Article: Q75419
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s):
Last Modified: 16-NOV-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 5.0
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SUMMARY
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You can create a bootable MS-DOS version 5.0 floppy disk without running the
Setup program.
If there are problems running Setup, this method can be used to continue a manual
installation of the Microsoft MS-DOS 5 Upgrade. For more information on manual
installation, query on the following words:
" manual and install and MS-DOS and 5.00 and upgrade " (without the quotation
marks)
MORE INFORMATION
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To create a bootable MS-DOS 5.0 floppy disk from the Microsoft MS-DOS 5 Upgrade
disks, do the following:
1. Use the DISKCOPY command from the current version of MS-DOS to copy all of
the files from the first Upgrade disk to the new floppy disk.
There must be a direct match between the new floppy disk, the Upgrade disks
that were received, and the bootable floppy drive on the machine. For
example, if the Upgrade disks are low-density 5.25-inch disks, then a
low-density 5.25-inch disk must be used for the boot up disk and the bootable
floppy drive must be 5.25-inch. (This procedure copies the boot sector onto
the new floppy disk.)
2. Delete all of the files on the new disk with the following command:
del a:*.*
3. Create a temporary directory on the hard drive. For example, BOOT.
C:
cd\
md boot
4. Copy the file EXPAND.EXE to the temporary directory just created using the
following command:
copy a:expand.exe c:\boot
Note: EXPAND.EXE is on disk 6 (5.25-inch disks) or disk 3 (3.5-inch disks).
5. Copy the three files listed here from the Setup disk included with the MS-DOS
5 Upgrade into the temporary directory created in step 3:
copy a:io.sy_ c:\boot
copy a:msdos.sy_ c:\boot
copy a:command.co_ c:\boot
Note: These files must be copied in the order listed.
6. From the temporary directory, expand each of the three files onto the new
floppy disk:
expand c:\boot\io.sy_ a:io.sys
expand c:\boot\msdos.sy_ a:msdos.sys
expand c:\boot\command.co_ a:command.com
This new floppy disk is now bootable with MS-DOS 5.0.
Additional query words: 5.00
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Keywords :
Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS500
Version : MS-DOS:5.0
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