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4. Instructions for Microsoft Windows 95/98 and Microsoft Windows XP Print this page so that you will have the instructions easily available. Right-click the underlined links in the File Details section. Click Save Link as... or Save Target as... Click the arrow that is pointing down (circled in red in the following image) and select Desktop.
Click Save to save the file to your desktop. After you finish downloading the file, close all of your open applications. Insert a high density floppy disk into the diskette drive. On your desktop, locate the file you just downloaded and double-click it. Follow the prompts on the screen to finish extracting the diskette image. Instructions for Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft Windows 2000 NOTE: If you attempt to extract the DISKETTE image from a directory that has a space in its name (e.g. My Computer) you will receive the following OS/2 error message: Usage : OS2 /P <full path> /C <original Command Line> This error occurs regardless of whether the volume is NTFS or FAT16. If you receive this error message, copy the file into a directory that does not contain a space in its name and then extract the diskette image. Print this page so that you will have the instructions easily available. Right-click the underlined links in the File Details section. Click Save Link as... or Save Target as... Click the arrow that is pointing down (circled in red in the image above) and select your local hard disk drive name(C:). Click Save to save the file to your hard disk drive C:. After you finish downloading the file, close all of your open applications. Insert a high density floppy disk into the diskette drive. Click Start, and then click Run. Type in C:\filename.exe where filename is the name of the file you downloaded, and click OK Follow the prompts on the screen to finish extracting the diskette image. Instructions for OS/2 Print this page so that you will have the instructions easily available. Right-click the underlined links in the File Details section. Click Save Link as... or Save Target as... In the Save as filename: , type c:\ in front of the filename and then click OK. Open an OS/2 Command Prompt. Type C: and press Enter. Type CD\ and press Enter. Insert a high density floppy disk into the diskette drive. Type the name that you just downloaded and press Enter. Follow the prompts on the screen to finish extracting the diskette image. Instructions for DOS and Microsoft Windows 3.1x Print this page so that you will have the instructions easily available. Right-click the underlined links in the File Details section. Click Save Link as... or Save Target as... When prompted, type C:\ in front of the filename and click OK. Exit Windows 3.1x. Type C: and press Enter. Type CD\ and press Enter. Insert a high density floppy disk into the diskette drive. Type the name that you just downloaded and press Enter. Follow the prompts on the screen to finish extracting the diskette image.
Document id: DSHY-3TEPF6
Last modified: 2002-02-20
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