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Q84218: File Manager Brings over Wrong Hidden Files

Article: Q84218
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 3.1,3.11,5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 11-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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When you use Windows' File Manager to format a floppy system disk on a computer
that originally had IBM DOS installed and was upgraded to MS-DOS 5.0 or 6.0, the
correct MS-DOS COMMAND.COM is copied over, and the incorrect IBMBIO.COM and
IBMDOS.COM files may be copied to the system disk instead of the MS-DOS 5.0 or
6.0 files MSDOS.SYS and IO.SYS.

WORKAROUND
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There are two workarounds to this problem:

- Remove the two hidden IBM files from the root directory of the hard drive.


- Format the system disks outside of Windows. The MS-DOS SYS.COM does not get
  confused by the hidden files.

MORE INFORMATION
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When an IBM DOS system is upgraded to MS-DOS 5.0, the IBM hidden files are left
on the hard drive because it is difficult to know if these files belong to IBM
DOS or IBM OS/2. The IBM OS/2 files take up too much space to be copied to the
MS-DOS 5.0 uninstall disk.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311 kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500
Version           : :3.1,3.11,5.0,6.0

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