Q59656: File Manager: Make System Disk Fails

Article: Q59656
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 05-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11 
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You cannot use the Make System Disk option from the Microsoft Windows File
Manager on a floppy disk that was not formatted under the same version of
MS-DOS currently being used.

For example, if you have a floppy disk that was originally formatted under
MS-DOS 3.30 and attempt to make it a system disk on a machine running
PC-DOS 4.01, the process appears to work but the disk isn't bootable.

NOTE: This is a restriction of MS-DOS, not of Windows.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11 boot disk bootdisk

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11

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