Apr 29
To convert a partition FAT16 or FAT32 to NFTS is easy.
Quit all applications you are running
Go to Start — Run and then type cmd. Enter this to the command line MS-DOS.
Type: convert X: / FS: NTFS (where x is the drive letter to convert), and begin the process of conversion. this is done, reboot your system.
You should not make any other operation during conversion to avoid system problems.
Apr 19
If you’re still using DOS or console mode (also refereed to as character mode) programs that doesn’t provide a way to export data, you maybe looking for a way to capture what’s displayed on such programs. Try this:
* Start a DOS box or a Command Prompt (DOS box) inside Windows.
“Start | Programs | Command Prompt / DOS”
* Run the character mode program that you want to import data from, and go to the screen with the data you want to capture.
* Right click the title bar of the DOS box
* Select “Edit | Mark”
* Click and drag the mouse until you select the data area that you want to copy. Press ENTER when you’ve finished selecting.
* Switch to the Windows program that you want to import the just copied data to, and select its paste function.
Apr 05
In MS-DOSĀ 3.30 and later and all versions of Microsoft Windows come with Microsoft File Compare as the command fc. Whenever fc encounters a difference between the two files it is presented in the following format:
***** old.txt deleted linesĀ
***** NEW.TXT inserted lines *****
Note that fc capitalizes the filename of the second file. This format is not useful as input for other computer programs. Line notations are missing, but more problematic for an algorithm is the output of filenames by fc which is indistinguishable from an inserted or deleted line beginning with five asterisks and a space. Such a line may occur in a file that was produced by or discusses fc itself.
This is obsoleted by WinDiff which first shipped as part of the NT Resource Kit Tools.
Apr 05

dBase was the first widely used database management system (DBMS) for microcomputers, published by Ashton-Tate for CP/M, and later on the Apple II, Apple Macintosh, UNIX, VMS, and IBM PC under DOS where it became one of the best-selling software titles for a number of years. dBase was slow to transition successfully to Microsoft Windows and gradually lost market share to competitors such as Paradox, Clipper, FoxPro, and Microsoft Access. Ashton-Tate was bought by Borland in 1991, which sold the rights to the product line in 1999 to the newly-formed dBase Inc. In 2004, dBase Inc. changed its name to dataBased Intelligence, Inc.
Starting in the mid 1980s many other companies produced their own dialects or variations on the product and language. These included FoxPro (now Visual FoxPro), Arago, Force, dbFast, dbXL, Quicksilver, Clipper, Xbase++, FlagShip, Recital, CodeBase, MultiBase and Harbour/xHarbour. Together these are informally referred to as xBase.
dBase’s underlying file format, the .dbf file, is widely used in many other applications needing a simple format to store structured data.
Apr 05
Dosamp is a software audio MP3 player made by Nullsoft for DOS operating systems. The project got dropped soon in favor of WinAMP product, thus has only historical relevance by now. There is however an up-to-date DOS audio player called MPXPLAY available, unrelated to DOSamp. For more info and download click here.