Q75419: Create a Bootable Floppy Disk Without Running Setup

Article: Q75419
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.0
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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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