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NT Creates MSDOS.SYS and IO.SYS Files on IBM PC-DOS Machines

Article ID: 102412

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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SUMMARY



On IBM PC-DOS machines, Microsoft Windows NT creates MSDOS.SYS and IO.SYS ghost files.

These files are created so that setup programs that look for these files don't perform an incorrect installation when they are not found.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: kbsetup KB102412


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