I just bought a laptop (ASUS X553SA-XX203D) with FreeDos OS. I want to install a Windows 7 (tried with DVD and USB too) but when I wanted to boot the install disk it is crashing with blue screen and the following error msg: 0x00007e. I googled to find some solution but nothing worked. What should … Read more
I have a network printer, which supports PostScript directly. This printer has a logical printer port at 192.168.1.23:9100 and I can confirm works well. Now, I have a FreeDOS 1.2 in a VirtualBox VM, and I’d like to print on that network printer from within DOS. In the VM settings, I can only set COM … Read more
I have been trying to run a ipconfig.exe file on FreeDos. Do I Need to convert it to ipconfig.com or is there an other way to solve this? I’ve already tried to make a .bat file, which i hoped could Bypass the .exe restrictions. Answer By default there is no network preinstalled with FreeDOS. But … Read more
I have recently installed FreeDOS on my old laptop, but the CPU is too fast for when I want to play games. Is there an option for me to reduce the CPU speed, so I can play retro games at normal speed? I am new to FreeDOS, so please also give optimal settings. Answer AttributionSource … Read more
I have old laptop with os boot related issue. It wasn’t booting previously installed windows 10 so I decided to install Linux Mint 20 instead. But something went wrong. I’ve got I/O error at /dev/sda and I thought that it have to be the hard drive issue. I’ve restarted laptop, run Linux Live CD and … Read more
I made a FreeDOS bootable USB stick with Unetbootin and then put some files in the root directory. When I booted it in Livecd mode, The files were not in the root directory or any subdirectories. How do I access them? Answer FreeDos does not provide any USB support on it’s own. Just like back … Read more
I have a nettop that doesn’t have a CD driver. I need to install an OS with a USB. It came with freeDOS OS and I don’t know how to reach the USB I connected to it that has the installation for windows. Answer You want to make the Windows USB bootable and then boot … Read more
I made a FreeDOS bootable USB stick with Unetbootin and then put some files in the root directory. When I booted it in Livecd mode, The files were not in the root directory or any subdirectories. How do I access them? Answer FreeDos does not provide any USB support on it’s own. Just like back … Read more
I have a nettop that doesn’t have a CD driver. I need to install an OS with a USB. It came with freeDOS OS and I don’t know how to reach the USB I connected to it that has the installation for windows. Answer You want to make the Windows USB bootable and then boot … Read more
I made a FreeDOS bootable USB stick with Unetbootin and then put some files in the root directory. When I booted it in Livecd mode, The files were not in the root directory or any subdirectories. How do I access them? Answer FreeDos does not provide any USB support on it’s own. Just like back … Read more
