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Old March 10, 2000, 01:43   #1
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Cleaning your Dos drive of old games
I have put a lot of games on my DOS drive over the years and I don't know how to clean them off. I can't find them in windows. Anyone know how to do this without crashing your system

I'd be obliged


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Old March 10, 2000, 03:07   #2
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If they're DOS, then you probably can just delete them outright.
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Old March 10, 2000, 21:33   #3
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C:\whatever\del *.*

or deltree

From DOS mode.
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Old March 11, 2000, 07:23   #4
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yeah thanks but the trouble is I can't find the games, I don't know what's there, I can't find them but I know they are there (no kidding)

So I need to 1. safely ID what's there, presumably in DOS mode and 2. Safely delete

Could I trouble you for a step by step guide?


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Old March 12, 2000, 02:06   #5
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If you have multiple drives, physical or not, go to the one you put the games on.

Do you have any idea which directories they are in?

To see all directories in dos mode on a drive , type: (where C: is the drive you want)
C:\dir /p

Look for likely directories, ie "games", "stuff", "my_porno" or whatever you might've put the games in. Go to those directories and view with: C:\whateverdirectory\dir /p

Hint: all unzipped games have a big .exe file, usually with the games name used somehow, for example "hl.exe" for half-life.
If you find a bunch of files in a directory that has an .exe file like this, chances are that that bunch of files is your DOS game.

Keep repeating the process until files are found. use c:\whatever\dir /*.exe to just look for .exe files in a given directory. Don't type C:\dir /*.exe because it won't look in your directories.

Actually, I love DOS. It is more reliable, efficient, and customizable. If MS released a standalone MS-DOS 2000 that could emulate Windows environment I would buy it in a second.

See my previous post for how to delete in dos. deltree is more efficient, del is faster.
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