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Error message during program install (DOSX)

posted by Columbo, 28.05.2020, 18:46

I haven't used DOS since the 1990's but I had a spare Intel i5 computer so I decided to install FreeDOS on it and load up my old Clipper 5.2 which I used to love programming with. The computer has a 1TB hard drive that I formatted in FAT32. FreeDOS installed fine and seemed to work pretty much like MS-DOS. When I tried to install Clipper 5.2 however, I got an error message stating “You do not appear to have the minimum access rights to Drive C: which is required for installation.”

I have never seen an error like that in DOS before. Anyone have any thoughts on what would cause this or anyone have a fix for it? I would really like to get Clipper working again.


Any help is very much appreciated.Thanks.

Complete thread:

• Error message during program install - Columbo, 28.05.2020, 18:46
  • Error message during program install - DosWorld, 28.05.2020, 19:15
    • Error message during program install - Columbo, 28.05.2020, 22:26
      • Error message during program install - Columbo, 30.05.2020, 20:54