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Clearing memory and hard disk cache in your browser under options may give you a little more memory, until you fill it again. Pat Janet313 wrote: > > hi john > > you wrote: > >I got a message that I have no conventional memory left > >using Windows 3.1; not even enough to open Windows 3.1. > > this could be a slightly misleading error message from windows > i'm still using version 3.1 [gasp] > and find that it has its own 'version' of events sometimes > > >I need to delete files and programs using DOS 6.22. > > how did you find out that you need to delete files? > how will you be able to use dos 6.22? > from a 'f'loppy' disk? > > >I can not get at DOS help; not enough memory to run DOS help!!! > > aha! > error messages in dos > carry a bit more weight than those in windows! > sounds like the hard drive is full to the point of groaning to a halt! > > can you run "chkdsk" [it means check disk in nerdese] from the c: prompt? > [i.e. at the c: prompt, type CHKDSK and then press the enter key] > it should tell you how much free space you have on the hard drive > > then maybe you could run "defrag" from the c: prompt > [i.e. at the c: prompt, type DEFRAG and then press the enter key] > if there is enough memory for this to run > it will ask you some questions about preferences > and then will try to re-organize the files on the hard drive > and rearrange all the little bits of free space > [which is probably all you have at the moment] > so as to create one contiguous area of free space > > >Can any one help with suggestions. > > try the above and good luck > i'm sure you'll get lots of help here > > >I have no manuals for DOS or Windows 3.1. > > john, john, john!!! > tsk, tsk, tsk!!! > no R.T.F.M.[Read The Flippin Manual]? > > once dos is up and running again > i strongly recommend using a dos run [like defrag or something better] > disk optimizer utility program on a regular basis > as bare minimum housekeeping > > your cyber-sis in nerdling > > janet > > janet paterson > 51-10 / sinemet-selegiline-prozac > almonte-ontario-canada / [log in to unmask]