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.
For more information visit MS-DOS on Wikipedia.
Installation of MS-DOS
I have downloaded MS-DOS bootable files. Can these files be used for actual installation of MS-DOS on my computer?
If yes, how do I install MS-DOS using these files?
If not, please guide me for installation of MS-DOS & please let me know where can I get installation files of MS-DOS?
Regards,
Rajesh Patwardhan
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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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ahmad
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No you cant install from these file (did you read the front page message?)Nope I cant guide read the install.txt on the floppys you need to create, nad I dont know where you can obtain it, but I can imagine where you can find it. searcha torrent
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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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do you know minix ?
http://www.minix3.org/
:)
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Yes, but what does that have to do with anything?
:)
help!
where can i find & downloading 3 install disks of ms dos 6.22??
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Hi all,
Try www.bootdisk.com
take care and good luck
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Can you help me please? I have an old DOS program that I last used approx 10 years ago, since then, I have replaced/upgraded computers, naturally, and now that I need to use this program, it does not work properly.
I copy it from a floppy to the hard drive, start the exe, the program starts the "start up page" fine, but then immediately shows "Runtime error 200 at 10E9:04D5." and leaves me at the command prompt.
Does this program need to run in an older DOS environment?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dan. (AKA - Lost.)
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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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Can Someone Please Help Me On Which One Of These MS-DOS Which Is Best For Windows XP Home Edition SP2 And How To Istall It I Have No Floppy Drive Only CD Drive I Have Original Windows Disc But I Have A Hard Time Installing It. I Have To Keep Installing It Over And Over One Time It Took Me About 100 Times No Kidding! Please Help It Would Be Most Appreciated Thank You Danni
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i made a bootable diskette .i inseerted it into the pc. it said starting up and then A:\>.
what command name or file name do i type after A:\> ?
PLEASE HELP
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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
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