Any old computer nerds around? Windows 3.1 type question.
Дата: 01.08.2013 03:47:54
LordBenjamin, on Aug 01 2013 - 02:38, said: I'm just relieved it was 3.1. I asked if she had any
backup disks or anything and she pulled out a 4 inch thick DOS 5.0
user manual and some 5.25" floppy disks.CatStalker: Heh, I had to work on a 386 running dos a while back. not good
times.
First step I would suggest would be to just try to access the data and save it. If you can image clone the whole hard drive, at least you have some safety net to work with.
Once you have a backup and start to play around with the files, maybe try something like dosbox to see if you can run the old software and read the data?
When you identify what the original software was, then it should be pretty easy to figure out (through online research or just trying to read the files as text documents) if the data can be converted to a modern format or not.
best of luck
First step I would suggest would be to just try to access the data and save it. If you can image clone the whole hard drive, at least you have some safety net to work with.
Once you have a backup and start to play around with the files, maybe try something like dosbox to see if you can run the old software and read the data?
When you identify what the original software was, then it should be pretty easy to figure out (through online research or just trying to read the files as text documents) if the data can be converted to a modern format or not.
best of luck
Any old computer nerds around? Windows 3.1 type question.