X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mailnull set sender to opendos-bounces using -f Message-ID: <01FD6EC775C6D4119CDF0090273F74A455A968@emwatent02.meters.com.au> From: "da Silva, Joe" To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" Subject: RE: restore.exe Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 19:03:06 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Hi Jovra, Can you confirm the URL below? I only get Error 404 with it ... :-/ Joe. > -----Original Message----- > From: jovra [SMTP:jovra AT rogers DOT com] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 3:33 AM > To: opendos AT delorie DOT com > Subject: Re: restore.exe > > This probably happened to many of us ! > If the previous suggestion does not work : > - Try to boot with various DOS versions until > - If you do not have old DOS versions, try to get them at : > http://eightiesabandonware.50megs.com/os.htm > post a request in the following newsgroups : > alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.dos > alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.old > in these NGs people are very helpful, you shoud get > a reponse within the following hours after your post. > > --Jovra > > > > > > > Joydeep Mitra wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > You can try the SETVER program. Type: > > > > SETVER restore.exe 3.30 > > > > To make DOS report version 3.3 to the executable restore.exe > > > > I think Windows 98 loads the setver.exe device driver (regardless of > whether > > it is actually in config.sys or not) > > > > I hope that helps > > > > Regards, > > > > Joydeep. > > > > >From: "Nicholas D" > > >Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com > > >To: opendos AT delorie DOT com > > >Subject: restore.exe > > >Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 06:03:07 +0000 > > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >Sorry if this is off topic. > > > > > >I need to restore a data backup from win3.1 that I made in 1994. > (i.e., > > >backup.001, backup.002, control.001, control.002) > > > > > >I think the program is called restore.exe. I have a copy of the > executable > > >lying around, but it does not run under win 98. It complains about it > > >being > > >the wrong version. > > > > > >Any ideas? > > > > > >Thanks for your help. > > > > > >Nick > > > > > >p.s. Please reply directly as I am not in this group. > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com