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Q101305: SETUP /E Err Msg: Setup Cannot Find Your MS-DOS Directory…

Article: Q101305
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 22-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SYMPTOMS
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You may receive an error message similar to the following if you run SETUP /E to
install the optional utilities that ship with MS-DOS (Backup, Anti-Virus, and
Undelete):

  You started Setup with the /E switch, which installs the optional programs
  that came with MS-DOS 6. However, Setup cannot find your MS-DOS directory...

CAUSE
=====

This message goes on to say that Setup could not find your MS-DOS directory
because you have not installed MS-DOS or your MS-DOS directory is not included
in your path. This error can also occur if Setup cannot find one or more of the
following files in the MS-DOS directory:

  SYS.COM
  FORMAT.COM
  DISKCOPY.COM

WORKAROUND
==========

To correct this problem, copy or expand these files from the MS-DOS 6 or 6.2
Setup disks. DISKCOPY.COM is a compressed file on the installation disks and
must be expanded using the EXPAND command, for example:

  expand a:\diskcopy.co_  c:\dos\diskcopy.com

SYS.COM and FORMAT.COM are not compressed; therefore, you can use the COPY
command as follows:

  copy a:\sys.com c:\dos\sys.com
  copy a:\format.com c:\dos\format.com

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 SETUP/E switch uncompressed decompressed 6.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600
Version           : MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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