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Reinstalling MS-DOS 6.22 Step-Up with DriveSpace Installed

Article ID: 121794

Article Last Modified on 11/21/1999

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SUMMARY

To completely reinstall MS-DOS 6.22 from the Step-Up disks, you must first reinstall the version of MS-DOS that was on the system prior to MS-DOS 6.22. This process can become complicated if the drive containing the MS-DOS directory has been compressed using DriveSpace.

The only supported method for reinstalling the MS-DOS 6.22 Step-Up on such systems is to uncompress the drive containing the MS-DOS directory before proceeding with the reinstallation of the prior MS-DOS version.

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To reinstall MS-DOS 6.22 Step-Up on a system whose MS-DOS directory is located on a DriveSpace-compressed drive, use the following steps:

  1. Uncompress the drive containing the MS-DOS directory.
  2. Run Setup with the /F parameter to create a single startup floppy disk that contains system files from the version of MS-DOS that was on the system prior to MS-DOS 6.22.
  3. Boot from the startup disk made in step 2.
  4. Reinstall the prior version of MS-DOS by running "setup" (without the quotation marks) from Setup Disk 1.
  5. Run the MS-DOS 6.22 Step-Up.
  6. Recompress the drive containing the MS-DOS directory (if desired).

Additional query words: msdos 6.22

Keywords: KB121794


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