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If I boot computer #3 with no floppy in the drive, it comes up Windows 98. If I want to boot Windows 3.1 I use a DOS 7.1 floppy with the following CONFIG.SYS

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DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS

DEVICE=VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:IDE-CD

SHELL=c:\4dos.com /P /E:640

DOS=HIGH

NUMLOCK=OFF

FILES=30

BUFFERS=20,0

LASTDRIVE=26

STACKS=9,256

SET COMSPEC=c:\4dos.com

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This sets up a CD-ROM driver, and uses 4DOS for the shell. Then it runs the following AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

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@loadhigh C:\SHARE.EXE /l:500 /f:5100

SET DIRCMD=/OGN /4

SET PROMPT=$P$G

SET TEMP=F:\

SET TMP=F:\

SET PATH=C:\;C:\DOS71

SHSUCDX /D:IDE-CD

XMSDSK.EXE 50000 /Y

CTMOUSE

D:

CD DN

DN

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This sets up a 50 megabyte RAM disk in drive F and runs DOS Navigator in D drive. I then copy the latest backup of my Windows directory to this RAM disk, then go to that directly and type WIN

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