About MS-DOS
MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) was the Microsoft-marketed version of the first widely-installed operating system in personal computers. It was essentially the same operating system that Bill Gates's young company developed for IBM as Personal Computer - Disk Operating System (PC-DOS). Most users of either DOS system simply referred to their system as Disk Operating System. Like PC-DOS, MS-DOS was (and still is) a non-graphical line-oriented command-driven operating system, with a relatively simple interface but not overly "friendly" user interface.
The first Microsoft Windows operating system was really an application that ran on top of the MS-DOS operating system. Today, Windows operating systems continue to support DOS (or a DOS-like user interface) for special purposes by emulating the operating system.
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Re: Installation of MS-DOS
Yes, You can install the dos by this files.
Simply run A>sys x: where x is the targeted drive to install DOS.
Then copy all the files of boot disk in your targeted hard drive.
And it's READY !!!!!!!
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It is not working
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Hey. I am currently running Windows XP. I've downloaded the DOS 5.0 ISO, opened it and burned all the files onto a CD-RW. When I try to do a CD boot to temporarily run DOS 5, my computer just ignores the CD and boot Windows. Is this because I have missed a step that makes the CD 'bootable'? I don't actually have DOS 5 installed on my computer which is why I want to boot it off a CD. Is that the problem?? I'm not the sole user of the computer, so I don't want to go and install DOS on the hard drive (I've done things like that before and f****d it up). All I want is a bootable DOS 5 CD.
Please help!!
Re: Installation of MS-DOS
You need to use an ISO burning program such as PowerISO. Not just burning the ISO file with windows burner
Using the ISO burning program extracts the files from the iso and burns it to disk.
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Is there any real reason why the older versions of MS-DOS (eg 3.3 through 5.x) are needed by anyone? I think any computer that can run 3.3 should be able to run 6.2 if you've got the right disk drive (size and density). Am I mistaken? My oldest XT, with 360 K 5.25" floppies, ran MS-DOS 6.22 just fine. My Tandy 1400 laptop, with no hard drive only (2) 720 K 3.5" floppies, runs MS-DOS 6.2 quite well.
I understand from another thread that after DOS 6.x, DOS itself is a hidden part of Windows. I suppose this means that there is no real seperate MS-DOS after 6.x. As another post said, DOS in Windows 95 forward is an emulation of DOS, not a seperate OS upon which Windows is an overlay.
However, what about Dr. DOS? I think that third-party OS was up to version 7 but I really don't know (a) how compatible it was with any MS-DOS programs, (b) what the last version was, or (c) how useful it would be even on XT-class computers (8088 chips).
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Hi all,
Try www.bootdisk.com
take care and good luck
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There is nothing older than WinXPSP2 here and all I wanted to do is create a boot disk to wipe/fdisk/format for rebuilding or scraping. My last "oldie but goodie' boot disk finally gave up the ghost and for the life of me I can't remember how to create a new one. Thanx! and don't ever let this site go the way of the dodo.
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A million laughs. (:-)
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Try this.
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A:\> is the correct prompt if you have booted from a floppy disk. What do you want to do?
http://www.computerhope.com/dostop10.htm may be a good starting point
DOS On CD
I was wondering if anybody knew if you can make a DOS boot CD any help would be great.
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is this legal? in my opinion, microsoft didn't alowe to distribute ms-dos.
not about bootdisks, but it is about DOS.
Does anyone know how to get the contents of a file into a variable, or anything like that? I mean, if the text file said:
Hi this is a test file, blah blah blah.
Could you import it to make it a variable like, say, %test%? or anything similar. Thx
P.S. If anyone knows any cool tricks, e-mail me at jedi_master_revan@yahoo.ca I probably have a few you don't know
Re: not about bootdisks, but it is about DOS.
*sigh*
the above should read:
set /P foo=<bar.txt
I' not sure if this also works on command.com.
Cheers,
bexxx
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I have a water supply software which operated by old ms dos prompt. in new Intel core 2 duo the dos prompt cant support my software. plz help..
How to make a boot disk for another dos OS.
On my pc I have dual boot, a win XP+MSDos 6.22, a Fat32 partition. This allows me to do a lot at dos level and rebuild, just in case.
What I want to know is when booted up in ms-dos, how can I make a PC-dos startup disk. All the required IBM files are in one subdirectory, including ibmbio.com ibmdos.com command.com sys.com etc.
Actually it is a genereic question - how to make a boot disk for another dos OS.
Thanks for any comments.
About MS-DOS
Can I use ms dos from flash disk? How can it be bootable?
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yes , ms-dos files must be loaded on the flash drive AND you must set your BIOS to start from USB as first boot device otherwise it will try to boot from hard drive or cd or floppy .so check your boot order .
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Try DOS-box i run it perfectly ok with it, and it works great with almost every new gen PC.
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no!!!
it do not work when its Windows:ME\98\95
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please helpl email me at HLIVAS@HOTMAIL.COM OK HERE IT IS I GOT 3.3 PUT THE FILES ON THE FLOPPY BUT IT DOSENT WANT TO BOOT IT SAYS TAKE OUT THE MEDIA OR SOMETHING AND DOSENT BOOT PLEASE HELP
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