS apps that take up the room Windows used to >take > > my 340 MB drive is packed and I am also using DriveSpace In the future I would recommend NOT using DriveSpace. > I need a new HDD > > where do I go from here? You didn't say what your 'budget' for this is nor what type of controller you have. A machine this old could have MFM, ESDI, or RLL as a controller. > what is your recommendation for a new HDD that will fit my old AT case >and BIOS(which has the option of a user defined drive(as was the 340 MB)) > ((in my BIOS user defined opt. it asks for cylinder, head, etc. >numbers)) ??? If you take R.Wittig's advice and do some dumpster diving I would suggest using the hard drive _and_ controller from a newer machine so that you can use IDE drives. Problem there is finding an ISA controller for IDE. > what size and model should i be looking for? For W31 anything close to 1 gig is a lot of room. 2 gig would be nice. > and where would I purchase/obtain it? Ebay, dumpster diving, tell friends and relatives you will take _any_ old computers. If you can't use them junk them (quietly) so that others will give you thier's. If you complain about having to toss them other people will not give you their's. >if I got a larger HDD installed, would i need to partition it? For Windows I would definitely recommend a separate VM swap file partition of at least 100 meg, preferably 128 meg. W31 will, by default, never use more than half the available space for a VM swap file. > I've heard MS-DOS 6.22 needs a smaller or equal to 2 GB partition True, and approx 8 gig maximum drive size (total). > yet Caldera DR-DOS 7.03 is unlimited? what about Win3.11? W31 is dependent on DOS. > and if I did obtain a new larger HDD how would I transfer the data from >my current 340 MB HDD?? Easiest way would be if you can hook up both drives and just copy from one to the other. > I do have a parallel port iomega 100 MB zip drive yet how do I do a >*DOS* back-up of my 340 MB HDD then restore to a new HDD using it? is it >some DOS DISKCOPY command? will this allow me to smoothly back-up my >current 340 MB HDD? with prompts when each zip disk gets full? I wouldn't bother but there are utilities that would do this. > please remember I only have DOS(Caldera DR-DOS 7.03) currently on this >machine... right now it is not possible to re-install Win3.11 because >my/the HDD is so full, so are there *DOS* back-up programs available and >if so where would i obtain them or would some sort of DOS DISKCOPY command >in conjunction with my zip drive be sufficient?? I would use a utility to fill the zipdisks but would never want to use a zipdrive myself. Charles.Angelich http:/www.undercoverdesigin.com/dosghost/ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
