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To: Alex Molnar who wrote (39480)	2/17/2004 8:10:42 AM
From: Garlic Breath	Respond to of 110652

I think you might be right, also I don't think 3.1 can read 98 as 3.1 is a fat 16 file structure and 98 should be fat 32. I don't believe each can read the other. If you do repartitioin drives the 3.1 will have to be fat 16. That's what I read a while ago. It's been a long time since I even thought about win 3.1 Hope this helps.

To: Alex Molnar who wrote (39480)	2/17/2004 9:01:40 AM
From: d:oug	Respond to of 110652

ok, I'am back from Gotmilk in Winderland :o) and... and almost got it working, and thought I was close until I read the link thecow posted to me about loading a 95 or 98 on top of a 3.1 to show me a tonne of issues that I would not have figured out. As for the filesystem, it seems that a FAT32 will accept files created under the old Win3.1 FAT16 system ok, but I think the Win2000 and later will not, or if so, then only if a DOS window is created, but for sure what I read is that 98 was the last Windows booted from a DOS system, meaning I'am guessing since I never been on anything except Win3.1 and this 98, that 98 is the last time you can shutdown Windows and drop back into DOS. ok, I gave it a shot, but I did by chance pick up a small bit of info to allow that 98 owner to get over the new way she doesn't like about coping directories into another directory. Seems Bill Gates wants everyone to never need to know about DOS command lines, and just click your mouse with almost no typing in of any of the letters of names. She wanted more feedback that... - click on a Directory - click on Copy - click on Move as she wanted to see letters of the names rather than the highlighted icons or pictures that represented them. ok, She can now do it the Win3.1 touch & feel way in 98. - select Run [C:\WINDOWS\WINFILE.EXE] Which allows typing in the names rather than mouse'n (extra) I gotta find out what DELTREE does, and it seems that the Win3.1 DOS TREE command is no more. Also I read about a RDISK.EXE program but didn't find it on the 98 so its probably shareware. One more, I need to.... ok, enough... time to tell her to RTFM :o) thanks to all, and I won't describe that Wild Goose Chase I had while I traveled with Gotmilk in Winderland... we never did catch that big smily wabbit that had a head and no bod. doug