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
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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
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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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